Introducing the 4th major update to our Alpha, packed with features and bug fixes. This update sets the stage for 0.5.0 with an enormous amount of sync and networking infrastructure to support the official release of our mobile app with multi-device connection and sync.

The .deb release for 0.4.0 was broken and has been removed, please download the 0.4.1 .deb instead

Core updates

• Improved file system indexer - by @fogodev in #2476
• Estimated time remaining on Jobs - by @myung03
• Device and database sync [Feature Flagged] - Big team effort 😀

App features

Desktop

• Tag assign mode - by @iLynxcat in #2462
  • Tag assign mode lets you easily tag files in the Explorer using numerical keybinds. Simply enable using the tag button in the top bar, assign a tag to a number, select the files you want to tag and press that key.
• Tags in the Explorer - by @ameer2468 in #2532
  • See the tags present on a file in grid and list view.
• New Overview statistics UI - by @myung03 in #2555
  • Now you can see a clearer overview of your library statistics.

Mobile

• Media View - by @ameer2468 in #2606
• Job Manager design improvements - by @ameer2468 in #2531
• Cloud sync complete for mobile - by @Rocky43007 in #2549
• Rename with Extension - by @ameer2468 in #2539
• Onboarding Haptics - by @ameer2468 in #2552
• Improve toasts - by @ameer2468 in #2610

Bug fixes

Desktop

• Fix job manager icons - by @ameer2468 in #2573
• Reduce Plausible ping to every 10 minutes - by @ameer2468 in #2572
• Make core more resilient to crashes - by @fogodev in #2574
• Sync Icons & more - by @ameer2468 in #2578
• Fix overview devices graph render - by @ameer2468 in #2576
• Assign objects to directories on File Identifier Job - by @fogodev in #2580
• Fix server auth when assets feature is enabled - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2584
• Introduce caching for Kind Statistics - by @fogodev in #2585
• Improving job manager feedback and usability - by @myung03 in #2607
• Fix recents page render - by @ameer2468 in #2579
• Fix explorer rendering - by @ameer2468 in #2589
• Fix build failing due to new schema validation in @tauri-apps/cli - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2599
• Fix Library Statistics - by @fogodev in #2601
• Introduce error handling for sd-core-sync crate - by @fogodev in #2556
• Update common.json - by @myung03 in #2612
• Show thumb image if original is not available - by @ameer2468 in #2617
• Fixed Lack of Translation in IndexerRuleEditor - by @artsiom-voitas in #2533
• Display Captured Backtrace When Available - by @matheus-consoli in #2504
• Fix Nvidia on Linux Segfault - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2542
• Clean Up and Update Rust Dependencies - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2544
• Fix Discord Link - by @utkubakir in #2550
• Fix xdg-open for Trash - by @gedeondoescode in #2547
• General Cleanup - by @jamiepine in #2551
• Fix GitHub API Commit Link - by @ameer2468 in #2560
• Fix Release Builder - by @Rocky43007 in #2562
• Fix Inspector Scroll [ENG-1777] - by @ameer2468 in #2564
• Bug Fixes - by @myung03 in #2566
• Fixed Issue with Tag Assign Mode - by @myung03 in #2570
• i18n Polish for zh-cn on Some Terms of UI - by @HeavySnowJakarta in #2567
• Fix missing caret when a file is selected in pathbar - by @ameer2468 in #2604
• Quick sizing handling fix - by @ameer2468 in #2577
• Use default props for Top Bar icons - by @iLynxcat in #2593
• Disable Vite clearScreen - by @iLynxcat in #2594
• Revamp .gitattributes for statistics and better PR diffs - by @iLynxcat in #2596
• Hide Sync Tab via Feature Flag - by @Rocky43007 in #2611
• Fix a panic on old job system - by @fogodev in #2615
• Fix specific keybinds - by @Rocky43007 in #2616

Mobile

• Tracing Logs Not Working on Android - by @Rocky43007 in #2569
• Fix for Android Permissions - by @Rocky43007 in #2592
• Open file on tap not inspector - by @ameer2468 in #2583
• Job manager layout fix & code cleanups - by @ameer2468 in #2608
• Repaired some translation errors in Chinese(Simp) and Chinese(Trad) - by @Nightingale0504 in #2609
• Fix Intl namespace not existing on mobile - by @Rocky43007 in #2600

New Contributors

• @Nightingale0504 made their first contribution in #2609
• @Whisht made their first contribution in https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/pull/2558

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/compare/0.3.1...0.4.0