Version 8.0.0 - 11.10.2024r

Breaking changes

• Due to the removal image_type from image struct, old cache files are incompatible with new version and should be regenerated from scratch(it uses new name)
• Some CLI arguments could change short name, due fixing ambiguous names

Known regressions

• Slint 1.8 which Krokiet uses requires femtovg 0.9.2 which broke font rendering - https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/issues/6298

CI

• Providing nightly builds - #1360 - https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/releases/tag/Nightly
• Added finding duplicated options in CLI -#1364

Core

• Removed some unnecessary panics - #1354
• Simplified usage of structures when sending/receiving progress information - #1354
• Added Median hash algorithm - #1354
• Fixed compilation with Rust >=1.80 - #1354
• Extracted tool input parameters, that helped to find not used parameters - #1354
• Added new mod to find similar music only in groups with similar title tag - #1354
• Printing to file/console no longer uses two backslashes in windows paths - #1354
• Fixed panic when failed to decode raw picture - #1355
• Remove useless saving/loading cache when there is no files to check - #1358
• Filtering hard links on windows - #1316
• Added jxl support - #1358
• Added avif support(via external C library, not enabled by default) - #1358
• Integer overflow are enabled by default(prepare for reporting bugs, slower performance and general unstability) - #1358
• Fixed crash when loading invalid image cache - #1230

Krokiet

• Fixed invalid default hash size in similar images - #1354
• Fixed and added more input parameters to the application - #1354
• Fixed problem with loading invalid preset - #1226
• Fixed crash when using 8 hash size with small similarity - #1359
• Disabling buttons when no files were found - #1359
• Changed way to close/open panel at bottom - #1359
• Modify logo a little - #1359
• Avoid errors when trying to load preview of not supported file - #1359
• Added ability to show preview of referenced folders - #1359
• Enable selecting with space and jumping over entries with arrows and opening with enter - #1359
• Added button to rename files with invalid extension -#1364

GTK GUI

• Fixed and added more input parameters to the application - #1355
• Added option to use external libraries instead gtk pixbuf loader for previews - #1358
• Using static runtime with zstd compression in appimage - #1350
• Restoring flatpak builds - #1275
• [External] Mac homebrew version of app - https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/czkawka

CLI

• Added options to find/remove images by size - #1255
• Fixed and added more input parameters to the application - #1354
• Fixed crash when stopping scan multiple times - #1355
• Print results also in debug build - #1355
• Added support for selecting reference directories -#1364

Virustotal:

• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/557854787a3b1d6231ed229e02cd2d56fe7fa88b2f7432e3e8d4ecaad49afc72?nocache=1
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/af2d3672ac86d2c5b9a56caacdd1e39fd721f91925b2e111d1d3fc7ab4562fb4?nocache=1
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/1e4dac49d6e9f11a1b375926966b08d0542dea59f83b9e8195c12411dbbf3502?nocache=1
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/56f8cc85b59caccfc53b1c07d1c134b4add416cd0edf69dcfe92dd5af0b05406?nocache=1
• https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/7383855bbab3119274b6ed57fd468a4f48c4e221646a61f816aa5a562223b7b0?nocache=1

Legend:

• libraw in name - app is compiled with libraw feature and require libraw package sudo apt install libraw on ubuntu
• heif in name - require libheif-dev to be installed to be able to read use heif images
• gui - gtk version of app
• cli - command line version of app
• krokiet - slint version of app
• console - windows version, that shows console in background - usable to find problems
• gtk_46, gtk_410 - gtk version used to build
• minimial appimage - this version does not contain gtk-related libraries and they are taken from the system, so it has requirements almost identical to the regular version. Use only if you have problems with the regular version or know what you are doing
• winversion, linversion - the application has been compiled on Windows or cross-compiled on Linux. Both versions should work exactly the same, but the Windows version requires the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package to be installed (it should be already installed on most Windows OS)

Other:

• Snap builds are not available, due error during build Environment validation failed for part 'czkawka': 'cargo' failed with error code 1.
• Mac heif builds are also not available, due linker problem - https://github.com/qarmin/czkawka/actions/runs/11186720416/job/31102310566