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Release Notes

  • Version 4
    • v4.7.0
    • v4.6.5
    • v4.6.4
    • v4.6.2
    • v4.6.1
    • v4.6.0
    • v4.5.3
    • v4.4.0
    • v4.3.6
    • v4.3.4
    • v4.3.0
    • v4.2.2
    • v4.2.1
    • v4.2.0
    • v4.1.0
    • v4.0.8
    • v4.0.7
    • v4.0.6
    • v4.0.5
    • v4.0.4
    • v4.0.3
    • v4.0.2
    • v4.0.1
    • v4.0.0
  • Version 3
    • v3.2.16
    • v3.2.15
    • v3.2.14
    • v3.2.13
    • v3.2.12
    • v3.2.11
    • v3.2.10
    • v3.2.9
    • v3.2.8
    • v3.2.7
    • v3.2.6
    • v3.2.5
    • v3.2.{3,4}
    • v3.2.2
    • v3.2.1
    • v3.2.0
    • v3.1.6
    • v3.1.5
    • v3.1.4
    • v3.1.3
    • v3.1.2
    • v3.1.1
    • v3.1.0
    • v3.0.9
    • v3.0.8
    • v3.0.7
    • v3.0.6
    • v3.0.5
    • v3.0.4
    • v3.0.3
    • v3.0.2
    • v3.0.1
    • v3.0.0
  • Version 2
    • v2.7.2
    • v2.7.1
    • v2.7
    • v2.6.3
    • v2.6.2
    • v2.6.1
    • v2.6
    • v2.5.6
    • v2.5.5
    • v2.5
    • v2.1.1
    • v2.1
    • v2.0.3
    • v2.0.2
    • v2.0.1
    • v2.0
  • Version 1
    • v1.3.2
    • v1.3.1
    • v1.3
    • v1.2
    • v1.1
    • v1.0.2
    • v1.0.1
    • v1.0

Version 4

v4.7.0

PHP 8.1+ REQUIRED

Released on Jan 4, 2023

Changes

  • new #1631 : Customizable album decorations by @evoludolab

    Allows to change the layer symbol in the top right corner of albums which indicated the existence of sub-albums to a counter, also support counting pictures or not displaying any symbol at all. The layer symbol is still being used by default.

  • new #1618 : Use Enum to enforce stricter types (⚠ php 8.1) by @ildyria

    This reduces the risk of bugs.

  • rm #1673 : Nuke demo generator, does not reflect the latest version. by @ildyria

    This removes the /demo page which was used to generate AJAX response in order to mock a server response on the demo page of Lychee.

  • new #1671 : Ensure php version is correct prior migrations by @ildyria

    Before running any migration, we are not verifying that the required minimum version of PHP is used.

  • fixes #1684 : Fix on HasAdminUser by @ildyria

    When updating to 4.6.5, Users of the Migrate web interface where not able to procced. This is now resolved.

v4.6.5

LAST SUPPORT FOR PHP 8.0

Released on Dec 26, 2022

Changes

  • fixes #1665 : Fix migration for PostgreSQL users by @ildyria
  • new #1667 : add setting to allow username change (default to true) by @ildyria

v4.6.4

Released on Dec 25, 2022

IMPORTANT

  • This release does significant changes at the database level, do make sure you have a back-up available if necessary.

Changes

  • fixes #1590 : Fix list of shares by @nagmat84
  • new #1594 : Add flags to command by @qwerty287
  • new #1591 : Add API to change upload date & fix API token auth by @qwerty287
  • fixes #1598 : Fix remove album cover throwing 403 by @ildyria
  • new #1522 : Merge gallery, view and frame into a Unified Frontend by @nagmat84

    This will require adapting your personal user.css

  • new #1562 : Refactor box model by @nagmat84

    This will require adapting your personal user.css

  • new #1611 : Checks if Webp is available for GD in diagnostics by @ildyria
  • new #1607 : Smart album - On This Day - new feature by @aldjordje

    Create a smart album which will show every day of the year the pictures that were taken on that specific day in the past.

  • new #1619 : Add option to enable-disable smart albums in the back-end by @ildyria

    Allows complete disabling of smart albums rather than using CSS trick.

  • new #1632 : Add Unix socket support to Redis by @r7l
  • new #1628 : Versioning code refactoring by @ildyria
  • fixes #1653 : Full URL for metadata by @qwerty287

    Fixes a bug where images only provided incomplete path in embeded previews.

  • fixes #1649 : Remove and clean up unused files by @qwerty287
  • new #1655 : Add number of foreign key check and listing option by @ildyria
  • new #1539 : Apply rights naming convention by @ildyria

    First step in direction of supporting multiple acces rights on albums.

  • new #1602 : Create admin during installation, allow multiple admins by @qwerty287
  • fixes #1662 : Remove (broken and unused) installer scripts by @qwerty287

v4.6.2

Released on Nov 12, 2022

IMPORTANT

  • This update contains an upgrade of U2F packages with a very different core, as a consequence any U2F credentials stored have been destroyed and will need to be registered again.

Changes

  • new #1519 : Adopt new modern dialog
  • fixes #1494 : Consolidate localization
  • new #1558 : Add option to skip diagnostic checks
  • new #1469 : Upgrade to Laravel 9 + switch to Laragear/WebAuthn
  • new #1564 : Add option to append tags
  • fixes #1581 : Fixes files installation if no Git repo is available
  • fixes #1478 : Fixes smart albums rights

v4.6.1

Released on Oct 08, 2022

IMPORTANT

  • This update contains a Security Update which fix multiple XSS vulnerability and update the Content Security Policy.
  • This update will drop the API key in favor of Authorization token. As a result, once the migration is applied the old API token won't work anymore.

Changes

  • new #1489 : Drop page support

    This functionality was not known by 99.9% of the users of Lychee. We decided to drop its support in favor of more targetted development in the core.

  • new #1443 : Add user and better structure to session json
  • new #1153 : Support for multi path on server import
  • fixes #1508 : Ensure that Admin rights are overloading others
  • fixes #1366 : Improve config options
  • fixes #1514 : 32 bits system improved support

    For 32bit systems and time-based, legacy IDs we must catch failing inserts due to duplicate legacy ID when insertions is running too fast. In the past it was sufficient to check for MySQL error codes 23000 and 23005 as integers and then pause for a short period of time.

  • fixes #1480 : Shared albums should not consider the require_link property.
  • new #1368 : Improve API client usability
  • fixes #1528 : Improve CSP and fix XSS vulnerability

    See advisories

v4.6.0

Released on Sep 04, 2022

IMPORTANT

Once the migration is applied, should you wish to rollback, you will need to reset your admin user otherwise it will not be possible to log as admin anymore.

Changes

  • new #1453 : Provide an ASCII fallback for multibyte filenames
  • new #1403 : Use Laravel Auth facade instead of home-brewed authentication layer

    This change will prevent the rollback as the Admin now follows proper username - hashed password values in the database (previously was hashed username and hashed value).

  • fixes #1472 : Fixes major bug with relation to Tag albums
  • fixes #1495 : Solve minor bugs in the installation procedure

v4.5.3

Released on Aug 07, 2022

IMPORTANT

  • The internal representation of Albums changed with version 4.5.0.
    We strongly recommend that you BACK UP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE UPDATING.
  • The folder structure changed for images; please check the required directory permissions.
    Read more here ».

Changes

  • new : New ID scheme. Albums and photos are migrated to a new ID scheme. Previously, albums and photos used time-based integer IDs. The new IDs are truly 144bit of randomness encoded in Base64 as a 24-character string; e.g., if your photo had the URL https://my-domain.tld/r/16102925744307/16102927818284 before, it may have the URL https://my-domain.tld/r/GTqZfSso3nPeCnTNW4ovisgC/jM6KkmlK7X0LtVas5MjrHtTO after the migration. This means, external links to your albums or photos will stop working. However, we implemented a redirection service. You can enable/disable the re-direction service under Settings > More > legacy_id_redirection. This gives you time to migrate any external reference to the new IDs. We also generate a log entry every time the redirection service is used. This log contains the legacy and new ID as well as information where the request came from. This may help you with the migration of your external links.

  • new : New folder structure for images:

    • Deep directory structure. Instead of all images of a certain kind residing in a single, flat directory (potentially containing thousands of files), we now have two additional two-letter directory levels under each kind (e.g., images are stored as medium/ba/d0/9a28ec995ead4877dfa1befa2d3b.jpg).
    • HiDPI (@2x) variants now reside in their own directories.
    • big has been renamed to original.

    Note that this only affects newly added photos; those added in the past are not moved to new locations. Also, see the note above about directory permissions.

  • new : Refactoring of the internal architecture and the representation of albums. While this didn't add any major new features, a number of optimizations have been put in place to speed up various operations, e.g., on installations with many hundreds of albums. Because this requires a particularly complex database migration, those with existing installations should pay attention to the note above about backing up their database.

  • new : Refactoring of error handling and reporting. This should result in more meaningful error messages both in the web front end and in the server logs (instead of the old cryptic "Server error or API not found" messages).
  • new :Refactoring of the file handling during upload/import. Instead of using temporary files and (re-)reading them many times, we now rely on file streams. This not only speeds up processing during upload/import (by around 50% in our tests), but is also an important step towards future support for the use of AWS S3 as image storage.
  • new : Addedfeatures in the web front end :
    • QR code added in the sharing menu.
    • GPX tracks can be added to albums for displaying together with photos on the map.
    • Drag/drop support added for albums and photos to facilitate more intuitive Move/Merge
  • new : ZIP compression level can now be changed and the compression can be disabled.
  • new : Support of Vietnamese language.

v4.4.0

Released on Dec 03, 2021

  • new #1145 : Upgrade Composer and PHP Version

    Attention: Support for PHP < 8 has been removed.

  • fixes #1152 : Fix diagnostics
  • fixes #1154 : Set configuration option user_agent during init.

v4.3.6

Released on Nov 23, 2021

  • fixes #1059 : Add Cache busting.
  • new #1049 / fixes #1011 : New Photos Email Notification
    • Send an email when new photos were added to albums that have been shared.
    • Use the laravel notification system to send via SMTP, env settings will need to be set up.
    • It is set to send out emails once a week via cron, so the laravel cron job would need to be set up.
    • Neither is required so if people don't want to set those up then it won't affect the operation of Lychee.
    • Add admin setting to toggle the notification option, which enables a user level menu item to change their email. This is purely opt-in, so users can clear their email if they don't wish to receive the emails anymore.
    • The email that gets sent out has been branded lychee, and will group the last week's worth of notifications and send them all out in one email to each user that has an email set up.
  • new #1065 : Add Polish translation.
  • new #1071 : Avoid git rebase conflicts during development on other branches
  • new #1086 : cli sync from from server with option to delete, import via symlink, etc.
  • new #1097 : Make language more gender neutral.
  • fixes #1102 : Character limitation of table column logs.function causes server error 500 for deployments with long installation path
  • fixes #1105 : Fix type issues related to thumbs
  • fixes #1108 : Fixes takestamps.
    • This should correct all instances of incorrect album min/max takestamps and as a bonus be computationally much less expensive.
  • fixes #1110 : round in php8 requires an int or float as the first argument.
  • fixes #1119 : No video upload when ffmpeg is missing
  • new #1122 : Improved French translations.
  • fixes #1121 : Fix lychee:video_data
  • fixes #1033 : A bit of JS to prevent multiple submissions of the migration form.
  • fixes #1127 : The upload_processing_limit parameter only works when uploading images in the admin account. It does not work for images uploaded by other users
  • new #1142 : also support Caps on size format in diagnostics.
  • fixes #1146 : artisan optimize crashes with Unable to prepare route
  • fixes https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee-front/pull/270: Copy To... didn't work correctly
  • fixes https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee-front/issues/273: Wrong support of ' (single quote) in some places
  • fixes #1123: Album renaming did not work reliably
  • new https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee-front/pull/276: Remember user preference for the visibility of the info sidebar
  • fixes https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee-front/pull/278: Fix the menu for smart and tag albums and in public mode, fix import into top-level albums view, fix empty info sidebar for albums

v4.3.4

Released Jul 11, 2021

  • new #972 : more versions and dependencies check
  • fixes #954 : Google Motion Photo
  • new #988 : Added raw values of attributes to JSON API
  • new #1000 : Extended search for cameramodel and date.
  • fixes #998 : Use Guzzle7 instead of Guzzle6
  • fixes #994 : Disable login with Legacy if UserAdmin exists
  • new #991 : Add attribute 'filesize_raw' to entity 'Photo'
  • new #1016 : Refactor timestamps
  • fixes #1008 : null error on live photo import
  • new #1041 : Enhance German Translation

v4.3.0

Released April 18, 2021

  • new #940 : Improved support for touch devices.
  • new #939 : Responsive web design for small screens.
  • fixes #959 : Excluded '/api/Session::init' from CSRF protection (as per the API specs).
  • fixes #959 : Fixes .lycheeignore support.
  • new #942 : Add support for Portuguese language.
  • fixes #927 : Also copy over the password column when migrating from the very old version 3 of Lychee
  • fixes #932 : Public photos hidden

    It adds a new config variable public_photos_hidden, which defaults to 1 (preserving the current behavior). If set to 0, photos individually made public (rather than through an album) will be included in the results of a public search or in public tagged albums. Basically, they will no longer be treated as hidden (even though they still won't be findable through browsing; we could address that as well by making the Public smart album, well, public -- I welcome your input if we should, and if so, what to name the config variable to enabled that, other than public_public wink).

v4.2.2

Released Feb 16, 2021

  • fixes #882 : Password albums were broken.
  • fixes #891 : Download: file not found on password protected Album
  • fixes #895 : Default license display
  • fixes #888 : Refactoring of the rotation code
  • new #887 : Add the possibility to not display the GPS direction on the map
  • new #892 : Add --force option to the Command Line Interface for Takedate
  • fixes #890 : Fix delete bug when selecting multiple sub albums
  • new #901 : Add more diagnostics checks
  • new #905 : Improve Chinese translation
  • fixes #908 : Migration from v3 was broken since version 4.2

    By adding nested set tree, column _lft and _rgt did not exist on first import while the code required it.

  • new #919 : Add the possibility to limit the number of image being processed

    This will lower the memory load on the server, especially on RAM limited instances.

  • fixes #925 : Some user decided to upload pictures without extension, this broke our code...
  • fixes #903 : Windows microtime() was a bit slow, generating collisions in the uploaded file names.

    The file name are now generated from the sha1 hash of the file.

  • new #894 : Extend the functionality of Import from server to have the same interface as from the command line.

v4.2.1

Released Jan 24, 2021

  • new #875 : Add custom cover for albums
    • custom album covers
    • IMPORTANT: support for 3 distinct images for albums dropped (overkill given that 2 are barely visible)

v4.2.0

Released Jan 24, 2021

  • fixes #831 - Bad extension filename when you upload *.jpg

    The regression was introduced in 4.0.8 as part of #777.

  • new #874 - Update CLI Takedate
    • add option --timestamp added to set create_at to timestamp of media file for media that lacks EXIF information
    • use same formatting for 'sysdate' as for 'takedate'
  • new #832 - Major rework of backend
    • start using Livewire for the front-end, for now accessible at example.com/livewire if enabled via LIVEWIRE_ENABLED in .env (DO NOT USE, still in development)
    • use Facade AccessControl to access Session information (basically home-brewed Auth Facade)
    • use Facade Lang to access Lang information (Easier to use through the blade template)
    • heavy refactoring of the core, introducing more granularity:

      • Interfaces are Contracts
      • Group Factories
      • use trait on album for smaller dedicated operations
      • add Nested Set theory to Album to allow access to all descendants
    • fixes #843

    • fixes #846
    • fixes #858

v4.1.0

Released Dec 27, 2020

  • new #798 : Force migration page.

    when the database is behind the file version, we immediately redirect to a migration page to ensure that database columns are not missing, generating error 500.

  • new #800 : Move to GitHub actions instead of Travis CI.

    They are still available in the Ajax query

  • upd #799 #816 : Require PHP 7.4

    PHP 7.3 is EOL.

  • new #807 : add new command: php artisan lychee:rebuild_albums_takestamps

    there are instances where the album min max takestamps are broken. This allows the user to reset it.

  • upd #808 : Update traditional Chinese files.
  • fixes #813 : some error 500 during installations were not properly caught.
  • fixes #806 : Direct Links of albums do not respect url if lychee installed in subdirectory
  • fixes #811 : fall back to native metadata extraction on error
  • fixes #810 : fix(rss): avoid display feed link in HTML if RSS option is disabled
  • new #819 : add support for WebAuth: Yubikeys & fingerprint & other authentication devices.

    This is only available to the admin login (for now) Also implements shortcut k to pop-up the passwordless login interface.

  • new #822 : add sensitive albums
    • adds a new "flag" so that such folders can be recognized at first glance while being logged in.
    • adds a key-bind h who hides all folders previously marked as sensitive.
    • adds a pink star in the header to notify the user is in a Sensitive folder.
    • Changing this property is either done on clicking on the star or toggling it in the visibility parameters.
    • makes it possible to hide Sensitive folder by default.

    Important note: if a sensitive folder is set as public, it will be revealed by h. If you do not wish such public folder to be visible, set it as hidden.

  • fixes #831 : Use correct file name for small/medium downloads

    fixes a regression bug introduced by #777

v4.0.8

Released Nov 19, 2020

BREAKING CHANGE: REQUIRE PHP 7.4

  • fixes #783 : Can't rename tag album

    Tag-albums were not accessible by albums.getByID

  • fixes #781 : Fixes a bug which prevented the use of sharing albums between users

    This rare bug was only triggered if a non-admin user was sharing an album with another user.

  • fixes #779 : Fixes some missing information on Tag Albums in the front end.
  • fixes #766 : It is no longer possible to use the 'photo rotation' functionality

    While the buttons are still accessible we now return an error instead of filling up the entire disk space of the server.

  • fixes #751 : In some rare instance, it was not possible to generate video thumbnails

    this is fixed. We try to reextract the 'aperture' property to get the thumbnail. We also added a warning in the case where FFmpeg was not enabled.

  • fixes #769 : when moving pictures in Image view, the second try resulted in failure

    we no longer clear the content of json.album when moving an image. This ensure that the required properties are still accessible

  • fixes : Settings are accessible in Image view

    There were rare sequence of events which prevented the settings view to open.

  • new : /Frame will now display a warning if no pictures are found.

    instead of staying a black screen, we now send an alert()

  • new : Share information are no longer displayed in public mode

    They are still available in the Ajax query

  • upd #773 : Update French localization

    spacing typos in French localization

  • new #771 : Update French localization

    minor changes in the French localization.

  • new #764 : Add Diagnotics warnings if the php init values are too low (less than 30M).
  • new #757 : Add limits on the number of logs seen.

    Too many logs lines where crashing php by using too much memory.

  • new #758 : Add the possibility to chose the picture ordering per album

    the admin can now chose whether to order by name etc per album instead of globally.

v4.0.7

Released Oct 9, 2020

  • fixes #584 : Albums that do not allow photo downloads cannot be included as enclosures.

    This checks album permissions before creating the enclosure to add to the feed.

  • new #616 : Add picture rotations

    As known improvements, this code will rotate all images.

  • fixes #621 ( #623 ) : Original migration from v3 is less prone to break
  • new #625 : Better new smart albums

    this allows the ability to add more smart albums and more flexibility in using them.

  • fixes #642 : Permission problem on Windows

    Windows does not understand the concept of readable but not writable permission.

  • new #656 : Add support for FireTV
  • fixes #662 : Error code changes in PhP
  • new #660 : Add new available licenses
  • new #659 : Add lossless image optimization support
  • fixes #668 : Improved French translation
  • new #671 : Add a redirection system

    Instagram uses the hashtag for topics as a result, sharing a lychee link to an album does not work on it. Given example.com/r/123456 will be redirected to example.com/gallery#123456
    and example.com/r/123456/7890 will be redirected to example.com/gallery#123456/7890
    to allow sharing on such plateform.

  • new #667 : Add support for traditional Chinese language
  • new #678 : Add support for Norvegian language
  • new #677 : Make swipping tolerances configurable.
  • fixes #680 : Distinguish UTC vs local video takestamps
  • fixes #708 : More failsafe when migrating from V3.
  • new #704 : Add smart albums by tag

    it is now possible to create smart albums which will take a list of tag and return an album containing the pictures with those tags.

  • new #721 : Upgrade to Laravel version 8
  • new #727 : When checking a password on an album, upon success we also unlock the other albums with that same password.
  • new #749 : Add webp support to the GD handler

v4.0.6

Released May 26, 2020

  • new #588 : add an option to the sync command to 're-sync' images that already exist.

    Since XMP sidecars are now allowed, images with the same checksum will not get updated metadata if the sidecar changes but the checksum remains the same. This adds an optional flag to the lychee:sync command that forces existing images with no change in checksum to get updated metadata from XMP files (if they exist). It only updates the image if the metadata read in differs from the metadata that the image aleady has.

  • new #599 : Added method to get the full path of albums.

    Specifically in the sharing screen, when albums are sometimes named the same (if they are organized by Year and Month), then it is impossible to tell which album you are actually sharing. This adds the ability to get the album's "full path" and sends it down for the sharing settings.

  • fixes #596 : Failing xmp file read results in fallback to native exif extraction.

    If the EXIF succeeds but sidecar fails, it reverts falls into the catch.

  • new #574 : Support of HEIC files and subsequently convert raw files (e.g. .NEF) into jpeg.

    if a raw file is imported such as .nef, php-imagick will try to generate a thumbnail jpeg for it. Note that the extension still needs to be added in your advanced settings.

    Important: Lychee was never meant to convert RAW files such as .nef, .cr2 .arw etc. If you shoot RAW, it is to be able to change exposure, dodge&burn, crop etc. later in a proper image processing software such as Lightroom, > Photoshop, Capture One, Luminar, Darktable … otherwise you better shoot JPEG. Lychee does not intend to provide those functionality.

  • new #594 : Add debug bar for dev install.

    It is disabled by default, even in debug mode. To enable it, set DEBUGBAR_ENABLED to true in your .env file.

  • new #579 : Ghostbuster command to clean up dead symlinks.

    The ghostbuster command also parses the database and see if some symlinks are dead. It will delete the photo from the database in such case. As this behaviour can modify the database, we disable it by default.

  • new #577 : Parse additional xmp sidecars files to update metadata.

    This reads in XMP sidecar files (if they exist). Thankfully, exiftool supports reading in sidecars, so we can use the same technique we're using to read the files. We merge both file and sidecar metadata, taking priority based on user settings (default to prefer image metadata)

  • fixes #581 : Undefined property errors when migrating from 3.1.6.

    The missing license, lens are now taken care off.

  • fixes #565 : No Dropbox Import with Lychee 4.0.0.

    The CSP was a bit too tight, preventing the execution of the script from dropbox.

v4.0.5

Released May 15, 2020

  • new #551 : Add RSS module.

    we provide a RSS feed, available at the /rss address. it will contains the last rss_max_items (default: 100) over the last rss_recent_days (default: 7) days.

  • fixes #557 : report files not imported by sync.

    When using the command lychee:sync if a file is not imported for some reason, the Log will contains more detailed information instead of just an error message.

  • fixes #550 : Version 4.0.4 database is not updated.

    Simply forgot to add the bump version.

  • fixes #460 : Wrong rotation of photos when imported from server via symlink.

    thumbnails are now also rotated in the proper direction.

v4.0.4

Released May 11, 2020

  • new #543 : More idiot proof safeties (and avoid some 404 errors complaints).
    • We add a check in the public directory that composer has indeed been run.
    • We add a check that if apache is being used, the rewrite module is enabled (avoid silly 404 error when redirected to /install).
  • new #541 : Better support for SQLite

    We create a file in database/database.sqlite to avoid issues in the case where some user decides to use this type of database without giving a path.

  • fixes #539 : Invalid exif geolocation causes db error

    We now check that the latitude is between -90 and 90 degrees, we also check that the longitude is between -180 and 180 degrees. Any other values are discarded.

  • fixes #533 : Add LYCHEE_UPLOADS_URL to secure-headers.php

    This allows the use allow images to be loaded from another server (CDN).

  • fixes #529 : Footer linkable.

    With the update to Laravel v7, the footer was not html html tags anymore. We fix this. This allows the use of links in the footer, for e.g. legal stuff in Germany.

  • fixes #525 : The config from the v3 was not migrated

    We now also migrates most of the configuration from the v3 if the lychee_settings table if found.

v4.0.3

Released April 29, 2020

  • fixes #498 remove Lychee-front version number alltogether

    add Diagnostic information:

    • Composer install type
    • release type (git vs release)
    • add button to allow migration for users using the release channel instead of master.
  • fixes #508

    Diagnostic was checking the existence of mysqli only if postgresql is not used. With the added support of SQLite we now thoroughly check each possibilities.

  • fixes #510

    add SQLite3 to the travis build check.

v4.0.2

Released April 22, 2020

  • fixes #488

    Error in the migration which made the script some files were existing.

  • fixes #485

    Align lychee-front version number, remove error when not provided.

  • fixes #487

    add missing files (css) to the installer.

v4.0.1

Released April 19, 2020

  • fixes #481

    Decrease the size of the released archive by 82%.

  • fixes missing download button when album is downloadable, does not have pictures but subalbums

v4.0.0

Released April 18, 2020

Upgrade from version 3.x »

New

  • new : uses the new Laravel backend

    Better security for access control & more flexibility.

  • new : broader database support

    With Laravel we are now Database agnostic; you can choose between MySQL, SQLite and PostgreSQL.

  • new : introduce the sub-albums

    You can now create albums within albums.

  • new : introduce multi user system (in addition to admin)

    The admin can arbitrarily change passwords, lock an account (user cannot change his password), give rights to the user to upload pictures and create albums.

  • new : sharing between users

    Users can share albums with each other. Interface still needs improvements. Note that you are only give READ access, not write access.

  • new : Frame module

    By enabling the Frame module in the advanced settings, a user can display his starred pictures as a slideshow.

  • new : Landing page module

    Allows the user to have a landing page instead of directly arriving at the gallery if enabled.

  • new : Image symbolic module

    To prevent full pictures from being directly available, a module is available to make the image link hard to guess. This will induce a slow down when the image is generated

  • new : use XCRF cookies

    All requests to the server require an encrypted cookie in order to prevent cross-site request forgeries.

  • new : "one click update"

    Admins can update their installation in one click in the Diagnostic interface if their installation has been done with git. This also support composer updates but this is more risqué.

  • new : Full HiDPI support

    Optional HiDPI support for preview images can be enabled in the advanced settings.

  • new : Improved sharing and downloading

    Sharing and Visibility were split into two menus to make them easier to use; one can now download an image in any of the available sizes; multiple photos or albums can be downloaded in one go.

  • new : Improved Smart albums

    Recent and Starred can now be enabled in public mode using advanced settings; the age qualifying for Recent can be adjusted.

  • new : Continuous Integration and Code Coverage

    While this is not visible to the users, we now test our builds before placing them in the master branch. This increases the stability of our builds. Our test suite currently covers 50% of our code.

  • new : Image wraparound configurable

    Wraparound from the last to first image when selecting Next in photo view can now be disabled in the advanced settings.

  • new : Support for cn, cz, nl, en (default), fr, de, el, it, ru, sk, es, sv
  • new : Support for GPS coordinates

    Decode the GPS data from the picture

  • new : Display on map with OpenStreetMap

    optionally display where on the map the picture has been taken
    optionally add a global map to see where all your pictures have been taken.

  • new : Live photos

    Add support to live photos, also extract the video from the photo.

  • new : Support 32 bits version

    Add support to 32 bits version of PHP (even though we don't like it).

  • new : Provide command line access from server side

    This should replace the use of lycheeupload, lycheesync, lychee-create-medium available commands are:

    • lychee:exif_lens: Get EXIF data from pictures if missing
    • lychee:reset_admin : Reset Login and Password of the admin user.
    • lychee:logs : Print the logs table.
    • lychee:diagnostics : Show the diagnostics informations.
    • lychee:decode_GPS_locations : Decodes the GPS location data and adds street, city, country, etc. to the tags
    • lychee:generate_thumbs : Generate intermediate thumbs if missing
    • lychee:video_data : Generate video thumbnails and metadata if missing
    • lychee:sync : Sync a directory to lychee
    • lychee:npm : Launch npm on the public/src folder
    • lychee:takedate : Make sure takedate is correct.

    use php artisan lychee:<command> -h for more informations about the command. For example: php artisan lychee:logs will display the last 100 logs (requires the database).

Fixes

  • fixes : Improved Import from Server

    User can now select whether to delete originals right in the dialog box; status updates are provided throughout the input process; improvements were made to prevent PHP and HTTP timeouts.

  • fixes : Improved support for video files

    Next/prev buttons no longer cover the video player; extracted preview image now retains the video aspect ratio; basic video metadata is extracted and displayed in the Info sidebar.

  • fixes : Multiselect improvements

    Shift-click is now supported for selecting ranges; clicking on the background clears selection; Ctrl-click for unselecting has been fixed.

  • fixes: Sidebar improvements

    The Info sidebar no longer overlaps content; the displayed text can be selected and copied.

  • fixes: Simplified password protection of albums

    Password-protected albums stay unlocked for the duration of the viewing session.


Version 3

v3.2.16

Released June 17, 2019

  • new : hides lychee version number by default (e#82)
  • wont-fix: CVE-2021-43675 - Lychee-v3 3.2.16 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in php/Access/Guest.php.

    The function exit will terminate the script and print the message to the user. The message will contain albumID which is controlled by the user.

v3.2.15

Released June 16, 2019

  • update : improve stability when getting bad EXIF data (e#205)
  • fixes : ignore bad shutter data (3#240)
  • update : switch the git commit format number to only 7 characters in Diagnostics
  • fixes : takedate format string (3#215, 3#256)
  • new : add setting to allow public search (3#262)
  • fixes : wrong version number displayed in Lychee (3#268)
  • update : credits.

v3.2.14

Released March 28, 2019

  • Updates Add primary key to settings table (3#221)
  • Updates Add git source commit/branch/repo to Diagnostics page
  • Updates Use better lens tags from exiftool if present (if exiftool is enabled) (3#235)
  • Updates Accept larger input from exiftool
  • Updates Make photo/album IDs more consistent
  • New Add fullscreen support to album and photo views (3#228)
  • Updates Use sortingAlbums and sortingPhotos even if logged out.
  • Updates Hide passwords. Add password confirmation.

  • Fixes 3#220, 3#222, 3#234, 'F' and 'f' hotkey behaviour and some spelling mistakes (3#229)

v3.2.13

Released February 20, 2019

  • New Add "unjustified" layout
  • Updates Improve Diagnostics page
  • Fixes 3#194, 3#196, 3#205, 3#208

v3.2.12

Released February 12, 2019

  • New Add usage of exiftool to get exif tags from camera #189 Using exiftool for getting exif tags make available a lot more tags than the built-in functionality in PHP. Using exiftool will make eg. lens info available without having to rely on that users have exported a raw from Ligthroom. This setting needs to be enabled via the more menu as it makes system calls.
  • Fixes image size missing from about 3#188

v3.2.11

Released February 3, 2019

  • New Add description overlay and takestamps overlay in addition to Exif. Closes 3#167
  • New Add Setting to remove script execution time limit during imports. Fixes 3#177 This setting can only be activated via the More setting and at user owns risks.

v3.2.10

Released January 19, 2019

  • New Switch to InnoDB engine. Closes #169
  • New Add setting to decide whether to delete photos from source when imported. Fixes 3#173
  • New Use existing albums (if available) when importing from server
  • Remove '[Import] ' prefix for albums created by import

v3.2.9

Released January 9, 2019

Nothing major here. Just a bunch of small bug fixes

WARNING: Lychee now requires PHP 7.1 ( http://php.net/supported-versions.php )

  • Fixes Cross-Origin Request Blocked: https://lycheeorg.github.io/update.json ( 3#121 ) The server is now doing the check for update (on Session::init) if this one fail, the user will do an ajax request to check if an update is available.
  • Fixes Syntax Error in Session.php ( 3#153 )
  • Fixes Small bugs ( 3#136 , 3#157 , 3#159 , 3#163 , 3#166 )
  • Fixes lychee uploading pics into uploads/thumb folder only ( 3#148 , 3#165 )
  • Updates German translations ( 3#161 )

v3.2.8

Released December 26, 2018

  • Fixes Site broken (3#157)

  • New Admins can now access all settings via Settings -> more at the bottom of the page. WARNING: it is now easier to break your installation.

  • New Admins can now create a specific user.css file that will be loaded in addition to the main.css one. This css file can be modified at the bottom of the Settings screen.
  • New Admins can now define the default size for their medium and small images (via the advanced settings).

  • Fixes Turn off zoom-in animation when switching photos (3#154)

  • Fixes Setting // Image Size Definition // Small, Medium, large // With Default values (3#152)
  • Fixes "Display EXIF data overlay" can toggled with click on image (3#151)
  • Fixes "play-icon.png" should be in "lychee-front/images" not root (3#150) It is now placed in dist
  • Fixes Shutter speed for long time exposures is displayed as fraction (3#149)
  • Fixes [Wish] Custom Size Image Creation (3#141)
  • Fixes New album doesn't show after create unless you refresh page (3#135)
  • Fixes Unable to edit settings table in database (3#80)
  • Fixes Hover-Over Blue Border/Square Highlights (3#51)

v3.2.7

Released December 11, 2018

  • New Album-level licenses (WARNING: All photo-level licenses will be reset when this update is applied.)
  • New Added script to generate "small" size files for existing images
  • Improved Update link on login dialog directs to the Releases page rather than the Readme.
  • Fixes Center align play icon in video thumbnail (3#133)
  • Fixes Missing "small" folder in 3.2.6 release (3#146)
  • Fixes Other minor bugfixes

v3.2.6

Released November 30, 2018

  • New Default Creative Commons license field in Settings. Applies to new uploads only.
  • Fixes Misspelling of 'Starred' Smart Album (English)
  • Fixes Albums not showing when 'Move' was selected on a single photo (3#129)
  • Fixes Previously set license saved in License field (3#120)

v3.2.5

Released November 26, 2018

  • New Creative Commons licenses available as photo metadata (3#71)
  • New "Copy to..." option is now available

v3.2.{3,4}

Released November 22, 2018

  • Fixes 3#112, 3#111 (quick fix), 3#110, 3#109, 3#105, LycheeOrg/Lychee-front 3#16.
  • New small pictures (for the justified-layout)
  • New Lens information
  • New Displaying EXIF data as an overlay in the image view.

v3.2.2

Released November 21, 2018

  • New German translations (3#104)
  • New support for justified-layout (3#95)

Justified Layout is available as an option in the settings. It will only works with Imagick and medium. Lychee-front will require a npm install (only for devs).

v3.2.1

Released November 20,2018

  • Fixed small bugs
  • Fixed SQL updated not applied
  • New Swedish support (3#101)
  • New multi selection with CTRL (3#36)
  • New Content Security Policy via .htaccess (3#91, 3#92)

v3.2.0

Released November 12, 2018

  • Fixes Picture ordering bug.
  • New Panel for settings.
  • New Allow video upload. (3#4)
  • New localization (so far in English, French, Dutch and Simplified Chinese) (3#48, 3#53, 3#54, 3#55, 3#87, 3#94)

[OPTIONAL] In order to have Thumbnail for video you will need to use composer:

cd Lychee
composer update

v3.1.6

Released March 20, 2017

  • Fixed Downloading a SmartAlbum results in crash (e#652)
  • Fixed htaccess IfModule for PHP7 (e#653)

v3.1.5

Released October 25, 2016

  • New Hide mouse pointer in full screen mode (e#620)
  • Improved Smoothing rotation of album (e#626)

v3.1.4

Released August 28, 2016

  • Fixed Search stopped working because of an undefined index error (e#605)
  • Fixed Better next/previous photo check to prevent an error when opening an album with only one photo

v3.1.3

Released August 22, 2016

  • Improved rotate and flip images with GD based on EXIF orientation (Thanks @qligier, e#600)
  • Improved enter/leave fullscreen-mode by (not) moving the mouse for one second (Thanks @hrniels, e#583)
  • Improved Prefetch the medium photo instead of the big one (Thanks @Bramas, e#446)
  • Improved Added "session" to required extensions (e#579)
  • Improved Added warning if Imagick is not installed/enabled (Thanks @hrniels, e#590)
  • Fixed Don't assume that gd_info exists when running diagnostics (Thanks @hrniels, e#589 e#565)
  • Fixed Sidebar showing up in smart albums when navigating back from the photo-view

v3.1.2

Released June 12, 2016

  • Improved Added indexes to SQL fields to improve query execution time (Thanks @qligier, e#533)
  • Improved Protocol-relative URLs for open graph metadata (e#546)
  • Improved Remove metadata from medium-sized images and thumbnails (Imagick only) (e#556)
  • Improved Reduce quality of medium-sized images (Imagick only) (e#556)
  • Improved orientation-handling with Imagick (e#556)

v3.1.1

Released April 30, 2016

  • New share button when logged out (e#473)
  • New Import of IPTC photo tags (Thanks @qligier, e#514)
  • New Added reset username and password to FAQ (e#500 e#128)
  • Improved Removed will-change from the main image to improve the image rendering in Chrome (e#501)
  • Improved scroll and rendering performance by removing will-change
  • Improved Open Facebook and Twitter sharing sheet in new window
  • Improved EXIF and IPTC extraction (Thanks @qligier, e#518)
  • Fixed broken URL in Update.md (e#516)
  • Fixed error 500 on database connect error (Thanks @tribut, e#530)

v3.1.0

Released March 29, 2016

Warning: It's no longer possible to update from Lychee versions older than 2.7.

Warning: Plugins which use the plugin API of Lychee must be updated to work with the new back-end.

Notice: It's no longer possible to edit the thumb quality in the database.

Notice: It's no longer possible to disable the creation of medium-sized photos when Imagick is installed on the system.

This updates includes a huge rewrite of the back-end. We are now using namespaces and the singleton pattern for Settings::get(), Database::get() and Plugins::get(). Everything is way better documented thanks to PHPDoc comments. Ugly # comments have been replaced with the more known //. Unused functions are gone and returns are more strict. We also added a handy module to output messages. Failed database updates and invalid queries will be saved to the log.

  • New Empty titles for albums
  • New Share albums as hidden so they are only viewable with a direct link (e#27)
  • New Log failed and successful login attempts (Thanks @qligier, e#382 e#246)
  • Improved error messages and log output
  • Improved The search shows albums above photos (e#434)
  • Improved Album id now based on the current microtime (e#27)
  • Improved Back-end modules and plugins
  • Improved Database connect function and update mechanism
  • Improved Default photo title now "Untitled"
  • Improved Move to next photo after after moving a picture (e#437)
  • Improved Return to album overview when canceling album password input
  • Improved URL import now accepts photo URLs containing "?" and ":" (Thanks @qligier, e#482)
  • Improved Replaced date by strftime to simplify date translations (Thanks @qligier, e#461)
  • Fixed Missing icons in Safari 9.1
  • Fixed duplicate uploads (Thanks @qligier, e#433)
  • Fixed incorrect escaping when using backslashes
  • Fixed session_start() after sending headers (e#433)
  • Fixed error when deleting last open photo in album
  • Fixed Photo sometimes not loading when visiting directly
  • Fixed Move album, merge album and switch album/photo menus no longer show empty titles for untitled albums/photos

v3.0.9

Released January 10, 2016

  • Improved Disabled dragging for thumbnails
  • Improved Avoided unnecessary devicePixelRatio checks by using srcset for all thumbnails
  • Improved Avoided devicePixelRatio check by using srcset for the imageview image
  • Improved Don't show log and system information when logged out (Thanks @Bramas, e#421)
  • Fixed Swipe-gestures on mobile devices

v3.0.8

Released December 20, 2015

  • Improved Lychee update site now with SSL (e#317)
  • Improved Set undefined vars, remove unused vars and code that cannot be reached (Thanks @mattsches, e#435)

v3.0.7

Released November 15, 2015

  • Internal changes and updated dependencies
  • New PHP-version-check now requires PHP >= 5.5
  • New Preloading of big photos (e#185)

v3.0.6

Released September 13, 2015

  • Improved Share photo now shares view.php link (e#392)
  • Fixed Incorrect error messages for failed uploads (e#393)
  • Fixed XSS issues and escaping problems
  • Fixed Broken "Download album" when album has an ampersand in the password (e#356)

v3.0.5

Released August 9, 2015

  • Fixed view.php not displaying photos

v3.0.4

Released July 17, 2015

  • Improved Removed bower and updated basicModal & basicContext
  • Improved Small interface performance improvements
  • Improved Updated all JS-files to take advantage of ES2015
  • Improved Better error-handling for the Dropbox-, URL- and Server-Import
  • Improved Added skipDuplicates- and identifier-check to the diagnostics
  • Fixed error when using "Merge All" with one selected album
  • Fixed error when saving username and password after the initial setup
  • Fixed Clicks not recognized when using a mouse on a touchscreen-device (e#345)

v3.0.3

Released June 28, 2015

  • New Skip duplicates on upload (e#367, How to activate)

v3.0.2

Released June 13, 2015

  • Improved Permission errors are now easier to understand (e#351)
  • Improved Escape data from database before inserting into view.php
  • Fixed PHP-version-check now requires PHP >= 5.3 like written in the docs

v3.0.1

Released May 24, 2015

  • New Album Sorting (Thanks @ophian, e#98)
  • New Identifier to prevent login of multiple Lychee-instances (e#344)
  • Improved Albums and photos now can have a title with up to 50 chars (e#332)
  • Fixed Removing last Tag from photo not possible in Firefox (e#269)

v3.0.0

Released May 6, 2015

Warning: You need to enter a new username and password when upgrading from a previous version. Your installation is accessible for everyone till you enter a new login by visiting your Lychee. Both fields are now stored in a secure way. Legacy md5 code has been removed.

Warning: Upgrading from a previous version will set all public albums to private. Passwords are now stored in a secure way. Legacy md5 code has been removed.

Warning: We recommend to backup your database and photos before upgrading to the newest version.

Deprecated: Photos uploaded with Lychee v1.1 or older aren't supported anymore. Thumbnails fail to load on high-res screens.

  • New Redesigned interface, icons and symbols
  • New Rewritten Front-End
  • New Dialog system now based on basicModal
  • New Context-menus now based on basicContext
  • New Edit the sharing options of a public album
  • New Quickly switch between albums and photos by clicking the title in the header
  • New Renamed API functions
  • New Merge albums (Thanks @rhurling, e#340, e#341, e#166)
  • New iPhone 6 Homescreen icon
  • Improved Performance of animations
  • Improved Prevent download of deleted albums/photos
  • Improved Opening a private photo when logged out now shows an error
  • Improved Reduced attribute changes to improve performance
  • Improved Interact with the content while the sidebar stays open
  • Improved Username and password now stored in a safer way
  • Improved Album passwords now stored in a safer way
  • Improved Don't refresh albums when password-input canceled by user
  • Improved Additional Open Graph Metadata (e#299)
  • Improved Check allow_url_fopen (e#302)
  • Fixed Prevent ctrl+a from selecting the sidebar (e#230)
  • Fixed Removed unused scrolling bars in FF (e#316, e#289)

And much more…


Version 2

v2.7.2

Released April 13, 2015

  • Fixed Prevented remote code execution of photos imported using "Import from URL" (Thanks Segment S.r.l)
  • Fixed Stopped view.php from returning data of private photos

v2.7.1

Released January 26, 2015

  • Improved auto-login after first installation
  • Fixed Disabled import of the medium-folder
  • Fixed error when using apostrophes in text #290
  • Fixed $medium is now a tinyint like defined in the database structure
  • Fixed incorrect height calculation for photos
  • Fixed creation of test db e#295
  • Fixed a warning caused by set_charset e#291

v2.7

Released December 6, 2014

  • New Intermediate sized images for small screen devices #67
  • New Added Docker help (@renfredxh, e#252)
  • New Move-Photo context shows album previews
  • Improved Upload shows server-errors
  • Improved Improved thumb creation
  • Improved Docker (@renfredxh, e#252)
  • Improved CSS has been rewritten partly
  • Improved Front-end has been rewritten partly e#245
  • Improved Folder- and code-structure has been updated
  • Improved Context-menu now based on basicContext e#245
  • Fixed OpenGraph image too big for some sites e#69
  • Fixed Wrong sizes after EXIF rotation
  • Fixed Returning to 'Albums' after searching failed
  • Fixed Move-Photo not scrollable e#215

v2.6.3

Released October 10, 2014

  • New Caching for albums (Thanks @r0x0r, e#232)
  • New Save scroll position of albums (Thanks @r0x0r, e#232)
  • New Added Dockerfile (@renfredxh, e#236)
  • Improved Newest album on the top (Thanks @r0x0r, e#232)
  • Fixed Login in private mode (Safari)
  • Fixed Drag & Drop with open photo
  • Fixed Wrong modified date of the photo files
  • Fixed Search function always returned all photos (Thanks @powentan, e#234)

v2.6.2

Released September 12, 2014

  • New Select all albums/photos with cmd+a or ctrl+a
  • New Detect duplicates and only save one file (e#48)
  • New Duplicate photos (e#186)
  • New Added contributing guide
  • New Database table prefix for multiple Lychee installations (e#196)
  • Improved Use IPTC Title when Headline not available (e#216)
  • Improved Diagnostics are showing system information
  • Improved Harden against SQL injection attacks (e#38)
  • Fixed a problem with htmlentities and older PHP versions (e#212)

v2.6.1

Released August 22, 2014

  • New Support for IE >= 11 (e#148)
  • New Choose if public album is downloadable or not (e#191)
  • Improved Albums gradient overlay is less harsh (e#200)

v2.6

Released August 16, 2014

  • New Rewritten and redesigned Uploader (e#101)
  • New Custom server-import directory (e#187)
  • New Plugin documentation
  • Improved Database and installation process (e#202 #195)
  • Improved "No public albums" now easier to read (e#205)
  • Fixed Don't show EXIF info when not available (e#194)

v2.5.6

Released July 25, 2014

  • New Choose if album should be listed public (e#177)
  • New Gulp instead of Grunt with autoprefixer
  • Improved Slightly better performance when opening big albums
  • Improved Checksum with sha1 instead of md5 (e#179)
  • Fixed Missing public badge on public albums
  • Fixed Wrong path for public photos in view.php
  • Fixed Wrong link to thumbs when searching
  • Fixed Wrong date in album view when takestamp was null
  • Fixed It wasn't possible to rename albums while searching
  • Fixed It was possible to right-click on SmartAlbums after searching

v2.5.5

Released July 5, 2014

  • New Smart Album "Recent"
  • New Checksum of photo in database (e#48)
  • New Show takedate in photo-overlay (when available)
  • Improved Permission check when running with the same UID (e#174)

v2.5

Released June 24, 2014

  • New Swipe gestures on mobile devices
  • New Plugin-System
  • New Rewritten Back-End
  • New Support for ImageMagick (thanks @bb-Ricardo)
  • New Logging-System
  • New Blowfish hash instead of MD5 for all new passwords (thanks @bb-Ricardo)
  • New Compile Lychee using Grunt (with npm and bower)
  • New Open full photo without making the photo public
  • Improved Shortcuts
  • Improved Album share dialog
  • Improved Database update mechanism
  • Improved Download photos with correct title (thanks @bb-Ricardo)
  • Improved EXIF parsing
  • Improved URL and Server import (thanks @djdallmann)
  • Improved Check permissions on upload
  • Fixed Wrong capture date in Infobox
  • Fixed Sorting by takedate

v2.1.1

Released March 20, 2014

  • New Delete albums with cmd + backspace
  • New Using iOS 7.1 minimal-ui
  • Improved Faster loading of single photos
  • Improved Faster and snappier animations
  • Improved Better dialog when clearing Unsorted
  • Fixed Warning when uploading images without EXIF-Data
  • Fixed Close upload on error

v2.1

Released March 4, 2014

Important: You need to reenter your database credentials and set the correct rights for data/, when updating from a previous version.

  • New Multi-select (e#32)
  • New Multi-folder import from server (e#47)
  • New Tagging (e#5)
  • New Import of original image name (e#39)
  • New Makefile
  • Improved Upload-process
  • Improved Documentation
  • Improved Overlay for photos
  • Fixed Dropbox import (e#84)
  • Fixed Wrong login or password annotation (e#71)
  • Fixed Escaping issue (e#89)
  • Moved Config now located in data/

v2.0.3

Released February 26, 2014

  • Critical security fix
  • Notifications for Chrome

v2.0.2

Released January 30, 2014

  • Clear search button (e#62)
  • Speed improvements (e#57)
  • Show tooltip when album/photo title too long (e#66)
  • Fixed php notices
  • Avoid empty downloads in empty albums (e#56)
  • Correct position of upload modal on mobile devices
  • Improved security

v2.0.1

Released January 24, 2014

  • Share > Direct Link
  • Download individual images (e#43)
  • ContextMenu stays within the window (e#41)
  • Prevent default ContextMenu (e#45)
  • Small ContextMenu improvements
  • Small security improvements

v2.0

Released January 22, 2014

  • All new redefined interface
  • Faster animations and transitions
  • Import from Dropbox
  • Import from Server
  • Download public albums
  • Several sorting options
  • Installation assistant
  • Infobox and description for albums
  • Faster loading and improved performance
  • Better file handling and upload
  • Album covers are chosen intelligent
  • Prettier URLs
  • Massive changes under the hood
  • IPTC support (Headline and Caption)
  • EXIF Orientation support

Version 1

v1.3.2

Released November 21, 2013

This update includes small fixes and enhancements.

v1.3.1

Released September 8, 2013

  • Twitter Cards and Open Graph support for shared photos
  • Option to set album-password directly after clicking "Make Public"
  • Download Album works again

v1.3

Released Septermber 3, 2013

New: - Protect public albums with passwords - Export to Dropbox - Sharing-Link is displayed directly inside the sharing-dropdown - Delete photos with cmd+backspace

Improved: - Massive speed improvements - Changing the title, starring, description, etc. is now instant - Longer filenames for pictures (more security)

ShortLinks are removed for more independency and privacy. There are a lot of changes under the hood, including a lot of bug fixes and improvements. Please report every bug you find!

v1.2

Released June 17, 2013

  • Share whole albums
  • Public Mode
  • Import images via URL
  • New Share-Button
  • Improved Toolbar
  • Check for updates (see config.php)
  • ASC or DESC sorting (see config.php)
  • Download album fixed
  • Code optimizations (thanks @tibounise)
  • Changes and enhancements

v1.1

Released May 3, 2013

  • FTP Sharing
  • New Upload & New Search
  • Performance and stuff under the hood
  • Desktop Notifications
  • Right-Click on photos and albums
  • Retina Thumbs
  • Improved Interface

v1.0.2

Released January 15, 2013

  • Better mobile experience
  • New Login
  • jQuery update
  • Small fixes and enhancements

v1.0.1

Released October 25, 2012

  • Improved ImageView
  • Login-Window now shows the version of Lychee
  • iPhone Homescreen Icon
  • Improved Readme with Pictures

v1.0

Released October 2, 2012

  • Lychee v1.0

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