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Release v0.89.0
Mostly behind-the-scenes changes and bugfixes this time round; better 3MF conversion behaviour, custom database port support, and fixes for sites that aren’t running at the root of their domain. There’s also been a big reorganisation of the settings; user-specific settings are now in the same place as password and email, whereas the old settings page is now just for site-wide admin settings.
posted on 19 Nov 2024
Release v0.88.0
This release was just going to be bugfixes, but then we added support for a load of new file formats, particularly ones used for stuff like game development or higher-end graphics work. So, you can now index Collada (DAE), FBX, IGES, DXF, 3DS/MAX, Maya, Modo, Sketchup and even more. Take a look at the supported formats page on the website for the full list!
posted on 07 Nov 2024
Release v0.87.0
This release adds the ability to resolve problems in bulk; so if you have a lot of missing files, or empty folders, now you can remove them all in one go! There are also new application and database performance dashboards, so you can see how your instance is performing, as well as the usual collection of bug fixes.
posted on 06 Nov 2024
Release v0.86.0
This release adds another long-requested feature, a big download button for an entire model! No, I’m not sure how it took this long either. But, there’s not just one download button - there are options! You can download just the supported files, just the unsupported, or just one particular file type!
posted on 24 Oct 2024
Release v0.85.1
Quick fix for a missing database field that accidentally didn’t get added to production systems.
posted on 21 Oct 2024
Release v0.85.0
A small release, but hopefully good for usability! Following creators is now easier and more obvious with a new creator profile page, and Manyfold will also match existing accounts with OIDC logins.
posted on 21 Oct 2024
Release v0.84.1
A small fix for data migration when upgrading very outdated instances.
posted on 18 Oct 2024
Release v0.84.0
If you’re on a public or shared instance, this might be helpful; now you can mark models as “sensitive” (i.e. NSFW, or otherwise something to be careful about). You can also choose how you want to display sensitive items; you can show them normally, blur them in the lists, or you can hide them completely!
posted on 18 Oct 2024
Release v0.83.0
We’ve all got too many passwords; so, this release adds experimental support for single sign-on using OpenID Connect (OIDC)!
posted on 17 Oct 2024
Release v0.82.1
Just a couple of small bugfixes following up from the v0.82.0 release.
posted on 14 Oct 2024
Release v0.82.0
Exciting times! This release has not one, but TWO major features!
posted on 13 Oct 2024
Release v0.81.0
There’s a lot of work in this release, but perhaps not much is too visible. We’re working on ActivityPub interoperability with platforms like Mastodon, and there’s a lot of work under the hood to get us there. The visible ActivityPub interaction stuff is very near though, hopefully you’ll get to see it within a week in v0.82.0!
posted on 07 Oct 2024
Release v0.80.1
Quick bugfix for an error when creating new libraries using the suggested path.
posted on 25 Sep 2024
Release v0.80.0
This release is all about bugs! Along with v0.79.0, it includes fixes for every high-priority bug we wanted to fix for v1.0.0. A lot of these have been around for a long time, so it’s great to get them closed!
posted on 24 Sep 2024
Release v0.79.0
This release sees the arrival of a long-awaited feature, the ability to upload files into an existing model! Now you can add images, extra files, fixed files, whatever you want. It also comes with improved upload performance, and a load of bugfixes for some issues that have been on the backlog for a long time!
posted on 18 Sep 2024
Release v0.78.1
Minor bugfix for incorrect file paths being created during upload.
posted on 11 Sep 2024
Release v0.78.0
Now you can set a creator, collection, license and tags straight away at upload time! That’ll make things a bit easier…
posted on 10 Sep 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W30-36
OK, so this isn’t so much a weeknote as an entire-summer-holidays note. Since the last one, the kids have been off school, so “quiet Monday mornings to collect my thoughts” haven’t really been a thing. So, let’s catch up a bit with a quick round of highlights.
posted on 09 Sep 2024
Release v0.77.3
Fixes a problem with slow deployments of v0.77.2
posted on 05 Sep 2024
Release v0.77.2
This release brings a few privacy improvements after the initial release of public sharing in v0.77.0; you can no longer predict URLs of models, and private tags are hidden.
posted on 05 Sep 2024
Release v0.77.1
Hotfix for an authentication problem on initial setup. Sorry!
posted on 04 Sep 2024
Release v0.77.0
Now you can control who you share your stuff with - even the entire world if you want! You can grant per-item viewing, editing, or owner permissions, and you can grant them to all local users, individual users, or the general public so your stuff can be viewed without an account. By default, new and existing content will be available to view by all local users, which is the same as previous versions. But, admins can change that default in settings to make new items private instead.
posted on 04 Sep 2024
Release v0.76.1
A few bugfixes for ActivityPub and database migration.
posted on 22 Aug 2024
Release v0.76.0
Mostly background changes in this release, heading towards more ActivityPub functionality. The main feed will now show updates as well as just create events, and you get a load of bugfixes too!
posted on 21 Aug 2024
Release v0.75.1
Fix broken data migration in v0.75.0 - sorry about that!
posted on 06 Aug 2024
Release v0.75.0
Say hello to v.0.75.0 of Manyfold, in which we take our first steps into a larger world! We’re excited to announce that we’ve added experimental early-stage support for ActivityPub, the decentralized social protocol that powers the Fediverse (think Threads, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube, etc).
posted on 06 Aug 2024
Release v0.74.2
Using MySQL / MariaDB was broken out of the box; this release should fix the problems.
posted on 26 Jul 2024
Release v0.74.1
Fixing a search problem introduced in v0.74.0 - sorry about that!
posted on 25 Jul 2024
Release v0.74.0
This release sees quite a milestone; it’s the first time we’ve removed a feature! You used to be able to choose how unrelated tags were shown in the cloud; either in a faded colour, or hidden completely and just shown as a count. In the process of fixing a performance problem with really big libraries, we decided that flexibility wasn’t worth it for the amount of computation it required, so it’s gone away.
posted on 24 Jul 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W28-29
The last couple of weeks have been a mixed bag of goodies, as I work through the last remaining funded core features and improvements, before moving on to ActivityPub stuff.
posted on 22 Jul 2024
Release v0.73.0
A mixed bag this week; GLTF support, more icon choices, and better password rules, along with a pile of bugfixes. Enjoy!
posted on 19 Jul 2024
The European Union must keep funding free software
Over the last six months, Manyfold has been the beneficiary of open source funding from the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet programme, via NLNet. The project was awarded €35000, which has let us change from a small part-time side project into a full-time effort with a burgeoning user and contributor community. We’ve also applied for another round to keep that success going.
posted on 17 Jul 2024
Release v0.72.2
Another bugfix release, fixing a bug in the last bugfix release! Also resolves some database concurrency issues for the solo image.
posted on 15 Jul 2024
Release v0.72.1
A quick bugfix release to fix file permissions when using SQLite databases. If you were having trouble with the solo image, this should help!
posted on 15 Jul 2024
Sustainability Self-Assessment 2024-07-12
This post is a self-assessment of Manyfold against the Web Sustainability Guidelines version 1.0 (Seventh Draft), carried out by James Smith on 2024-07-12.
posted on 12 Jul 2024
Release v0.72.0
This release focuses on the deployment and sysadmin aspects of running Manyfold. We’ve added in support for MySQL / MariaDB database servers, as well as the ability to use SQLite’s file-based database if you don’t want to run a separate database server.
posted on 11 Jul 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W26-27
I completely forgot to do a weeknote last week, so here’s a double issue, covering two weeks of work around file management, mostly around uploading and storage.
posted on 08 Jul 2024
Release v0.71.0
Not got enough disk space? Now you can create a library that uses S3-compatible cloud storage instead of local disk! This could be from any of a large number of open source or commercial services - either out on the public Internet, or self-hosted!
posted on 06 Jul 2024
Release v0.70.3
Another bug fix release, mainly for people with libraries with IDs of 10 or over, plus a bonus fix for extraneous MeshLoadErrors (because it was trying to load images not meshes)
posted on 01 Jul 2024
Release v0.70.2
FIxing a couple of bugs in the recent release, mainly around ever-increasing cache folder size (which should now be automatically cleaned up) and some subtle background errors at first startup and library creation.
posted on 01 Jul 2024
Release v0.70.1
Just a quick bugfix to speed up data migration during upgrade to v0.70.0. See release notes for that version for everything else!
posted on 29 Jun 2024
Release v0.70.0
This releases brings BIG changes to the upload process. Firstly, file upload progress is shown as it happens, so you can see what’s going on; then, the extraction of zip files happens in the background, so you can carry on using Manyfold while it happens. Models are created straight away, without the need for a full scan, so the “scan after upload” button has gone away. And finally, perhaps our single most popular feature request - you can now upload individual files as new models! So, no need to zip up a single STL any more.
posted on 29 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W25
Back on the development train after the last few weeks of disruption, last week was all about security. We had the results of the security audit, as I mentioned last time, and there were a bunch of issues to fix, which took up the early part of the week. Then on Thursday I pushed those changes out in release v0.69.0.
posted on 24 Jun 2024
Release v0.69.0
We had a security audit recently, thanks to NLNet / NGI Zero and Radically Open Security. This release fixes a load of security issues that were found in the audit, many of which fix other bugs at the same time.
posted on 20 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W22-24
This time I’m going to wrap up 3 weeks into one note, because a lot of life stuff happened, not really leaving much time for Manyfold.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W21
Week 21, and it was time to bite off the next big bit of work. Improvements to uploading are the most popular requested features at the moment, and in order to do that, I wanted to make some underlying improvements to the way the files are managed. One big driver for this is that I wanted to be able to support cloud storage (like Amazon S3), so that if you’re running a shared instance, you don’t need a real attached disk, and can easily expand storage as required.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W20
The week started with some loose ends around accessibility, and a collection of small bugfixes and contributions.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W19
For reasons that will become clear, I’ve fallen behind on my weeknotes. But, I want to get back in the saddle, so here we go. Catchup time. First up, week 19.
posted on 17 Jun 2024
Release v0.68.0
A small release this week, while we do some more big changes behind the scenes for a future release. Main thing is an improvement to the automatic grouping of files in models, so that they get arranged in a more sensible way. There’s more to improve here, but this should make things a bit more useful!
posted on 29 May 2024
Release v0.67.0
This release introduces optional, anonymous, as-private-as-possible usage tracking, purely so that we can answer the question “how many people are using Manyfold?”. There is a detailed breakdown of exactly what data is collected and how we use it in the admin manual, but in summary, we collect only the application version you’re running, and we can’t access or save it, other than getting aggregated statistics.
posted on 17 May 2024
Release v0.66.2
Small hotfix to stop invalid filenames being created during 3MF export.
posted on 13 May 2024
Release v0.66.1
Just a quick bugfix for v0.66!
posted on 13 May 2024
Release v0.66.0
On the surface, this release is mostly about more accessibility - keyboard controls for rotating 3d models, correctly-tagged languages, and colour contrast. But in order to do that, behind the scenes the 3d renderer has had a massive rewrite, and I hope you’ll find it a lot faster and smoother to use!
posted on 12 May 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W18
In last week’s note, I discussed the accessibility audit we’d just done; well, the rest of the week was spent fixing all the problems raised. Well, almost all.
posted on 07 May 2024
Release v0.65.0
This release is all about improving accessibility after a recent audit. No new features as such, but if you’re a screen reader or keyboard user you should find the site much easier to use. We now have skip links for large content blocks, proper tab ordering, better labels for links and buttons, and much more. We now use shape as well as colour to differentiate problem severity icons, which should help users with reduced colour vision.
posted on 03 May 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W17
Well, that didn’t take long. Three weeks in and I forgot to write the weeknote. Still, only a day late.
posted on 30 Apr 2024
Release v0.64.0
This release brings a range of accessibility, security and performance improvements, such as being able to select your language manually as well as automatically, and lots of other behind-the-scenes improvements and bugfixes.
posted on 25 Apr 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W16
Last week in Manyfold development saw a bit more rabbithole spelunking again, and once again not quite the focus I was after.
posted on 22 Apr 2024
Release v0.63.0
posted on 21 Apr 2024
Weeknote: 2024-W15
I haven’t talked much about Manyfold’s development so far other than just pushing out code, and so I thought I’d start giving weeknotes a try. Prior warning though, I’m terrible at habits like this, so this may be sporadic, or disappear into nothing. I’ll start with trying to do a weeknote each Monday about the previous week’s progress.
posted on 15 Apr 2024
Release v0.62.0
The features in this little release weren’t on the roadmap; think of this as more of a weekend bonus! Images in a model are now shown in a carousel at the top of the page, with the individual 3d files further down. Also, the bulk editor doesn’t include images any more (because they didn’t have anything to edit).
posted on 14 Apr 2024
Release v0.61.0
This release brings the ability for your users to recover their forgotten passwords, and stay logged in between browser sessions. The speed of the mesh analysis jobs has also roughly doubled, which makes detecting those holes a bit less expensive.
posted on 12 Apr 2024
Release v0.60.0
In this release, Manyfold takes a step inside your files to make sure they’re printable! During scan, we look at the mesh structure of OBJ and STL files and make sure they don’t have any holes. If they do, we’ll raise a Problem so you can investigate further.
posted on 09 Apr 2024
Release v0.59.1
posted on 28 Mar 2024
Release v0.59.0
🌟 This is a BIG one; Manyfold is going multi-user! 🌟
posted on 25 Mar 2024
Release v0.58.0
In this release, two new translations! We have a complete French translation thanks to @clepoittevin and @Andreaj42, and mostly-complete Polish thanks to @XioR112! There are also some improvements to some untranslated German text from @ZwiebelTVDE.
posted on 18 Mar 2024
Release v0.57.2
posted on 05 Mar 2024
Release v0.57.1
posted on 22 Feb 2024
Release v0.57.0
posted on 20 Feb 2024
Release v0.56.1
Small bugfix release to fix a problem where new instances wouldn’t start up.
posted on 05 Feb 2024
Release v0.56.0
This release is all about better management of collection problems! Last release introduced the ability to change the severity of different problems, and completely turn off some categories if you don’t want to know about them.
posted on 02 Feb 2024
Release v0.55.2
posted on 31 Jan 2024
Release v0.55.1
posted on 30 Jan 2024
Release v0.55.0
In this, the first release of many in 2024. we have some new features. You can now set license information for models, and you can choose how important different problems are when displayed - including whether to hide them completely!
posted on 29 Jan 2024
Release v0.54.2
This is the first release with our new docker image name, ghcr.io/manyfold3d/manyfold.
posted on 06 Dec 2023
Release v0.54.1
VanDAM is changing name to Manyfold! In order to continue getting updates, you will need to change your docker configuration to pull from ghcr.io/manyfold3d/manyfold instead, for future versions.
posted on 06 Dec 2023
Release v0.54.0
What’s Changed
posted on 12 Oct 2023
Release v0.53.0
posted on 23 Aug 2023
Release v0.52.1
posted on 21 Aug 2023
Release v0.52.0
posted on 16 Aug 2023
Release v0.51.0
posted on 07 Aug 2023
Release v0.50.0
posted on 17 Jul 2023
Release v0.49.0
posted on 15 Jul 2023
Release v0.48.0
posted on 06 Jul 2023
Release v0.47.1
Second attempt at releasing v0.47.0 (after a quick bugfix in the build), with a few small features to make library management easier.
posted on 02 Jul 2023
Release v0.47.0
posted on 02 Jul 2023
Release v0.46.0
posted on 24 Jun 2023
Release v0.45.0
posted on 20 Jun 2023
Release v0.44.0
What’s Changed
posted on 15 Apr 2023
Release v0.43.0
The big news this release is uploading! You can upload archive files directly through the web interface, and the models within will be extracted and scanned into your library.
posted on 17 Mar 2023
Release v0.42.0
Lots of new stuff! You can now tell VanDAM how you want your files organised on disk. By creator? Collection? Tag? All of the above? Now you can! Even better, VanDAM will attempt to guess information for newly-scanned models based on the template. There are also lots of improvements around tagging, and some new library options like custom icons!
posted on 10 Mar 2023