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v1.5.0-beta Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

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Summary

AI summary

Enhanced search now defaults to lazy matching, added case‑sensitive option.

Changes in this release

Feature Medium

Adds basic HTML viewer with relative reference support.

Adds basic HTML viewer with relative reference support.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Allows shares to have pinned files requiring edit access.

Allows shares to have pinned files requiring edit access.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Enhances search to use lazy matching by default and adds case‑sensitive UI option.

Enhances search to use lazy matching by default and adds case‑sensitive UI option.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Restores PWA install prompt with sidebar button and adds mobile capture buttons.

Restores PWA install prompt with sidebar button and adds mobile capture buttons.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Adds Web Share API option to send files to other apps via context menu.

Adds Web Share API option to send files to other apps via context menu.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Feature Medium

Introduces app notifications for file operations with browser toggle in Settings.

Introduces app notifications for file operations with browser toggle in Settings.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Dependency Low

Upgraded docker ffmpeg from version 8.1 to 8.1.1.

Upgraded docker ffmpeg from version 8.1 to 8.1.1.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Fixes PWA manifest scope and id for correct install under base URLs.

Fixes PWA manifest scope and id for correct install under base URLs.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Bugfix Medium

Ensures installing a public share as a PWA opens the share URL instead of site root.

Ensures installing a public share as a PWA opens the share URL instead of site root.

Source: llm_adapter@2026-06-13

Confidence: high

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Full changelog

What's Changed

New Features:

  • Added basic html viewer with relative reference support (#2522)
  • Shares can have pinned files, requires a user to have edit access to share (#2522)
  • Enhanced search
    • now uses "lazy" match by default. (#2509)
    • added missing case sensitive option in the UI
  • Progressive Web App (PWA) improvements
    • restored install prompt with sidebar install button (#2086)
    • camera and video capture buttons on upload (mobile-friendly capture inputs)
    • send files to other apps via the Web Share API (Send to app in the context menu)
  • App notifications for file operations (#2478)
    • optional browser notifications when uploads, chunked downloads, move/copy, or failures finish while the tab is in the background
    • single on/off toggle in Notifications settings, stored in browser local storage

Notes:

  • [docker] upgraded ffmpeg version 8.1 to 8.1.1

BugFixes:

  • fixed PWA manifest scope and id so install works when the app is served under a base URL
  • installing a public share as a PWA now opens the share URL instead of the site root (#2302)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser/compare/v1.4.4-beta...v1.5.0-beta

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