Release Notes & Changelog

Full release history and changelog for imgcompress: new features, bug fixes, performance improvements, and Docker image updates for this self-hosted image compression and conversion tool.

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Change Log#

v0.6.0 β€” 2026-01-22#

  • Feature: Enhanced Image to PDF Export: Multi-Page Formatting and Page Controls #476
  • Feature: Search and Filter for Supported Formats Dialog #477

v0.5.0 β€” 2026-01-21#

  • Feature: Implement Automatic Update Notifications #469
  • Improvements: Simplify UI by removing non-essential UX elements + update mascot logo #473
  • Improvements: Speed up ImgCompress API with Granian (Rust HTTP server) #470
  • BugFix: Update storage calculation: use processed files + host-derived container capacity #472

v0.4.0 β€” 2026-01-04#

  • Feature: Support AVIF as Output Format #453
  • Request: Add a Documentation button to the UI #457
  • Internal: Clean Up in Backend #454

v0.3.1 β€” 2025-12-30#

  • Feature: Adds local AI background removal option to CLI #439
  • πŸš€ Optimize Docker cold start by lazy-loading heavy dependencies in imgcompress. Starts in under 2 Seconds #437

v0.3.0 β€” 2025-12-24#

  • Add AI background removal for PNG output #429

v0.2.8 β€” 2025-12-23#

  • Fallback to Web Mode when no Arg Mode is Provided #426

v0.2.7.2 β€” 2025-12-20#

  • License Update: GNU GPL-3.0 Migration #410

v0.2.7.1 β€” 2025-12-19#

  • BugFix: Broken CLI Mode #409

v0.2.7 β€” 2025-12-19#

  • Feature: Modernize UI Elements + Splash Screen Animation with Particles #405
  • Internal: Improve PDF Processing for better Memory optimization (#407)
  • Internal: DevContainer Integration Tests not same as Github Actions (#397)
  • Internal: DEPRECATED Migrate to Docker BuildX in Integration Test (#398)

v0.2.6 β€” 2025-12-15#

  • Feature: Enables file downloads from storage management(#388)
  • Feature: Improve Release Notes UI for Latest and Archive(#393)
  • BugFix issue where PSD Rendering was not perfect moved to psd-tools py library(#391)
  • BugFix: Issue in Processing large Files in imgcompress(#390)
  • Internal Enhancement: Seperation of Tests (Unit + Docker Integration)(#392)

0.2.5.2 β€” 2025-12-10#

  • Feature: Disable Storage Management via Environment Flag(#387)

v0.2.5.1 β€” 2025-12-09#

  • Improvement: Internet Check Changed from Auto to Manual Trigger (#384)

v0.2.5 β€” 2025-12-08#

  • New Feature: Add Container Status & Connectivity Indicator UI (#382)

v0.2.4 β€” 2025-12-01#

  • New Feature: Add support for extracting PDF pages as images in imgcompress (#374)

v0.2.3 β€” 2025-11-27#

  • New Improvement "Support .PSD file format with verification: (#361)

v0.2.2 β€” 2025-11-08#

  • New Feature "Implement .EPS file format support and verification: (#343)

v0.2.1 β€” 2025-10-12#

  • Enhances "Support Formats" by using Dialog: (#325)

v0.2.0 β€” 2025-10-11#

  • New Feature: Introduced modern dark theme with OS-based default (system) and persistent preference. (#321)
  • New Feature: Add Release Notes viewer with a button to open it from the bottom-left toolbar (#322)

v0.1.0 β€” 2025-10-01#

  • New Feature: Ability to convert files but allow the user to target a specific max filesize for the outputs (#316)