Alpha

0.4.2

Our final patch before Beta! This release brings UI improvements, package updates, platform migrations, and bug fixes to improve stability. More Chinese translations have also been added.

🔧 Core Updates

• Spacedrive now runs on a more stable version of Tauri v2 - by @Rocky43007 in #2654

🪐 App Updates

🖥️ Desktop

• Dimmed the text color on dark mode and increased the text size for keybinds - by @PineappleRind in #2643

(Before/After)

• Job Manager now shows progress when copying files - by @matheus-consoli in #2538

🐞 Bug Fixes

🖥️ Desktop

• Fixed a bug where pressing Esc would exit both the Quick Preview and app search simultaneously - by @myung03 in #2646
• Fixed a bug causing "zombie" jobs to appear in the job manager - by @myung03 in #2653

• Fixed a bug with PDF thumbnails failing to render - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2666
• Fixed a bug with opening Spacedrive on Debian Linux - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2648
• Fixed a bug preventing Spacedrive from launching - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2670

🛠️ General/Development Updates

• Added additional Chinese translations - by @Lkhsss in #2656
• Updated the Vite dependency to 5.2.0 - by @Rocky43007 in #2645
• Removed a number of unused code modules - by @fogodev (#2660) and @HeavenVolkoff (#2662)
• Updated various build/release tools and server scripts - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2642, #2663, #2668
• Updated a number of Rust, Prisma, and Windows dependencies - by @HeavenVolkoff in #2662, #2663
• Miscellaneous updates to documentation, code style, and version references - by @iLynxcat (#2639) and @HeavenVolkoff (#2670, #2667)

📱 Mobile (soon)^tm

• Updated the Expo SDK dependency to 51.0.28 - by @Rocky43007 in #2665

🆕 New Contributors

• @Lkhsss made their first contribution in #2656

🚀 What's Next?

We're thrilled to announce that the next planned update (version 0.5) for Spacedrive will mark a significant milestone as we transition from the Alpha stage to a full Beta release. This major update will introduce the highly anticipated cloud sync and P2P (peer-to-peer) capabilities, allowing seamless file synchronization across devices and improved collaboration.

With 0.5, we'll also be super excited to unveil the Alpha release of our mobile app! Users can additionally look forward to a variety of smaller features and UI updates to explore across the board.

Thank you for using Spacedrive — we hope you're all as excited as we are for this upcoming release!

Full Changelog: https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive/compare/0.4.1...0.4.2

1. Uninstall Spacedrive from your device
2. Install a clean version of Spacedrive 0.4.1
3. Update Spacedrive using the app update feature