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Release Notes

This document tracks all notable changes I've made to ImgCompress, including new features, bug fixes, and performance optimizations.

Maintenance and Upgrades

To ensure you have the latest features and security patches, I recommend keeping your installation up to date.

  • Current History: Review the Change Log below.
  • How to Update: Follow the Update Guide to pull the latest Docker image.

Change Log

v0.6.0 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 2025-12-30

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

v0.3.0 — 2025-12-24

  • Add AI background removal for PNG output #429

v0.2.8 — 2025-12-23

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

v0.2.7.2 — 2025-12-20

  • License Update: GNU GPL-3.0 Migration #410

v0.2.7.1 — 2025-12-19

  • BugFix: Broken CLI Mode #409

v0.2.7 — 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 — 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 — 2025-12-10

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

v0.2.5.1 — 2025-12-09

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

v0.2.5 — 2025-12-08

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

v0.2.4 — 2025-12-01

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

v0.2.3 — 2025-11-27

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

v0.2.2 — 2025-11-08

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

v0.2.1 — 2025-10-12

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

v0.2.0 — 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 — 2025-10-01

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

How to use these notes

Use this page to decide whether an update is worth applying right now or to verify that a known issue has been addressed.