Version 6.0.0 Beta - New Front-end

Livewire is gone. VueJS is the new base.

To be brutally honest, there is pretty much nothing new between version 5.5.1 and version 6 in term of functionalities.
That being said, you should upgrade as soon as possible. Why? Because the new front-end is at least 3 times faster than the previous version!

You can read more about the rationale behind this new version here:

• https://lycheeorg.github.io/2024-06-29-future-of-lychee/
• https://lycheeorg.github.io/2024-06-25-performance-problems/

Furthermore, we had to drop the automated API documentation via scramble (read more here) , there will be a new one coming, but it is not of urgent matter. And while we are on that subject, Lychee is now supporting a complete new version 2 of API, and the version 1 is disabled by default.

On the good to know side, there are a two new .env variable that could be useful:

• VUEJS_ENABLED, pretty much disables the front-end version 6, and catapult you back to version 4.
• LEGACY_API_ENABLED allows you to re-enable the API version 1.

⚠️ By setting VUEJS_ENABLED=false and LEGACY_API_ENABLED=false you will end up with a broken Lychee. Please do not do that, keep at least one of the two set to true.

v6.0.0-alpha3 - for the curious :)

⚠️ Untested release zip archive, definitely not production ready. Use at your own risk.

If things break, you are on your own. Don't come crying.

Upgrade process is the same as usual (delete & replace etc.).

❓ The version number is still at 5.5.1 but you will need to apply the migrations (php artisan migrate).

v6.0.0-alpha2 - for the curious :)

⚠️ Untested release zip archive, definitely not production ready. Use at your own risk.

If things break, you are on your own. Don't come crying.

Upgrade process is the same as usual (delete & replace etc.).

❓ The version number is still at 5.5.1 but you will need to apply the migrations (php artisan migrate).

v6.0.0-alpha1 - for the curious

⚠️ Untested release zip archive, definitely not production ready. Use at your own risk.

If things break, you are on your own. Don't come crying.

Upgrade process is the same as usual (delete & replace etc.).

❓ The version number is still at 5.5.1 but you will need to apply the migrations (php artisan migrate).

Version 5.5.1 - Fix Tag album & fix ffprobe integration to php-exif

What's Changed

• Fixes videos not loading from S3 due to unlisted CSP host by @RickyRomero in #2487
• Add support for paths in php-exif by @ildyria in #2490
• Fix error when opening tag album by @ildyria in #2492
• Simplify by @ildyria in #2493
• Version 5.5.1 by @ildyria in #2494

New Contributors

• @RickyRomero made their first contribution in #2487

Full Changelog: v5.5.0...v5.5.1

Version 5.5

Migrated to Laravel 11. Might have some instability.

What's Changed

• Fix smart album not having visibilty option by @ildyria in #2470
• Add some details for clockwork profiler to work by @ildyria in #2465
• Allow to disable smart albums individually. by @ildyria in #2468
• Fix filename: no more double extension on download. by @ildyria in #2474
• Add ability to create user on the fly on Oauth auth step by @ildyria in #2475
• Fix timezone warning. (#2477)
• Minor speed improvements (#2478)
• disable livewire array hack (#2479)
• add option to disable login requirements on albums (#2480)
• Migrate to Laravel 11 by @ildyria in #2464

Full Changelog: v5.4.0...v5.5.0

Version 5.4 - Fixes apostrophes in Album names, add login_required option.

What's Changed

• Composer update by @ildyria in #2460
• Fix #2446: Apostrophes are allowed in names. by @ildyria in #2462
• Add login_required option so access is only after login in. by @ildyria in #2461

Full Changelog: v5.3.1...v5.4.0

Version 5.3.1 - Fixes & Speed improvements

What's Changed

• Fixes gen-sizevariants button french translation by @HorlogeSkynet in #2421
• Fix map not updating in sidebar view. by @ildyria in #2423
• Fix error cover option when selecting photo in smart album by @ildyria in #2430
• Fix broken thumbnail by @ildyria in #2431
• Bump spatie/image-optimizer from 1.7.2 to 1.7.4 by @dependabot in #2436
• Fix order max-min in header to match order in thumbnail by @ildyria in #2435
• Use random instead of sorted for thumbs of Smart Albumbs by @ildyria in #2429
• Small improvements to French translation by @anantone in #2442
• Fix additional_footer_text setting (#2445) by @leso-kn in #2444
• Composer update + phpstan annotations + Improved speed. by @ildyria in #2448
• version 5.3.1 by @ildyria in #2459

New Contributors

• @anantone made their first contribution in #2442
• @leso-kn made their first contribution in #2444

Full Changelog: v5.3.0...v5.3.1

Version 5.3.0 - Support for S3 & Copyright per album

What's Changed

• Fix description empty string creating bug in layout by @ildyria in #2400
• Add S3 bucket support. by @Kovah in #2379
• Fix teapot not flagging on phpinfo.php by @ildyria in #2411
• Fix migration order by @ildyria in #2410
• Add migration on forgotten license CC-BY-SA by @ildyria in #2416
• Adjusted with suggested CSS by @ildyria in #2413
• Adding copyright to albums #1838 by @ThanasisMpalatsoukas in #1880
• Version 5.3.0 by @ildyria in #2417

New Contributors

• @ThanasisMpalatsoukas made their first contribution in #1880
• @Kovah made their first contribution in #2379

Full Changelog: v5.2.2...v5.3.0

v5.2.2 - Hot Fix broken albums with no landscape images.

What's Changed

• Fixes HTTP 500 "Attempt to read property "photo_id" on null" on album page when no photo is found for header by @nanawel in #2396
• Use portrait when landscape is not available for header image by @ildyria in #2397
• Version 5.2.2 by @ildyria in #2398

New Contributors

• @nanawel made their first contribution in #2396

Full Changelog: v5.2.1...v5.2.2