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 collaboration.

In addition, we're excited to unveil the Alpha release of our mobile app! Users can also 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