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04 Oct 2026
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3 years old
388 releases · first in 2023

Release timeline

388 releases since 2023

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Releases

v0.5.1-beta31 Jan 2025pre-release
> Note: I changed the config for password auth again... It was a mistake just to make it a boolean, so now you can provide options, going forward this
Note: I changed the config for password auth again... It was a mistake just to make it a boolean, so now you can provide options, going forward this allows for more.

New Features:

password length requirement config via auth.methods.password.minLength as a number of characters required.

Bugfixes:

NoAuth error message "resource not found"

CLI user configuration works and simplified see examples in the Wiki
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v0.5.0-beta27 Jan 2025pre-releaseDeprecated
> Note: This Beta release includes a configuration change: auth.method is now deprecated. This is done to allow multiple login methods at once. Auth m…

Note: This Beta release includes a configuration change: auth.method is now deprecated. This is done to allow multiple login methods at once. Auth methods are specified via auth.methods instead. see example on the wiki.

New Features:

Upload progress notification https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/303
proxy auth auto create user when auth.methods.proxy.createUser: true while using proxy auth.

Notes:

Context menu positioning tweaks.
using /tmp cachedir is disabled by default, cache dir can be specified via server.cacheDir: /tmp to enable it. https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/326

Bugfixes:

Gracefully shutdown to protect database. https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/317
validates auth method provided before server startup.
fix sidebar disk space usage calculation. https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/315
Fixed proxy auth header support (make sure your proxy and server are secure!). https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/322

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v0.4.0-beta21 Jan 2025pre-release

Better logging https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/288

New Features:

Better logging https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/288
- highly configurable
- api logs include user
onlyOffice support for editing only office files (inspired from https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/pull/2954)

Notes:

Breadcrumbs will only show on file listing (not on previews or editors)
Config file is now optional. It will run with default settings without one and throw a [WARN ] message.
Added more descriptions to swagger API

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v0.3.7-beta13 Jan 2025pre-release

Adding windows builds back to automated process... will replace manually if they throw malicious defender warnings.

Notes:

Adding windows builds back to automated process... will replace manually if they throw malicious defender warnings.
Adding playwright tests to all pr's against dev/beta/release branches.
- These playwright tests should help keep release more reliably stable.

Bugfixes:

closing with the default bar issue.
tar.gz archive creation issue

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v0.3.6-beta9 Jan 2025pre-release

Adds "externalUrl" server config https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/272

New Features:

Adds "externalUrl" server config https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/272

Notes:

All views modes to show header bar for sorting.
other small style changes

Bugfixes:

select and info bug after sorting https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/277
downloading from shares with public user
Ctrl and Shift key modifiers work on listing views as expected.
copy/move file/folder error and show errors https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/278
file move/copy context fix.

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v0.3.426 Dec 20242 sources agree

Some small image viewer behavior

Bugfixes:

Safari right-click actions.
Some small image viewer behavior
Progressive webapp "install to homescreen" fix.

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v0.3.316 Dec 20242 sources agree

Navigating remembers your previous scroll position when opening items and then navigating backwards.

New Features

Navigating remembers your previous scroll position when opening items and then navigating backwards.
New Icons with larger selection of file types
file "type" is shown on item info page.
added optional non-root "filebrowser" user for docker image. See https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/251
File preview supports more file types:
- images: jpg, bmp, gif, tiff, png, svg, heic, webp

Notes:

The file "type" is now either "directory" or a specific mimetype such as "text/xml".
update safari styling

Bugfixes:

Delete/move file/folders sometimes wouldn't work.
Possible fix for context menu not showing issue. See https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/251
Fixed drag/drop not refreshing immediately to reflect changes.

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v0.3.22 Dec 20242 sources agree

Mobile search has the same features as desktop.

New Features

Mobile search has the same features as desktop.

Notes:

Added compression. Helpful for browsing folders with a large number of items. Considering https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/201 resolved, although future pagination support will still come.
Compressed download options limited to .zip and .tar.gz
right-click context menu stays in view.

Bugfixes:

search result links when non-default baseUrl configured
frontend sort bug squashed https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/230
bug which caused "noauth" method not to work after v0.3.0 routes update

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v0.3.127 Nov 20242 sources agree

Adds Smart Indexing by default.

New Features

Adds Smart Indexing by default.

Notes:

Optimized api request response times via improved caching and simplified actions.
User information persists more reliably.
Added indexing doc to explain the expectations around indexing and how it works.
The index should also use less RAM than it did in v0.3.0.

Bugfixes:

Tweaked sorting by name, fixes case sensitive and numeric sorting. https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/230
Fixed unnecessary authentication status checks each route change
Fix create file action issue.
some small javascript related issues.
Fixes pretty big bug viewing raw content in v0.3.0 (utf format message)

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v0.3.021 Nov 20242 sources agree

This Release focuses on the API and making it more accessible for developers to access functions without the UI.

New Features:

You can now long-live api tokens to interact with API from the user settings page.
- These tokens have the same permissions as your user.
Helpful swagger page for API usage.
Some API's were refactored for friendlier API usage, moving some attributes to parameters and first looking for a api token, then using the stored cookie if none is found. This allows for all api requests from swagger page to work without a token.
Add file size to search preview! Should have been in last release... sorry!

Notes:

Replaced backend http framework with go standard library.
Right-click Context menu can target the item that was right-clicked. To fully address https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/214
adjusted settings menu for mobile, always shows all available cards rather than grayed out cards that need to be clicked.
longer and more cryptographically secure share links based on UUID rather than base64.

Bugfixes:

Fixed ui bug with shares with password.
Fixes baseurl related bugs https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/pull/228 Thanks @SimLV
Fixed empty directory load issue.
Fixed image preview cutoff on mobile.
Fixed issue introduced in v0.2.10 where new files and folders were not showing up on ui
Fixed preview issue where preview would not load after viewing video files.
Fixed sorting issue where files were not sorted by name by default.
Fixed copy file prompt issue

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v0.2.107 Oct 20242 sources agree

Allows user creation command line arguments https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/196

New Features:

Allows user creation command line arguments https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/196
Folder sizes are always shown, leveraging the index. https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/138
Searching files based on filesize is no longer slower.

Bugfixes:

fixes file selection usage when in single-click mode https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/issues/214
Fixed displayed search context on root directory
Fixed issue searching "smaller than" actually returned files "larger than"

Notes:

Memory usage from index is reduced by ~40%
Indexing time has increased 2x due to the extra processing time required to calculate directory sizes.
File size calculations use 1024 base vs previous 1000 base (matching windows explorer)

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v0.2.825 Aug 20242 sources agree

Feature: New gallery view scaling options (closes #141)

Feature: New gallery view scaling options (closes #141)
Change: Refactored backend files functions
Change: Improved UI response to filesystem changes
Change: Added frontend tests for deployment integrity
Fix: move/replace file prompt issue
Fix: opening files from search
Fix: Display count issue when hideDotFile is enabled.

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v0.2.630 Jul 20242 sources agree

This change focuses on minimizing and simplifying build process.

Change: Migrated to Vite / Vue 3
Change: removed npm modules
- replaced vuex with custom state management via src/store
- replaced noty with simple card popup notifications
- replaced moment with simple date formatter where needed
- replaced vue-simple-progress with vue component
Feature: improved error logging
- backend errors show the root function that called them during the error
- frontend errors print errors to console that fail try/catch
- all frontend errors via popup notification & print to console as well
Fix: Allow editing blank text based files in editor
tweaked listing styles
Feature: Allow disabling the index via configuration yaml

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v0.2.512 Jun 20242 sources agree

Fix: delete user prompt works using native hovers.

Fix: delete user prompt works using native hovers.

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v0.2.45 May 20242 sources agree

Feature: photos, videos, and audio get embedded preview on share instead of icon

Feature: create-folder-feature
Feature: playable shared video
Feature: photos, videos, and audio get embedded preview on share instead of icon
Fix: sharable link bug, now uses special publicUser
Bump go version to 1.22
In prep for vue3 migration, npm modules removed:
- js-base64
- pretty-bytes
- whatwg-fetch
- lodash.throttle
- lodash.clonedeep

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v0.2.35 May 20242 sources agree

Feature: token expiration time now configurable

Feature: token expiration time now configurable
FIX: Hidden files are still directly accessible. (https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/issues/2698)
FIX: search/user context bug

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v0.2.25 May 20242 sources agree

CHG: Speed: (0m57s) - Decreased by 78% compared to the previous release.

CHG: Speed: (0m57s) - Decreased by 78% compared to the previous release.
CHG: Memory Usage: (41MB) - Reduced by 45% compared to the previous release.
Feature: Now utilizes the index for file browser listings!
FIX: Editor issues fixed on save and themes.

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v0.2.15 May 20242 sources agree

Addressed issue #29 - Rules can now be configured and read from the configuration YAML.

Addressed issue #29 - Rules can now be configured and read from the configuration YAML.
Addressed issue #28 - Allows disabling settings per user.
Addressed issue #27 - Shortened download link for password-protected files.
Addressed issue #26 - Enables dark mode per user and improves switching performance.
Improved styling with more rounded corners and enhanced listing design.
Enhanced search performance.
Fixed authentication issues.
Added compact view mode.
Improved view mode configuration and behavior.
Updated the configuration file to accept new settings.

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v0.2.05 May 2024Deprecated2 sources agree

The shell feature has been deprecated.

Improved UI:
- Enhanced the cohesive and unified look.
- Adjusted the header bar appearance and icon behavior.
The shell feature has been deprecated.
- Custom commands can be executed within the Docker container if needed.
The JSON config file is no longer used.
- All configurations are now performed via the advanced config.yaml.
- The only allowed flag is specifying the config file.
Removed old code for migrating database versions.
Eliminated all unused cmd code.

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v0.1.45 May 20242 sources agree

Reintroduced the download button to the toolbar.

Various UI fixes:
- Reintroduced the download button to the toolbar.
- Added the upload button to the side menu.
- Adjusted breadcrumb spacing.
- Introduced a "compact" view option.
- Fixed a slash issue with CSS right-to-left (RTL) logic.
Various backend improvements:
- Added session IDs to searches to prevent collisions.
- Modified search behavior to include spaces in searches.
- Prepared for full JSON configuration support.
Made size-based searches work for both smaller and larger files.
Modified search types not to appear in the search bar when used.

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v0.0.0-20261004001432-c74817b1ab4d4 Oct 2026pre-release