spacedrive 0.3.0

We’re excited to roll out Alpha 0.3.0, packed with new features, UI improvements, efficiency enhancements, and numerous bug fixes! This update also sets the foundation for our upcoming mobile app and multi-device sync capabilities.

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⚙️ Core Updates

• The Overview page now displays the total size of all Library locations - by @jamiepine in #2477

• Spacedrive now stores and displays metadata for common media files - by @fogodev in #2423 and @HeavenVolkoff in #2285

• Improved error handling for the Spacedrop feature - by @julianbraha in #2469
• Spacedrive now runs on a beta version of Tauri v2 - by @oscartbeaumont in #2433 and @HeavenVolkoff in #2493
• More efficient file indexing - by @matheus-consoli in #2466

🪐 App Updates

🖥️ Desktop

• Libraries can now use .gitignore rules when choosing which files to index - by @matheus-consoli in #2459 and #2495
• Added a custom top bar for Spacedrive on Windows - by @artsiom-voitas in #2455
• Thumbnails are now displayed in a bigger size/higher quality - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2467
• Added UI improvements to the search bar and delete functions - by @myung03 in #2487, #2507

🐞 Bug Fixes

🖥️ Desktop

• Fixed an issue with properly displaying the sidebar - by @niikeec in #2452
• Fixed various bugs relating to generating/displaying thumbnails - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2285, #2467
• Fixed window resizing and context menu bugs on macOS - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2472

📱 Mobile (Soon)tm

• Fixed a minor unit conversion bug with the file inspector - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2486

🛠️ General/Development Updates

• Added more infrastructure and settings for the upcoming Peer-To-Peer (P2P) sync system - by @Brendonovich in #2485, #2460, #2489
• Improved error handling for the P2P system (Tunnel/QuicTransport crates) - by @julianbraha in #2479, #2482
• Removed support for Linux AppImage builds (will be replaced by Flatpak) - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2446
• Additional translations for Arabic, German, Russian, and Belarusian - by @zaaakher in #2439, @Phedona in #2448, @wany-oh in #2465, @artsiom-voitas in #2453
• Improved app translation logic and translations to more features - by @artsiom-voitas in #2453, #2480 and @HeavenVolkoff in #2470
• Improved a variety of debugging and package release tools - by @matheus-consoli in #2483, @fogodev in #2475, @HeavenVolkoff in #2461
• Reduced the Spacedrive app download size - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2447
• Updated a number of Prisma and Rust dependencies - by @Brendonovich in #2471 and @fogodev in #2473
• Introduced UI elements for the upcoming Spacedrop feature - by @jamiepine in #2484 and @myung03 in #2501
• Added documentation for the P2P system - by @oscartbeaumont in #2344
• Various updates to the landing page and legal/privacy/contributor/product documentation - by @jamiepine in #2481

📱 Mobile (soon)tm

• Fixed UI rendering issues on Android - by @ameer2468 in #2498
• Added a new UI for the media view - by @ameer2468 in #2499

New Contributors

• @zaaakher made their first contribution in #2439
• @Phedona made their first contribution in #2448
• @wany-oh made their first contribution in #2465
• @artsiom-voitas made their first contribution in #2453

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/compare/0.2.14...0.3.0