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== FreedomBox 22.17 (2022-08-01) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * help: Add "How can I help?" section to Contribute page

=== Other Changes ===

 * locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Turkish
 * wordpress: Don't install php-ssh2

== FreedomBox 22.16 (2022-07-18) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * cockpit: Reconfigure to allow any origin
 * rssbridge: New app to generate RSS feeds for websites

=== Other Changes ===

 * apache: Also configure to serve on /freedombox
 * apache: Merge old configuration files into a better location
 * apache: Redirect all logs to systemd journal
 * cockpit: Depend on apache and setup after it
 * cockpit: Use decorator for privileged actions
 * config: Add option to set logging mode: none/volatile/persistent
 * config: Set volatile logging by default
 * debian: Follows policy version 4.6.1
 * debian: Update copyright year
 * gitweb: Switch default branch name to main for new repositories
 * janus: Change short description to "Video Room"
 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French, Russian, Ukrainian
 * privoxy: Restrict to private IPs, prevent access over the internet
 * privoxy: Use privileged decorator for actions
 * roundcube: Add fail2ban jail
 * roundcube: Configure to log to journald
 * roundcube: Use privileged to simplify actions
 * rssbridge: Add functional tests
 * rssbridge: Fix flake8 errors
 * rssbridge: Whitelist all bridges by default

== FreedomBox 22.15 (2022-07-04) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * backups: Add options to keep sshfs shares responsive
 * backups: Unmount repositories before and after backup
 * users: create home directories for newly created users

=== Other Changes ===

 * *: pylint: Avoid calling super() with arguments
 * *: pylint: Don't inherit from 'object'
 * *: pylint: Drop unnecessary 'pass' statements
 * *: pylint: Explicitly specify encoding when open a file
 * *: pylint: Suppress unused argument warnings
 * ci: Use compatible versions of Selenium and Splinter
 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
 * mediawiki: Add regex validator to the domain field
 * mediawiki: Remove Buster specific code not needed in Bullseye
 * mediawiki: Remove wgLogo as it is not needed in Bullseye
 * pyproject.toml: Ignore some refactoring messages with pylint
 * static: js: css: Make multiple select fields work with Django 4.0
 * tests: functional: Simplify GitLabCI configuration
 * upgrades: Hold packages one at a time
 * upgrades: Re-add workaround for grub
 * views: Add a comment about change in Django 4.0

== FreedomBox 22.14.1 (2022-06-27) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * matrixsynapse: Allow new dependency to be installed from backports

=== Other Changes ===

 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Turkish
 * actions: Note that privileged actions can't output to stdout
 * mumble: Backup/restore the configuration file
 * mumble: Don't set the root channel name unless it is changed
 * mumble: Use privileged decorator for superuser actions
 * mumble: tests: Add functional tests for setting the passwords

== FreedomBox 22.14 (2022-06-20) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * ejabberd: Allow domains to be added or removed
 * mumble: Allow setting a password that is required to join the server
 * mediawiki: Add option to change the site name

=== Other Changes ===

 * actions: Add a decorator for marking superuser actions
 * doc: dev: Use and recommend new privileged actions
 * ejabberd: Automatically use coturn
 * janus: Improve description about coturn
 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Russian, Turkish
 * tests: Add a dummy parameter for middlewares for Django 4.0
 * translation: Don't use session for storing lang pref in Django 4.0
 * transmission: Simplify actions using the privileged decorator
 * users: Fix deleting user LDAP entry with Django 4.0

== FreedomBox 22.13 (2022-06-06) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * email: Make app available for all users (even without advanced flag)
 * janus: Add new app for lightweight WebRTC server
 * wordpress: Allow installing/updating plugins and themes

=== Other Changes ===

 * email: Add description about ISP and domain limitations
 * locale: Added Latvian translation
 * locale: Update translation for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
 * mumble: Allow changing root channel name
 * tests: functional: Add jobs for bullseye-backports
 * tests: functional: Integrate into Salsa CI
 * transmission: Add redirects to avoid 409 conflict
 * wordpress: tests: Continue past language selection screen
 * wordpress: tests: Fix writing title for new post in newer versions

== FreedomBox 22.12 (2022-05-23) ==

=== Highlights ===

  * *: Show Learn More... links in frontpage with description
  * mediawiki: Serve hidden service over http for .onion domains

=== Other Changes ===

  * apache: Allow URL diagnostics to work with redirects
  * firewall: Show service name in port forwarding info table
  * frontpage: Allow showing links to manual pages
  * frontpage: Reuse app header template for showing app description
  * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Turkish
  * mediawiki: Add stricter sandbox rules for jobrunner service
  * mediawiki: Fix URL diagnostics with redirects involved
  * ssh, bind: Show 'Learn More...' links
  * tor: Show port forwarding information in consistent way
  * tt-rss: Fix description about user access

== FreedomBox 22.11 (2022-05-09) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * email: Fix userdb lookups with LDAP
 * matrixsynapse: Allow new dependencies to be installed from backports

=== Other Changes ===

 * HACKING: Improve documentation on how to run tests
 * container: Show executed commands when setting up/running tests
 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Danish, French, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
 * mediawiki: Check if admin password is at least 10 characters long
 * mediawiki: Handle password rejection from !MediaWiki
 * samba: Fix functional tests when user is not logged in at start
 * tests: functional: Get rid of dependency on xvfb
 * transmission: Improve description

== FreedomBox 22.10 (2022-04-25) ==

 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Greek, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
 * sharing: Allow spaces in path strings

== FreedomBox 22.9 (2022-04-11) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * minetest: Allow alternate name for 3d armor mod
 * upgrades: Use python3-typing-extensions from bullseye-backports

=== Other Changes ===

 * calibre: Fix description of allowable library names
 * locale: Add new Arabic translation
 * locale: Update translations for Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Turkish
 * plinth: Add forum link to footer

== FreedomBox 22.8 (2022-03-28) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * network: Fix showing wifi connection

=== Other Changes ===

 * calibre: explain correct name format for new library
 * ikiwiki: add packages that are necessary
 * locale: Updated translations for Chinese (Simplified), French, Russian
 * upgrades: Allow backports from src:freedombox

== FreedomBox 22.7 (2022-03-14) ==

 * locale: Update translations for French, Hungarian, Spanish

== FreedomBox 22.6.1 (2022-03-06) ==

 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Turkish

== FreedomBox 22.6 (2022-03-02) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * email: Enable as an advanced app

=== Other Changes ===

 * dynamicdns: Fix adding null domain into configuration
 * email: Add backup/restore component
 * email: Add basic functional tests
 * email: Add front page shortcut, update name and description
 * email: Add more special-use IMAP folders, set autoexpunge to 60days
 * email: Add shortcut for non-admin users to manage their aliases
 * email: Add various documentation links for future readability
 * email: Allow re-running setup
 * email: Backup/restore aliases and mailboxes
 * email: Depend on and run redis server
 * email: Implement adding common aliases for first admin user
 * email: List all listening ports of the daemons
 * email: Narrowly match just rspamd's spam header
 * email: Open firewall port for managesieve protocol
 * email: Revert to LDAP auth as pam does not allow non-admin users
 * email: Set an icon from Tango project
 * email: Setup rspamd configuration to include !FreedomBox config
 * email: Tweak client auto-configuration file
 * email: Update donation URL to rspamd donation URL
 * email: aliases: Drop ability to enable/disable aliases
 * email: clients: Make Thunderbird URLs language independent
 * email: dkim: Implement setting up DKIM signing keys
 * email: dns: Show table for desired DNS entries
 * email: postfix: Fix priority for authentication directives
 * email: postfix: use inline map for TLS SNI maps
 * email: rspamd: Log to journald via syslog
 * email: rspamd: Simplify installing configuration
 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Ukrainian
 * minidlna: add iOS VLC client
 * samba: add iOS VLC client

== FreedomBox 22.5 (2022-02-14) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * dynamicdns: Replace ez-ipupdate
   * Drop NAT detection as it is no longer used
   * Drop about page and merge into description
   * Drop tabs and use single page
   * Rewrite configuration handling and update using URL

=== Other Changes ===

 * app: Add component to store enabled state of an app in kvstore
 * backups: Implement backup/restore of key/value settings
 * locale: Update translations for Albanian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
 * minetest: Reduce the number of configuration update messages
 * tests: functional: Add plugin for HTML reports
 * tt-rss: Restrict access to `feed-reader` group in "/tt-rss-app"
 * users: Fix typo in description

== FreedomBox 22.4 (2022-01-31) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * coturn: Use wildcard listening address to fix startup issues
 * sso, users: Redirect to home page after logout

=== Other Changes ===

 * apache: Don't redirect to HTTPS for .onion domains
 * apache: Don't set HSTS for .onion domain
 * cockpit: Explicitly redirect to HTTPS as needed for !WebSockets
 * doc: Fail when downloading images from Debian wiki fails
 * email_server: Drop showing diagnostics/repair and roundcube config
 * email_server: Drop some unused code
 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian
 * matrixsynapse: Add !FluffyChat to client list
 * mldonkey: Drop app not available in Debian Bullseye and Bookworm
 * power: Add a link to power app in the system menu
 * roundcube: Add setting for local connection only
 * shaarli: Add android app to description
 * shaarli: Add backup component
 * shaarli: Add functional tests
 * snapshots: Clarify that snapshots are take during updates too
 * tests: functional: Implement a workaround for issue with screenshots
 * users: Clarify help message for authorization password
 * wireguard: tests: Add functional tests

== FreedomBox 22.3 (2022-01-17) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * upgrades: Allow matrix's new dependency to be installed
 * sso: Adjust URL to CAPTCHA page needed by Django security fix

=== Other Changes ===

 * container: Avoid a warning that interactive mode is intended
 * help: tests: Fix functional test to check for status logs
 * locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Turkish
 * sso: Add missing captcha/rate limiting on SSO login
 * tests: functional: Fix setting domain name with active notifications
 * tt-rss: Allow published articles to be publicly available

== FreedomBox 22.2 (2022-01-11) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * debian, setup.py: Add dependency on python3-tomli
 * help: Fix failing setup when manual directory is not available

=== Other Changes ===

 * backups: Correct spelling of encryption protocols
 * i2p: Fix grammar in description
 * ikiwiki: Initialize shortcuts during post-init setup
 * locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Swedish, Turkish
 * mumble: Change description to include iOS client app
 * networks: Fix reference to an option
 * openvpn: Add link to IOS app
 * radicale: Update Thunderbird URLs
 * transmission: Fix capitalization
 * wireguard: Fix spelling

== FreedomBox 22.1 (2022-01-03) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * package: Add diagnostic to check if a package is the latest version

=== Other Changes ===

 * backups: Capitalize 'SSH' in template
 * config, upgrades: Specify submit button for tests
 * datetime: Explicitly list systemd-timesyncd as a dependency
 * locale: Update translations for Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Swedish
 * storage: Skip tests if not enough disk space is available
 * upgrades: Relabel from 'Update' to 'Software Update'

== FreedomBox 21.16 (2021-12-20) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * datetime: Fix checking when timesyncd will run on a system

=== Other Changes ===

 * cockpit, ejabberd: Make 'name' optional in Signal handlers
 * diaspora: Drop app that was never finished
 * email_server:
   * Adjust TLS configuration parameters
   * Fix issue with handling domain removal
   * Include postfix package in packages list
   * Re-implement TLS configuration
   * Rename dovecot TLS configuration file for consistency
 * letsencrypt: Handle cert setup when an app wants all domains
 * locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, French, German, Swedish, Turkish
 * monkeysphere, tahoe-lafs: Drop unused apps
 * roundcube: Allow upgrades by avoiding configuration file change
 * tests: Fix app name in pytest.skip statement
 * tests: functional: Skip MLDonkey app
 * upgrades: Cleanup dist upgrade steps specific to bullseye release
 * upgrades: Refactor dist upgrade process

== FreedomBox 21.15 (2021-12-06) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * dynamicdns: Update URLs to the new dynamic DNS server
 * firewall: Allow configuration upgrade to version 1.0.x
 * shaarli: Enable app (only available in testing and unstable)

=== Other Changes ===

 * *: Drop module level depends declaration
 * *: Drop module level package_conflicts and use component API
 * *: Drop unused manual_page at module level
 * *: Drop use of managed_packages and rely on Packages component
 * *: Drop use of managed_services, rely on Daemon component
 * *: Drop use of module level is_essential flag
 * *: Drop use of module level version
 * *: Drop use of unnecessary managed_paths
 * *: Use the App's state management API
 * actions/letsencrypt: Drop use of managed_paths and use LE component
 * actions/service: Drop unused list action
 * actions/service: Drop use of managed_services for Daemon component
 * actions: Get list of packages from Packages components
 * app: Introduce API for managing setup state of the app
 * app: Introduce API to setup an app
 * bind: Drop alias handling unnecessary in >= Bullseye
 * daemon: Add new component to hold information about related daemons
 * doc/dev: Drop discussion on managed_paths
 * doc/dev: Drop reference to module level depends declaration
 * doc/dev: Remove mention of managed_services
 * doc/dev: Remove outdated reference to init() at module level
 * doc/dev: Update documentation to not refer to managed_packages
 * email_server: Merge domain configuration with app view
 * email_server: Simplify domain configuration form
 * first_boot: Drop use of loaded_modules and use App.list
 * forms: Fix regression with TLS domain form in quassel and tt-rss
 * letsencrypt: On domain removal, don't revoke certificate, keep it
 * locale: Update translations for Czech, German, Norwegian Bokmål
 * main: List apps instead of modules
 * middleware, views: Reduce use of setup_helper
 * module_loader, app: Move app init to app module
 * package: Add parameter to specify skipping package recommendations
 * package: Implement installing packages in the component
 * package: Introduce component API for package conflicts
 * packages: Move checking for unavailable packages to component
 * security: Drop use of loaded_modules and use App.list
 * security: Drop use of managed_services in security report
 * security: Get the list of packages from Packages component
 * setup: Drop unused API for app's state management
 * setup: List dependencies for apps instead of modules
 * setup: Run setup on apps instead of modules
 * setup: Use apps instead of modules to determine running first setup
 * setup: Work on apps instead of modules for force upgrade
 * tests: Add 'domain' mark for apps that add/remove domains
 * web_server: Drop use of loaded_modules and use App.list

== FreedomBox 21.14.1 (2021-11-24) ==

 * config: Add packages component to a re-add zram-tools dependency

== FreedomBox 21.14 (2021-11-22) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * tt-rss: Allow selection of a domain name

=== Other Changes ===

 * *: Split app initialization from app construction
 * app: Introduce separate method for post initialization operations
 * datetime: Avoid error when systemctl is not available
 * debian: Fail build if no module dependencies found
 * locale: Update translations for Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
 * main: Drop initializing Django when listing dependencies

== FreedomBox 21.13 (2021-11-08) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * avahi, samba: Use systemd sandboxing
 * components: Introduce new component - Packages
 * security: Properly handle sandbox analysis of timer units

=== Other Changes ===

 * email_server (not enabled yet):
   * Add buttons for managing aliases, domains, spam
   * Authenticate using PAM instead of LDAP
   * Delivery mail to /var/mail instead of home directory
   * Don't use user IDs when performing lookups
   * Drop hash DB and use sqlite3 directly
   * Use Django forms and views
 * locale: Update translations for German, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
 * tests: Use !BaseAppTests for functional tests of most apps
 * utils: Fix ruamel.yaml deprecation warnings

== FreedomBox 21.12 (2021-10-25) ==

 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Czech, French, German, Turkish, Ukrainian
 * middleware: Don't show setup view to non-admin users
 * performance: Add backup support (no data)
 * storage: Pass optional mount point to partition expansion
 * storage: tests: Fix tests for expanding disk partitions
 * tests: Add !BaseAppTests class for common functional tests

== FreedomBox 21.11 (2021-10-11) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * ttrss: Fix daemon not running sometimes on startup

=== Other Changes ===

 * *: Always pass check= argument to subprocess.run()
 * *: Convert all functional tests to python format
 * *: Move all systemd service files from /lib to /usr
 * calibre: Run service only if when installed
 * d/control: Allow building with python interpreter of any arch
 * d/rules: Don't install and enable other systemd service files
 * d/rules: Don't use setup.py to invoke tests, invoke directly instead
 * email: Manage known installation conflicts
 * locale: Update translation for Bulgarian, Ukrainian
 * package: Add functions for removing packages
 * performance: Cleanup code meant for cockpit version < 235
 * pyproject.toml: Merge contents of .converagerc
 * pyproject.toml: Merge contents of pytest.ini
 * settings: Choose password hashing complexity suitable for SBCs
 * setup: Show and remove conflicts before installation
 * sso, translation: Help set language cookie when user logins in
 * storage: tests: functional: Fix tests always getting skipped
 * tests: Add some missed marks for functional tests
 * tests: Add tests for action utilities
 * tests: Improve handling of tests skipped by default
 * tests: help: Add help view tests
 * translation: Always set language cookie when switching language
 * ttrss: Add systemd security hardening to daemon
 * ttrss: tests: functional: Make subscription faster
 * user: Accommodate Django 3.1 change for model choice iteration
 * users: Help set language cookie when user profile is edited
 * wordpress: Run service only if when installed and configured

== FreedomBox 21.10 (2021-09-27) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * locale: Update translations for German, Italian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

=== Other Changes ===

 * Use Django gettext functions instead of ugettext
 * Use allow/denylist instead white/blacklist in comments
 * Use django.urls.re_path() instead of its alias url()
 * Various isort fixes
 * pyproject: Make isort consistent across execution environments
 * settings: Set Django auto field type explicitly
 * signals: Drop provider args when creating Signal object
 * sso: Update usage of OpenSSL crypt signing API
 * tests: Convert functional tests to python format
 * tests: Introduce fixtures to make it easy to test actions
 * tests: Show warning when app not available
 * tests: Use common fixtures for testing actions module
 * tests: Use newer splinter API for finding links
 * views: Update utility for checking URL safety

== FreedomBox 21.9 (2021-09-18) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * mediawiki: Backup and restore uploaded files
 * mediawiki: Enable a subset of default extensions

=== Other Changes ===

 * apache: Update security settings
   * Drop support for GnuTLS
   * Drop support for SSLv3, TLSv1 and TLSv1.1
   * Enable and prioritize HTTP/2 protocol
   * Setup Mozilla recommended configuration
 * locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, Persian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
 * mediawiki: Handle upgrade for 1.35
 * mediawiki: Switch to !MediaWiki 2020 logo
 * plinth: remove diagnose command
 * Add workaround for Django 3.2 with captcha 0.5.6

== FreedomBox 21.8 (2021-08-30) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * wordpress: New app to manage a !WordPress site/blog

=== Other Changes ===

 * d/control: Drop wireless-tools as recommends
 * email: Basic app to manage an email server
   - Email server app is currently disabled by default, so it is not yet visible in the interface.
 * locale: Update translations for Norwegian Bokmål, Ukrainian
 * security: Remove display of past vulnerabilities

== FreedomBox 21.7 (2021-08-16) ==

=== Highlights ===

 * ttrss: Allow upgrade to version 21

=== Other Changes ===

 * locale: Update translations for Albanian, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), German, Indonesian, Norwegian Bokmål, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
 * action_utils: Use flag to indicate freedombox package has been held
 * debian: Ensure fuse gets replaced by fuse3

Contents

  1. FreedomBox 22.17 (2022-08-01)
  2. FreedomBox 22.16 (2022-07-18)
  3. FreedomBox 22.15 (2022-07-04)
  4. FreedomBox 22.14.1 (2022-06-27)
  5. FreedomBox 22.14 (2022-06-20)
  6. FreedomBox 22.13 (2022-06-06)
  7. FreedomBox 22.12 (2022-05-23)
  8. FreedomBox 22.11 (2022-05-09)
  9. FreedomBox 22.10 (2022-04-25)
  10. FreedomBox 22.9 (2022-04-11)
  11. FreedomBox 22.8 (2022-03-28)
  12. FreedomBox 22.7 (2022-03-14)
  13. FreedomBox 22.6.1 (2022-03-06)
  14. FreedomBox 22.6 (2022-03-02)
  15. FreedomBox 22.5 (2022-02-14)
  16. FreedomBox 22.4 (2022-01-31)
  17. FreedomBox 22.3 (2022-01-17)
  18. FreedomBox 22.2 (2022-01-11)
  19. FreedomBox 22.1 (2022-01-03)
  20. FreedomBox 21.16 (2021-12-20)
  21. FreedomBox 21.15 (2021-12-06)
  22. FreedomBox 21.14.1 (2021-11-24)
  23. FreedomBox 21.14 (2021-11-22)
  24. FreedomBox 21.13 (2021-11-08)
  25. FreedomBox 21.12 (2021-10-25)
  26. FreedomBox 21.11 (2021-10-11)
  27. FreedomBox 21.10 (2021-09-27)
  28. FreedomBox 21.9 (2021-09-18)
  29. FreedomBox 21.8 (2021-08-30)
  30. FreedomBox 21.7 (2021-08-16)
  31. FreedomBox 21.6 (2021-05-31)
  32. FreedomBox 21.5 (2021-04-19)
  33. FreedomBox 21.4.2 (2021-03-28)
  34. FreedomBox 21.4.1 (2021-03-13)
  35. FreedomBox 21.4 (2021-02-28)
  36. FreedomBox 21.3 (2021-02-11)
  37. FreedomBox 21.2 (2021-02-05)
  38. FreedomBox 21.1 (2021-01-25)
  39. FreedomBox 21.0 (2021-01-11)
  40. FreedomBox 20.21 (2020-12-28)
  41. FreedomBox 20.20.1 (2020-12-19)
  42. FreedomBox 20.20 (2020-12-14)
  43. FreedomBox 20.19 (2020-11-30)
  44. FreedomBox 20.18.1 (2020-11-23)
  45. FreedomBox 20.18 (2020-11-16)
  46. FreedomBox 20.17.1 (2020-11-07)
  47. FreedomBox 20.17 (2020-11-02)
  48. FreedomBox 20.16 (2020-10-19)
  49. FreedomBox 20.15 (2020-10-05)
  50. FreedomBox 20.14.1 (2020-09-23)
  51. FreedomBox 20.14 (2020-09-15)
  52. FreedomBox 20.13 (2020-07-18)
  53. FreedomBox 20.12.1 (2020-07-05)
  54. FreedomBox 20.12 (2020-06-29)
  55. FreedomBox 20.11 (2020-06-15)
  56. FreedomBox 20.10 (2020-06-01)
  57. FreedomBox 20.9 (2020-05-18)
  58. FreedomBox 20.8 (2020-05-04)
  59. FreedomBox 20.7 (2020-04-20)
  60. FreedomBox 20.6.1 (2020-04-11)
  61. FreedomBox 20.6 (2020-04-06)
  62. FreedomBox 20.5.1 (2020-03-26)
  63. FreedomBox 20.5 (2020-03-23)
  64. FreedomBox 20.4 (2020-03-09)
  65. FreedomBox 20.3 (2020-02-24)
  66. FreedomBox 20.2 (2020-02-10)
  67. FreedomBox 20.1 (2020-01-27)
  68. FreedomBox 20.0 (2020-01-13)
  69. FreedomBox 19.24 (2019-12-30)
  70. FreedomBox 19.23 (2019-12-16)
  71. FreedomBox 19.22 (2019-12-02)
  72. FreedomBox 19.21 (2019-11-18)
  73. FreedomBox 19.20 (2019-11-04)
  74. FreedomBox 19.19 (2019-10-21)
  75. FreedomBox 19.18 (2019-10-07)
  76. FreedomBox 19.17 (2019-09-23)
  77. FreedomBox 19.16 (2019-09-09)
  78. FreedomBox 19.15 (2019-08-26)
  79. FreedomBox 19.14 (2019-08-12)
  80. FreedomBox 19.13 (2019-07-29)
  81. FreedomBox 19.12 (2019-07-22)
  82. FreedomBox 19.2.2 (2019-07-17)
  83. FreedomBox 19.2.1 (2019-07-09)
  84. FreedomBox 19.11 (2019-07-08)
  85. FreedomBox 19.10 (2019-06-24)
  86. FreedomBox 19.9 (2019-06-10)
  87. FreedomBox 19.8 (2019-05-27)
  88. FreedomBox 19.7 (2019-05-13)
  89. FreedomBox 19.6 (2019-04-29)
  90. FreedomBox 19.5 (2019-04-15)
  91. FreedomBox 19.4 (2019-04-01)
  92. FreedomBox 19.3 (2019-03-18)
  93. FreedomBox 19.2 (2019-03-02)
  94. FreedomBox 19.1 (2019-02-14)
  95. FreedomBox 19.0 (2019-02-09)
  96. Version 0.49.1 (2019-02-07)
  97. Version 0.49.0 (2019-02-05)
  98. Version 0.48.0 (2019-01-28)
  99. Version 0.47.0 (2019-01-14)
  100. Version 0.46.0 (2018-12-31)
  101. Version 0.45.0 (2018-12-17)
  102. Version 0.44.0 (2018-12-03)
  103. Version 0.43.0 (2018-11-19)
  104. Version 0.42.0 (2018-11-05)
  105. Version 0.41.0 (2018-10-22)
  106. Version 0.40.0 (2018-10-08)
  107. Version 0.39.0 (2018-09-24)
  108. Version 0.38.0 (2018-09-10)
  109. Version 0.37.0 (2018-08-27)
  110. Version 0.36.0 (2018-08-13)
  111. Version 0.35.0 (2018-07-30)
  112. Version 0.34.0 (2018-07-16)
  113. Version 0.33.1 (2018-07-04)
  114. Version 0.33.0 (2018-07-02)
  115. Version 0.32.0 (2018-06-18)
  116. Version 0.31.0 (2018-06-04)
  117. Version 0.30.0 (2018-05-21)
  118. Version 0.29.1 (2018-05-08)
  119. Version 0.29.0 (2018-05-07)
  120. Version 0.28.0 (2018-04-23)
  121. Version 0.27.0 (2018-04-09)
  122. Version 0.26.0 (2018-03-26)
  123. Version 0.25.0 (2018-03-12)
  124. Plinth v0.24.0 (2018-02-26)
  125. Plinth v0.23.0 (2018-02-12)
  126. Plinth v0.22.0 (2018-01-30)
  127. Plinth v0.21.0 (2018-01-15)
  128. Plinth v0.20.0 (2018-01-01)
  129. Plinth v0.19.0 (2017-12-18)
  130. Plinth v0.18.0 (2017-12-04)
  131. Plinth v0.17.0 (2017-11-20)
  132. Plinth v0.16.0 (2017-11-06)
  133. Plinth v0.15.3 (2017-10-20)
  134. Plinth v0.15.2 (2017-09-24)
  135. Plinth v0.15.0 (2017-07-01)
  136. Plinth v0.14.0 (2017-04)
  137. Plinth v0.13.1 (2017-01-22)
  138. Plinth v0.12.0 (2016-12-08)
  139. Plinth v0.11.0 (2016-09-29)
  140. Plinth v0.10.0 (2016-08-21)
  141. Version 0.9.4 (2016-06-24)
  142. Version 0.9 (2016-04-24)
  143. Version 0.8 (2016-02-20)
  144. Version 0.7 (2015-12-13)
  145. Version 0.6 (2015-10-31)
  146. Version 0.5 (2015-08-07)
  147. Version 0.3 (2015-01-20)
  148. Version 0.2 (2014-03-16)
  149. Version 0.1 (2013-02-26)

Please check as well contribution, progress calls, and TODOs related pages.

For more technical details, see the FreedomBox changelog.

The following are the release notes for each FreedomBox version.

FreedomBox 22.17 (2022-08-01)

Highlights

  • help: Add "How can I help?" section to Contribute page

Other Changes

  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, French, German, Turkish
  • wordpress: Don't install php-ssh2

FreedomBox 22.16 (2022-07-18)

Highlights

  • cockpit: Reconfigure to allow any origin
  • rssbridge: New app to generate RSS feeds for websites

Other Changes

  • apache: Also configure to serve on /freedombox
  • apache: Merge old configuration files into a better location
  • apache: Redirect all logs to systemd journal
  • cockpit: Depend on apache and setup after it
  • cockpit: Use decorator for privileged actions
  • config: Add option to set logging mode: none/volatile/persistent
  • config: Set volatile logging by default
  • debian: Follows policy version 4.6.1
  • debian: Update copyright year
  • gitweb: Switch default branch name to main for new repositories
  • janus: Change short description to "Video Room"
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), French, Russian, Ukrainian
  • privoxy: Restrict to private IPs, prevent access over the internet
  • privoxy: Use privileged decorator for actions
  • roundcube: Add fail2ban jail
  • roundcube: Configure to log to journald
  • roundcube: Use privileged to simplify actions
  • rssbridge: Add functional tests
  • rssbridge: Fix flake8 errors
  • rssbridge: Whitelist all bridges by default

FreedomBox 22.15 (2022-07-04)

Highlights

  • backups: Add options to keep sshfs shares responsive
  • backups: Unmount repositories before and after backup
  • users: create home directories for newly created users

Other Changes

  • *: pylint: Avoid calling super() with arguments
  • *: pylint: Don't inherit from 'object'
  • *: pylint: Drop unnecessary 'pass' statements
  • *: pylint: Explicitly specify encoding when open a file
  • *: pylint: Suppress unused argument warnings
  • ci: Use compatible versions of Selenium and Splinter
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
  • mediawiki: Add regex validator to the domain field
  • mediawiki: Remove Buster specific code not needed in Bullseye
  • mediawiki: Remove wgLogo as it is not needed in Bullseye
  • pyproject.toml: Ignore some refactoring messages with pylint
  • static: js: css: Make multiple select fields work with Django 4.0
  • tests: functional: Simplify GitLabCI configuration
  • upgrades: Hold packages one at a time
  • upgrades: Re-add workaround for grub
  • views: Add a comment about change in Django 4.0

FreedomBox 22.14.1 (2022-06-27)

Highlights

  • matrixsynapse: Allow new dependency to be installed from backports

Other Changes

  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Turkish
  • actions: Note that privileged actions can't output to stdout
  • mumble: Backup/restore the configuration file
  • mumble: Don't set the root channel name unless it is changed
  • mumble: Use privileged decorator for superuser actions
  • mumble: tests: Add functional tests for setting the passwords

FreedomBox 22.14 (2022-06-20)

Highlights

  • ejabberd: Allow domains to be added or removed
  • mumble: Allow setting a password that is required to join the server
  • mediawiki: Add option to change the site name

Other Changes

  • actions: Add a decorator for marking superuser actions
  • doc: dev: Use and recommend new privileged actions
  • ejabberd: Automatically use coturn
  • janus: Improve description about coturn
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Russian, Turkish
  • tests: Add a dummy parameter for middlewares for Django 4.0
  • translation: Don't use session for storing lang pref in Django 4.0
  • transmission: Simplify actions using the privileged decorator
  • users: Fix deleting user LDAP entry with Django 4.0

FreedomBox 22.13 (2022-06-06)

Highlights

  • email: Make app available for all users (even without advanced flag)
  • janus: Add new app for lightweight WebRTC server
  • wordpress: Allow installing/updating plugins and themes

Other Changes

  • email: Add description about ISP and domain limitations
  • locale: Added Latvian translation
  • locale: Update translation for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
  • mumble: Allow changing root channel name
  • tests: functional: Add jobs for bullseye-backports
  • tests: functional: Integrate into Salsa CI
  • transmission: Add redirects to avoid 409 conflict
  • wordpress: tests: Continue past language selection screen
  • wordpress: tests: Fix writing title for new post in newer versions

FreedomBox 22.12 (2022-05-23)

Highlights

  • *: Show Learn More... links in frontpage with description
  • mediawiki: Serve hidden service over http for .onion domains

Other Changes

  • apache: Allow URL diagnostics to work with redirects
  • firewall: Show service name in port forwarding info table
  • frontpage: Allow showing links to manual pages
  • frontpage: Reuse app header template for showing app description
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Turkish
  • mediawiki: Add stricter sandbox rules for jobrunner service
  • mediawiki: Fix URL diagnostics with redirects involved
  • ssh, bind: Show 'Learn More...' links
  • tor: Show port forwarding information in consistent way
  • tt-rss: Fix description about user access

FreedomBox 22.11 (2022-05-09)

Highlights

  • email: Fix userdb lookups with LDAP
  • matrixsynapse: Allow new dependencies to be installed from backports

Other Changes

  • HACKING: Improve documentation on how to run tests
  • container: Show executed commands when setting up/running tests
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Danish, French, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
  • mediawiki: Check if admin password is at least 10 characters long
  • mediawiki: Handle password rejection from MediaWiki

  • samba: Fix functional tests when user is not logged in at start
  • tests: functional: Get rid of dependency on xvfb
  • transmission: Improve description

FreedomBox 22.10 (2022-04-25)

  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Greek, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
  • sharing: Allow spaces in path strings

FreedomBox 22.9 (2022-04-11)

Highlights

  • minetest: Allow alternate name for 3d armor mod
  • upgrades: Use python3-typing-extensions from bullseye-backports

Other Changes

  • calibre: Fix description of allowable library names
  • locale: Add new Arabic translation
  • locale: Update translations for Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Turkish
  • plinth: Add forum link to footer

FreedomBox 22.8 (2022-03-28)

Highlights

  • network: Fix showing wifi connection

Other Changes

  • calibre: explain correct name format for new library
  • ikiwiki: add packages that are necessary
  • locale: Updated translations for Chinese (Simplified), French, Russian
  • upgrades: Allow backports from src:freedombox

FreedomBox 22.7 (2022-03-14)

  • locale: Update translations for French, Hungarian, Spanish

FreedomBox 22.6.1 (2022-03-06)

  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Turkish

FreedomBox 22.6 (2022-03-02)

Highlights

  • email: Enable as an advanced app

Other Changes

  • dynamicdns: Fix adding null domain into configuration
  • email: Add backup/restore component
  • email: Add basic functional tests
  • email: Add front page shortcut, update name and description
  • email: Add more special-use IMAP folders, set autoexpunge to 60days
  • email: Add shortcut for non-admin users to manage their aliases
  • email: Add various documentation links for future readability
  • email: Allow re-running setup
  • email: Backup/restore aliases and mailboxes
  • email: Depend on and run redis server
  • email: Implement adding common aliases for first admin user
  • email: List all listening ports of the daemons
  • email: Narrowly match just rspamd's spam header
  • email: Open firewall port for managesieve protocol
  • email: Revert to LDAP auth as pam does not allow non-admin users
  • email: Set an icon from Tango project
  • email: Setup rspamd configuration to include FreedomBox config

  • email: Tweak client auto-configuration file
  • email: Update donation URL to rspamd donation URL
  • email: aliases: Drop ability to enable/disable aliases
  • email: clients: Make Thunderbird URLs language independent
  • email: dkim: Implement setting up DKIM signing keys
  • email: dns: Show table for desired DNS entries
  • email: postfix: Fix priority for authentication directives
  • email: postfix: use inline map for TLS SNI maps
  • email: rspamd: Log to journald via syslog
  • email: rspamd: Simplify installing configuration
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • minidlna: add iOS VLC client
  • samba: add iOS VLC client

FreedomBox 22.5 (2022-02-14)

Highlights

  • dynamicdns: Replace ez-ipupdate
    • Drop NAT detection as it is no longer used
    • Drop about page and merge into description
    • Drop tabs and use single page
    • Rewrite configuration handling and update using URL

Other Changes

  • app: Add component to store enabled state of an app in kvstore
  • backups: Implement backup/restore of key/value settings
  • locale: Update translations for Albanian, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • minetest: Reduce the number of configuration update messages
  • tests: functional: Add plugin for HTML reports
  • tt-rss: Restrict access to feed-reader group in "/tt-rss-app"

  • users: Fix typo in description

FreedomBox 22.4 (2022-01-31)

Highlights

  • coturn: Use wildcard listening address to fix startup issues
  • sso, users: Redirect to home page after logout

Other Changes

  • apache: Don't redirect to HTTPS for .onion domains
  • apache: Don't set HSTS for .onion domain
  • cockpit: Explicitly redirect to HTTPS as needed for WebSockets

  • doc: Fail when downloading images from Debian wiki fails
  • email_server: Drop showing diagnostics/repair and roundcube config
  • email_server: Drop some unused code
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian
  • matrixsynapse: Add FluffyChat to client list

  • mldonkey: Drop app not available in Debian Bullseye and Bookworm
  • power: Add a link to power app in the system menu
  • roundcube: Add setting for local connection only
  • shaarli: Add android app to description
  • shaarli: Add backup component
  • shaarli: Add functional tests
  • snapshots: Clarify that snapshots are take during updates too
  • tests: functional: Implement a workaround for issue with screenshots
  • users: Clarify help message for authorization password
  • wireguard: tests: Add functional tests

FreedomBox 22.3 (2022-01-17)

Highlights

  • upgrades: Allow matrix's new dependency to be installed
  • sso: Adjust URL to CAPTCHA page needed by Django security fix

Other Changes

  • container: Avoid a warning that interactive mode is intended
  • help: tests: Fix functional test to check for status logs
  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Turkish
  • sso: Add missing captcha/rate limiting on SSO login
  • tests: functional: Fix setting domain name with active notifications
  • tt-rss: Allow published articles to be publicly available

FreedomBox 22.2 (2022-01-11)

Highlights

  • debian, setup.py: Add dependency on python3-tomli
  • help: Fix failing setup when manual directory is not available

Other Changes

  • backups: Correct spelling of encryption protocols
  • i2p: Fix grammar in description
  • ikiwiki: Initialize shortcuts during post-init setup
  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Swedish, Turkish
  • mumble: Change description to include iOS client app
  • networks: Fix reference to an option
  • openvpn: Add link to IOS app
  • radicale: Update Thunderbird URLs
  • transmission: Fix capitalization
  • wireguard: Fix spelling

FreedomBox 22.1 (2022-01-03)

Highlights

  • package: Add diagnostic to check if a package is the latest version

Other Changes

  • backups: Capitalize 'SSH' in template
  • config, upgrades: Specify submit button for tests
  • datetime: Explicitly list systemd-timesyncd as a dependency
  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Swedish
  • storage: Skip tests if not enough disk space is available
  • upgrades: Relabel from 'Update' to 'Software Update'

FreedomBox 21.16 (2021-12-20)

Highlights

  • datetime: Fix checking when timesyncd will run on a system

Other Changes

  • cockpit, ejabberd: Make 'name' optional in Signal handlers
  • diaspora: Drop app that was never finished
  • email_server:
    • Adjust TLS configuration parameters
    • Fix issue with handling domain removal
    • Include postfix package in packages list
    • Re-implement TLS configuration
    • Rename dovecot TLS configuration file for consistency
  • letsencrypt: Handle cert setup when an app wants all domains
  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, French, German, Swedish, Turkish
  • monkeysphere, tahoe-lafs: Drop unused apps
  • roundcube: Allow upgrades by avoiding configuration file change
  • tests: Fix app name in pytest.skip statement
  • tests: functional: Skip MLDonkey app
  • upgrades: Cleanup dist upgrade steps specific to bullseye release
  • upgrades: Refactor dist upgrade process

FreedomBox 21.15 (2021-12-06)

Highlights

  • dynamicdns: Update URLs to the new dynamic DNS server
  • firewall: Allow configuration upgrade to version 1.0.x
  • shaarli: Enable app (only available in testing and unstable)

Other Changes

  • *: Drop module level depends declaration
  • *: Drop module level package_conflicts and use component API
  • *: Drop unused manual_page at module level
  • *: Drop use of managed_packages and rely on Packages component
  • *: Drop use of managed_services, rely on Daemon component
  • *: Drop use of module level is_essential flag
  • *: Drop use of module level version
  • *: Drop use of unnecessary managed_paths
  • *: Use the App's state management API
  • actions/letsencrypt: Drop use of managed_paths and use LE component
  • actions/service: Drop unused list action
  • actions/service: Drop use of managed_services for Daemon component
  • actions: Get list of packages from Packages components
  • app: Introduce API for managing setup state of the app
  • app: Introduce API to setup an app
  • bind: Drop alias handling unnecessary in >= Bullseye

  • daemon: Add new component to hold information about related daemons
  • doc/dev: Drop discussion on managed_paths
  • doc/dev: Drop reference to module level depends declaration
  • doc/dev: Remove mention of managed_services
  • doc/dev: Remove outdated reference to init() at module level
  • doc/dev: Update documentation to not refer to managed_packages
  • email_server: Merge domain configuration with app view
  • email_server: Simplify domain configuration form
  • first_boot: Drop use of loaded_modules and use App.list
  • forms: Fix regression with TLS domain form in quassel and tt-rss
  • letsencrypt: On domain removal, don't revoke certificate, keep it
  • locale: Update translations for Czech, German, Norwegian Bokmål
  • main: List apps instead of modules
  • middleware, views: Reduce use of setup_helper
  • module_loader, app: Move app init to app module
  • package: Add parameter to specify skipping package recommendations
  • package: Implement installing packages in the component
  • package: Introduce component API for package conflicts
  • packages: Move checking for unavailable packages to component
  • security: Drop use of loaded_modules and use App.list
  • security: Drop use of managed_services in security report
  • security: Get the list of packages from Packages component
  • setup: Drop unused API for app's state management
  • setup: List dependencies for apps instead of modules
  • setup: Run setup on apps instead of modules
  • setup: Use apps instead of modules to determine running first setup
  • setup: Work on apps instead of modules for force upgrade
  • tests: Add 'domain' mark for apps that add/remove domains
  • web_server: Drop use of loaded_modules and use App.list

FreedomBox 21.14.1 (2021-11-24)

  • config: Add packages component to a re-add zram-tools dependency

FreedomBox 21.14 (2021-11-22)

Highlights

  • tt-rss: Allow selection of a domain name

Other Changes

  • *: Split app initialization from app construction
  • app: Introduce separate method for post initialization operations
  • datetime: Avoid error when systemctl is not available
  • debian: Fail build if no module dependencies found
  • locale: Update translations for Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • main: Drop initializing Django when listing dependencies

FreedomBox 21.13 (2021-11-08)

Highlights

  • avahi, samba: Use systemd sandboxing
  • components: Introduce new component - Packages
  • security: Properly handle sandbox analysis of timer units

Other Changes

  • email_server (not enabled yet):
    • Add buttons for managing aliases, domains, spam
    • Authenticate using PAM instead of LDAP
    • Delivery mail to /var/mail instead of home directory
    • Don't use user IDs when performing lookups
    • Drop hash DB and use sqlite3 directly
    • Use Django forms and views
  • locale: Update translations for German, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • tests: Use BaseAppTests for functional tests of most apps

  • utils: Fix ruamel.yaml deprecation warnings

FreedomBox 21.12 (2021-10-25)

  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Czech, French, German, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • middleware: Don't show setup view to non-admin users
  • performance: Add backup support (no data)
  • storage: Pass optional mount point to partition expansion
  • storage: tests: Fix tests for expanding disk partitions
  • tests: Add BaseAppTests class for common functional tests

FreedomBox 21.11 (2021-10-11)

Highlights

  • ttrss: Fix daemon not running sometimes on startup

Other Changes

  • *: Always pass check= argument to subprocess.run()
  • *: Convert all functional tests to python format
  • *: Move all systemd service files from /lib to /usr
  • calibre: Run service only if when installed
  • d/control: Allow building with python interpreter of any arch
  • d/rules: Don't install and enable other systemd service files
  • d/rules: Don't use setup.py to invoke tests, invoke directly instead
  • email: Manage known installation conflicts
  • locale: Update translation for Bulgarian, Ukrainian
  • package: Add functions for removing packages
  • performance: Cleanup code meant for cockpit version < 235

  • pyproject.toml: Merge contents of .converagerc
  • pyproject.toml: Merge contents of pytest.ini
  • settings: Choose password hashing complexity suitable for SBCs
  • setup: Show and remove conflicts before installation
  • sso, translation: Help set language cookie when user logins in
  • storage: tests: functional: Fix tests always getting skipped
  • tests: Add some missed marks for functional tests
  • tests: Add tests for action utilities
  • tests: Improve handling of tests skipped by default
  • tests: help: Add help view tests
  • translation: Always set language cookie when switching language
  • ttrss: Add systemd security hardening to daemon
  • ttrss: tests: functional: Make subscription faster
  • user: Accommodate Django 3.1 change for model choice iteration
  • users: Help set language cookie when user profile is edited
  • wordpress: Run service only if when installed and configured

FreedomBox 21.10 (2021-09-27)

Highlights

  • locale: Update translations for German, Italian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian

Other Changes

  • Use Django gettext functions instead of ugettext
  • Use allow/denylist instead white/blacklist in comments
  • Use django.urls.re_path() instead of its alias url()
  • Various isort fixes
  • pyproject: Make isort consistent across execution environments
  • settings: Set Django auto field type explicitly
  • signals: Drop provider args when creating Signal object
  • sso: Update usage of OpenSSL crypt signing API
  • tests: Convert functional tests to python format
  • tests: Introduce fixtures to make it easy to test actions
  • tests: Show warning when app not available
  • tests: Use common fixtures for testing actions module
  • tests: Use newer splinter API for finding links
  • views: Update utility for checking URL safety

FreedomBox 21.9 (2021-09-18)

Highlights

  • mediawiki: Backup and restore uploaded files
  • mediawiki: Enable a subset of default extensions

Other Changes

  • apache: Update security settings
    • Drop support for GnuTLS
    • Drop support for SSLv3, TLSv1 and TLSv1.1
    • Enable and prioritize HTTP/2 protocol
    • Setup Mozilla recommended configuration
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, Persian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • mediawiki: Handle upgrade for 1.35
  • mediawiki: Switch to MediaWiki 2020 logo

  • plinth: remove diagnose command
  • Add workaround for Django 3.2 with captcha 0.5.6

FreedomBox 21.8 (2021-08-30)

Highlights

  • wordpress: New app to manage a WordPress site/blog

Other Changes

  • d/control: Drop wireless-tools as recommends
  • email: Basic app to manage an email server
    • - Email server app is currently disabled by default, so it is not yet visible in the interface.
  • locale: Update translations for Norwegian Bokmål, Ukrainian
  • security: Remove display of past vulnerabilities

FreedomBox 21.7 (2021-08-16)

Highlights

  • ttrss: Allow upgrade to version 21

Other Changes

  • locale: Update translations for Albanian, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), German, Indonesian, Norwegian Bokmål, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
  • action_utils: Use flag to indicate freedombox package has been held
  • debian: Ensure fuse gets replaced by fuse3

FreedomBox 21.6 (2021-05-31)

Highlights

  • locale: Add Sinhala language
  • locale: Add Vietnamese language
  • backups: Change submit button to fix translation issues

Other Changes

  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, Sinhala, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish, Vietnamese

FreedomBox 21.5 (2021-04-19)

Highlights

  • ejabberd: Add STUN/TURN configuration
  • locale: Add Albanian language

Other Changes

  • Update copyright year
  • action_utils: Introduce utility for masking services
  • ci: Merge with Salsa CI pipeline
  • config, dynamicdns, pagekite: Remove incorrect use of str
  • config: Convert entered domain name to lower case
  • config: Disable rsyslog and syslog forwarding
  • config: Fix tests related to user home directory
  • config: Install and configure zram for swap
  • container script: Must convert env. var. string to a Path object
  • container: Work in the absence of systemd in PATH
  • container: distribution as environment variable
  • coturn: Mention ejabberd in app description
  • coturn: Validate TURN URIs if provided in form
  • debian: Add coverage to autopkgtest
  • deluge, mldonkey, syncthing, transmission: Depend on nslcd.service
  • deluge: Fix daemon user not in freedombox-share group after installation
  • diagnostics: Use lock to protect results
  • docs: Add filename to code snippets in tutorial
  • docs: Add missing imports in tutorial
  • docs: Add some troubleshooting information
  • docs: Generate developer documentation
  • docs: Improve Developer Documentation index page
  • docs: Set the version attribute as required instead of optional

  • dynamicdns: Convert entered domain name to lower case
  • dynamicdns: Wait after changing domain name in tests
  • first_boot: Use session to verify first boot welcome step
  • letsencrypt: Always return a diagnostics result
  • locale: Update translations for Albanian, Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, German, Greek, Indonesian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • pagekite: Convert entered kite name to lower case
  • security: Clarify vulnerability count and provide link to more info
  • security: Ensure that fail2ban is not re-enabled on version increment
  • security: Increment app version to reload fail2ban
  • security: Move fail2ban default configuration to this app
  • ssh, apache: Make fail2ban use systemd journald backend by default
  • users: Fix unit test failures when LDAP is empty

FreedomBox 21.4.2 (2021-03-28)

Highlights

  • firstboot: Use session to verify first boot welcome step

Other Changes

  • locale: Update translations for German, Greek, Indonesian, Turkish
  • manual: Update Contributing and Matrix Synapse pages

FreedomBox 21.4.1 (2021-03-13)

Highlights

  • deluge, mldonkey, syncthing, transmission: Ensure nslcd is running before the service is started
  • deluge: Fix daemon user not in freedombox-share group after installation

Other Changes

  • config: Fix tests related to user home directory
  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, German, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

FreedomBox 21.4 (2021-02-28)

Highlights

  • matrix-synapse: Auto configure STUN/TURN using coturn server

Other Changes

  • coturn: Add new component for usage of coturn by other apps
  • coturn: Minor refactor view to use utility to generate URIs
  • coturn: Remove advanced flag, make app visible to all
  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Turkish
  • matrix-synapse: Update description to talk about TURN configuration
  • plinth: Disable start rate limiting for service
  • ui: Fix buttons jumping on click in snapshots page
  • upgrades: Disable searx during dist-upgrade

FreedomBox 21.3 (2021-02-11)

Highlights

  • zoph: Add new app to organize photos
    • Only available in Debian testing (bullseye) due to issues in buster.

Other Changes

  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, Greek, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • sharing: Improve shares group access description
  • upgrades: Add 10 minute delay before apt update
  • upgrades: Disable apt snapshots during dist upgrade
  • upgrades: Only check free space bytes before dist upgrade

FreedomBox 21.2 (2021-02-05)

Highlights

  • calibre: Fix freedombox.local inaccessible after enabling app
  • matrix-synapse: Install python3-psycopg2 from backports

Other Changes

  • backups: schedule: tests: Fix failures due to long test run
  • jsxc: Fix issues with jQuery >= 3.5.0

  • locale: Update translations for Bengali, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • mediawiki: Fix app installation process doesn't display status information
  • mediawiki: Set default logo to mediawiki.png
  • minidlna: Implement force upgrading from older version
  • minidlna: Minor refactor of media directory handling
  • plinth: Show running spinner when app installation is in progress
  • radicale: Allow older 2.x release to upgrade to 3.x
  • roundcube: Allow upgrade to 1.4.*
  • tests: Update functional tests default config
  • upgrades: Add notifications for dist upgrade
  • upgrades: Increment version for MatrixSynapse 1.26

FreedomBox 21.1 (2021-01-25)

Highlights

  • backups: Add scheduled backups for each location

Other Changes

  • container script: Various improvements
  • locale: Update translations for Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
  • networks: Change connection type to a radio button
  • networks: Hide deactivate/remove buttons for primary connections
  • networks: Prevent unintended changes to primary connection.
  • networks: Separate the delete button and color it differently
  • networks: Use radio buttons for network modes
  • performance: Fix web client link to Cockpit
  • plinth: Fix disable daemon when service alias is provided
  • setup: Enable essential apps that use firewall
  • syncthing: Create LDAP group name different from system group
  • syncthing: Hide unnecessary security warning
  • tahoe: Disable app
  • ui: New style for select all checkbox
  • upgrades: Require at least 5 GB free space for dist upgrade

FreedomBox 21.0 (2021-01-11)

Highlights

  • apache2: Allow downloads in openvpn and backups with latest browsers

Other Changes

  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • app: Add locked flag
  • app: component: Add app_id and app properties
  • app: info: Move client validation to info component
  • backups: Add new component for backup and restore
  • backups: Don't open a new window for downloading backups
  • dev-container: 'up' command: Show banner also when container is already running
  • dev-container: Add command to print container IP address
  • dev-container: Add subcommand to run tests
  • doc: dev: Update the tutorial to reflect latest API/code
  • ejabberd: functional tests: Wait until the jsxc buddy list is loaded
  • functional tests: Make tests compatible with pytest-bdd v4.0
  • functional-tests: Fix installation errors in install.sh script
  • gitweb: Add functional tests for git-access group
  • gitweb: tests: functional: Fix test failures in localized environment
  • mumble: Updated mumla and removed plumble from clients list
  • openvpn: Don't show running status on download profile button
  • plinth: Fix daemon is enabled check when service alias is provided
  • radicale: Fix backup and restore of configuration
  • tests: functional: Improve creating users in tests
  • transmission: Show port forwarding information
  • transmission: Update description
  • upgrades: Add service for dist upgrade
  • upgrades: Ensure freedombox package is upgraded during dist upgrade
  • upgrades: Hold tt-rss during dist upgrade, if available
  • upgrades: Install python3-systemd for unattended-upgrades
  • upgrades: Restart FreedomBox service at end of dist-upgrade

  • upgrades: Use full path to searx action script
  • users: Skip action script tests if LDAP is not set up

FreedomBox 20.21 (2020-12-28)

Highlights

  • apache: Create snake oil certificate if not exists
    • Fixes an issue when installing FreedomBox on Hetzner Cloud's Debian image

  • calibre: Fix link to manual page

Other Changes

  • deluge: Require user to be in bit-torrent group to access
  • locale: Update translations for German, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
  • security: Fix access denied for user daemon from cron
  • upgrades: Allow grub-pc upgrade without reinstalling grub
  • upgrades: Update searx search engines during dist upgrade
  • users: Remove timeout when creating Samba user

FreedomBox 20.20.1 (2020-12-19)

Highlights

  • config: Skip homepage test on buildd
  • ui: Migrate from bootstrap 3 to bootstrap 4

Other Changes

  • apache: Disallow all inline styling in sandbox settings
  • gitweb: Make functional tests compatible with pytest-bdd v4.0
  • javascript: Fix disabled submit buttons when navigating back to a page
  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, German, Turkish
  • ui: Adopt a consistent and new table style

FreedomBox 20.20 (2020-12-14)

Highlights

  • config: Add user websites as choices for homepage config
  • templates: Make toggle button responsive

Other Changes

  • apache: Add app name for diagnostics
  • diagnostics: Improve exception handling in app diagnostics
  • diagnostics: Show app name and fallback to app id if not exist
  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • mumble: Implement force upgrade for 1.3.*
  • snapshot: Check that / is a btrfs subvolume before setup
  • upgrades: Hold mumble-server during dist upgrade

FreedomBox 20.19 (2020-11-30)

Highlights

  • openvpn: Create user group "vpn"
  • upgrades: Add first boot step to run initial update

Other Changes

  • bepasty: Apply translation to autogenerated comments
  • locale: Update translations for Bengali, Dutch, German, Spanish
  • networks: Apply translation to a tooltip
  • samba: Show toggle buttons and share names
  • snapshots: Translate snapshot types (field description)
  • upgrades: Fix sources list for dist upgrade from buster
  • upgrades: Hold freedombox package during dist upgrade

FreedomBox 20.18.1 (2020-11-23)

  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • sso: Fix regression in auth-pubtkt configuration

FreedomBox 20.18 (2020-11-16)

Highlights

  • openvpn: Support Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC)
    • If you are already using OpenVPN, you can migrate to ECC to improve speed and security. Visit the OpenVPN page in the FreedomBox interface to perform the one-time migration, and to re-download the client profiles.

Other Changes

  • dynamicdns: Handle IPv6
  • locale: Update translations for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish
  • openvpn: Cleanup easyrsa 2 to 3 upgrade code
  • openvpn: Remove explicit setup step

FreedomBox 20.17.1 (2020-11-07)

  • ci: Fix flake8 errors
  • debian: Rename source package to freedombox
  • locale: Update translations for German, Italian, Turkish
  • pubtkt: Fix Python format language errors

FreedomBox 20.17 (2020-11-02)

Highlights

  • locale: Add Chinese (Traditional) translation
  • mediawiki: Add action to set domain name
  • upgrades: Add a setting to enable dist upgrade

Other Changes

  • apache: setup uwsgi by default
  • backups: i18n: Mark form success messages for translation
  • locale: Update translations for Danish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish
  • mediawiki: Ensure password file is not empty
  • networks: css: Make button wider in network list
  • networks: i18n: Mark string for translation on delete page
  • networks: i18n: Mark various strings for translation
  • notifications: i18n: Mark app names and extra data for translation
  • package: i18n: Mark progress status strings for translation
  • upgrades: Disable the option when not able to dist upgrade

FreedomBox 20.16 (2020-10-19)

Highlights

  • app: Add donation buttons on app pages
  • updates: Eliminate delay and better status for manual upgrade

Other Changes

  • calibre: Update group description to reflect 'using' app
  • diagnostics: Lazy format all diagnostic test strings properly
  • diagnostics: Show low system memory notifications
  • help: Link to updates page when new version is available
  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), French, Greek, Norwegian Bokmål, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • notifications: Show severity level on every notification
  • upgrades: Add status section showing version and upgrade status

FreedomBox 20.15 (2020-10-05)

Highlights

  • calibre: Add new e-book library app
  • mumble: configure letsencrypt component
  • upgrades: Detect and upgrade to next stable release

Other Changes

  • bepasty: Change default permissions to 'read'
  • container: Assign virtual network interface to trusted firewall zone
  • container: Handle edge cases with container update
  • coturn: Don't handle certificates if not installed
  • debian/control: Add sshpass as build dependency
  • doc: Before fetching, drop all old to cleanup deleted pages/images
  • doc: dev: Link to list of potential apps from tutorial
  • dynamicdns: Drop unnecessary code to set app as enabled
  • locale: Update translations for French, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • module_loader, web_framework: Update console log messages
  • mumble: Store and use a single domain for TLS certificate setup
  • pagekite: Don't announce unconfigured kite as a valid domain
  • pagekite: Don't update names module if not installed
  • quassel: Don't handle certificates if not installed
  • ssh: action script: Require user credentials when editing ssh keys
  • tests: functional: Simplify calling the login helper
  • tor: Don't check if enabled when not installed
  • upgrades: Check free space before dist-upgrade
  • upgrades: Extend function to check for normal dist availability
  • upgrades: Set a flag so interrupted dist-upgrade can be continued
  • users: Deal with admin user already existing during first boot
  • users: Require admin credentials when creating or editing a user

FreedomBox 20.14.1 (2020-09-23)

  • cockpit: Don't show home page icon to non-admin users
  • locale: Update translations for French, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Russian, Turkish
  • minidlna: Fix typo DNLA -> DLNA

  • module_loader: Load/process all essential modules before others

FreedomBox 20.14 (2020-09-15)

Highlights

  • apache: Disable mod_status (CVE-2020-25073)
  • bepasty: New app for file upload and sharing
  • matrixsynapse: Allow upgrade to version 1.19

Other Changes

  • apps: Remove Coquelicot
  • backups: Make app available by default
  • debian: Add newline to end of /var/lib/plinth/firstboot-wizard-secret
  • debian: Don't show first wizard secret on command line
  • debian: Temporarily revert source package rename
  • diagnostics: Prevent showing running status on diagnostics menu item
  • doc: Add moinmoin wiki parser
  • doc: Fix wiki links in manual
  • ejabberd, mumble, wireguard: Update Apple app links
  • ejabberd: Use new ruamel.yaml API and allow duplicate keys
  • firewall: Show port forwarding info contextually
  • firewall: Show port forwarding info in tabular format
  • gitweb: Add ability to change default branch
  • gitweb: Fix enable auth webserver component on app init
  • help, networks: Clarify i18n different contexts for "Manual"
  • i18n: Mark strings missed for translation
  • ikiwiki: Validate a path when deleting wiki or blog
  • js: Don't show running status on buttons pulled to right
  • jsxc, sharing, wireguard: Add 'Learn more...' link for help pages
  • locale: Update translations for Danish, Dutch, Galician, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Turkish
  • matrixsynapse: Perform a one time conversion to new config format
  • matrixsynapse: Rename Riot to Element
  • matrixsynapse: Use conf.d snippets
  • radicale: Remove code to handle 1.x
  • radicale: Stop service during backup and restore
  • samba: Hide common system partitions
  • snapshots: Clarify description for disabling yearly snapshots
  • ssh: Disallow managing keys for the root user
  • storage: Fix expanding partitions on GPT partition tables
  • upgrades, security: Update the messages describing backports
  • upgrades: Add first boot step to configure backports
  • upgrades: Change backports activation message wording
  • upgrades: Display correct backports info for unstable
  • upgrades: security: Don't use technical term 'backports' in UI
  • wireguard: Remove hardcoded Windows client version

FreedomBox 20.13 (2020-07-18)

Highlights

  • upgrades: Update apt cache before manual update
  • minidlna: Do not expose statistics over public web

Other Changes

  • backups: Allow remote repository usernames to start with numbers
  • locale: Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Hungarian, Kannada, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Swedish
  • security: Move backports notice to security page
  • upgrades: Add button to activate backports if needed for current release
  • debian: Rename source package from plinth to freedombox

FreedomBox 20.12.1 (2020-07-05)

  • cfg, frontpage: Ignore errors while reading config and shortcuts
  • locale: Update translations for French, German, and Norwegian Bokmål

FreedomBox 20.12 (2020-06-29)

Highlights

  • apt: Recover from errors before installing apps or updating system
  • apache: Add strict content security policy, sandbox and other security headers
  • storage: Allow ejecting SATA disks
  • configuration: Allow changes using .d drop-in files

Other Changes

  • configuration: Move default configuration into source code
  • configuration: Read from multiple locations in /etc/ and /usr/share/
  • debian: Add ssl-cert and nscd as proper dependencies
  • frontpage: Allow adding shotcuts using .d drop-in files
  • frontpage: Read shortcuts from multiple locations in /etc/, /usr/share and /var/lib
  • locale: Update translations for Czech, Danish, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Turkish
  • storage: Automount system disks without partition table but ignore all loopback devices
  • storage: Allow ejecting SATA disks
  • storage: Show only physical disks and not all mount points
  • upgrades: Skip enabling backports on testing and unstable
  • upgrades: Show more logs
  • ui: Show a spinner and disable button on form submit

FreedomBox 20.11 (2020-06-15)

Top Highlight

  • locale: Add new translation for Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

Other Changes

  • javascript: Remove use of Turbolinks library
  • locale: Update translations for French, Norwegian Bokmål, German, Swedish, Polish, and Spanish
  • matrixsynapse: Handle upgrade to versions 1.15.x
  • upgrades: Avoid manual update interruption when upgrading freedombox package
  • upgrades: Don't enable backports on Debian derivatives

FreedomBox 20.10 (2020-06-01)

Top Highlights

  • pagekite: Fix expired certificates causing connection failures
  • tor: Fix problems with running a relay

Other Changes

  • backups: Add optional field - Name
  • cockpit: Promote for advanced storage/firewalld/networking ops
  • firewall: Don't show tun interface in internal zone warning
  • firewall: Mention that internal services are available over VPN
  • ikiwiki: Enable 'attachment' plugin by default
  • locale: Update translations for Spanish, French, Russian, Norwegian Bokmål, Czech, Hungarian, and Greek
  • minidlna: Add link to manual page
  • minidlna: Fix internationalization for name of the app
  • mldonkey: Add app to freedombox-share group
  • openvpn: Use app toggle button and common app view
  • radicale: Fix link in description to clients
  • samba: Add clients information
  • templates: Fix setup state check
  • users: Avoid error when user's groups cannot be parsed

FreedomBox 20.9 (2020-05-18)

Top Highlights

  • performance: Add app for system monitoring
  • upgrades: Restart services and system when needed after upgrades
    • System restart will happen at 02:00 local time

Other Changes

  • bind: Add service alias for bind9 -> named

  • firewall: Reload firewalld so it works with newly installed services
  • first_setup: Fix regression with logo not showing
  • locale: Update translations for Norwegian Bokmål, German, Swedish, Spanish, and Russian
  • mediawiki: Stop jobrunner during backup/restore
  • minidlna: Stop service during backup/restore
  • mumble: Stop service during backup/restore
  • package: Fix error log when checking if package manager is busy
  • performance: Launch the Cockpit graphs directly if possible
  • quassel: Fix stopping service during backup/restore
  • quassel: Use systemd sandboxing features
  • samba: Change description to Network File Storage
  • snapshot: Fix issues with restore and delete
  • snapshot: Set as essential module
  • storage: Auto-mount disks, notify of failing disks
  • tor: Fix stopping service during backup/restore

FreedomBox 20.8 (2020-05-04)

  • syncthing: Add service to freedombox-share group
  • users: When adding service to sharing group, only restart if already running
  • datetime: Ignore time synchronization service in containers and virtual machines
  • minidlna: Make app installable inside unprivileged container
  • web_server: Suppress warnings that static directories don't exist
  • debian: Remove unused timer
  • static: Use SVG logo during first wizard welcome step
  • static: Reduce the size of the background noise image
  • setup.py: Don't install/ship .po files
  • static: Don't ship visual design file and unused images
  • all: Update links to repository and project page
  • coturn: Add app to manage Coturn TURN/STUN server
  • mediawiki: Partial fix for installing on testing
  • datetime: Disable diagnostics when no tests are available
  • data: Print hostname and IP addresses before console login
  • snapshot: Fix message when not available
  • snapshot: Fix title
  • mumble: Add Mumla to the list of clients
  • locale: Update translations for Spanish, Telugu, Russian, German, French, and Swedish

FreedomBox 20.7 (2020-04-20)

  • matrixsynapse: Fix initial installation and upgrade from backports
  • gitweb: Improve error handling when creating repository
  • locale: Update translations for French, Serbian, and Telugu

FreedomBox 20.6.1 (2020-04-11)

  • users: Restore line of help text that was accidentally dropped
  • debian: Add firmware-ath9k-htc to Recommends
  • gitweb: Use proper ellipsis char when showing clone progress
  • locale: Update translations for Norwegian Bokmål, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, and Serbian

FreedomBox 20.6 (2020-04-06)

  • app: Ensure toggle buttons work independently of configuration form
  • networks, monkeysphere: Make styling more specific to avoid interference
  • syncthing: Update description to mention 'syncthing' group
  • radicale: Support upgrade up to any 2.x version
  • packages: Hold freedombox package during package installs
  • users: Add component for managing users and groups
  • app: Fix grammar in developer documentation string
  • ikiwiki: Disable public edits of blog pages
  • ikiwiki: Add moderation of blog comments
  • firewalld: Support upgrade up to any 0.8.x version
  • infinoted: Fix permissions of sync directory
  • locale: Added Serbian translation
  • locale: Update translations for Russian, French, German, Czech, Italian, Hindi, Telugu, and Spanish

FreedomBox 20.5.1 (2020-03-26)

  • networks: Update label wording in topology form
  • jsxc: Fix issue with serving static files
  • debian: Separate binary packages for each language manual
  • locale: Update translations for Norwegian Bokmål and German

FreedomBox 20.5 (2020-03-23)

  • app: Fix description block in app header
  • pagekite: Don't signal new domain on init if app is disabled
  • pagekite: Don't attempt to notify about domain if app is disabled
  • pagekite: Remove app enabled checking from getting configuration
  • pagekite: On enable/disable, add/remove domain from names module
  • pagekite: Fix an error message in custom services form
  • matrixsynapse: Handle release of matrix-synapse 1.11
  • setup: Fix regression to force-upgrade caused by Info changes
  • pagekite: Don't allow non-unique custom services
  • index: Reintroduce clients button in front page
  • upgrades: Don't ship apt backport preferences file
  • upgrades: Use internal scheduler instead of systemd timer
  • shadowsocks: Change default configuration
  • shadowsocks: Fix incorrect setting of state directory
  • shadowsocks: When editing configuration, don't re-enable
  • mediawiki: Don't allow anonymous edits
  • names: Fix Local Network Domain is not shown
  • shadowshocks: Fix setting configuration on Buster
  • locale: Update translations for Swedish, Spanish, and French

FreedomBox 20.4 (2020-03-09)

  • apache: Handle transition to php 7.4
  • app: Fix showing app name in port forwarding information
  • apps: Do not show status block if service is running
  • i2p: New style app page layout
  • locale: Update translations for French, Telugu, Spanish, and Swedish
  • networks: Add first boot step for network topology wizard
  • networks: Add form for network topology
  • networks: Don't show router wizard if not behind a router
  • networks, firewall: Support newer version of policykit
  • networks: Fixes for networks wizards access and user experience
  • networks: If topology wizard is skipped, skip router wizard too
  • networks: Show router wizard before Internet connection type wizard
  • plinth: Increase sqlite busy timeout from default 5s to 30s
  • quassel: Fix unable to disable application without choosing a domain name
  • shadowsocks: Move user settings to state directory
  • storage: Directory selection form improvements
  • transmission: Allow to submit download directory if it is creatable
  • upgrades: Clean apt cache every week
  • views: Improve template security

FreedomBox 20.3 (2020-02-24)

  • apps: Update style for toggle button
  • apps: Drop border shadow for app icon in mobile view
  • apps: Show short description as secondary title
  • apps: Remove css filters and glow from app icons
  • cards: Remove the transition delay on hover effect
  • system: Implement new style for cards
  • framework: Generate secret key (existing sessions will get logged out)
  • framework: Cleanup expired sessions every week
  • networks: Add setting for internet connection type
  • networks: Ask about internet connection type during setup
  • shadowsocks: Fix shadowsocks not able to start
  • jsxc: Bypass issue with stronghold to get the app working again
  • monkeysphere: Fix regression with reading Apache configuration
  • help: Fix attribute on download manual button
  • firewall: Improve speed of some operations using DBus API
  • css: Add missing license identifier on some CSS files
  • deluge: Use safer method for editing configuration
  • deluge: More reliable initial configuration setup
  • samba: Add link to manual page
  • searx: Update search engines for 0.16.0
  • openvpn: Fix spelling for Tunnelblick
  • bind: Show served domains
  • Update translations for German, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian Bokmål, Hungarian, Polish, and French

FreedomBox 20.2 (2020-02-10)

  • networks: Support virtual Ethernet (veth) devices
  • diagnostics: Show firewall service status
  • storage: Show disks if FreedomBox is running in an unprivileged container

  • service: Stop service not before but after disabling it
  • users: Use more precise username validation
  • sso, users: Turn off autocapitalization on the username field
  • help: Fix anchor hidden under navbar
  • searx: Fix installation issue for 0.16.0
  • firewall: Show Run Diagnostics button in app
  • glib: Introduce method to schedule an operation at regular intervals
  • notification: Show a drop down from main navbar for notifications
  • storage: Show low disk space warning using notifications API
  • upgrades: Show notification when FreedomBox is updated

  • security: Add Sandbox Coverage to report page
  • matrixsynapse: Enable systemd sandboxing
  • locale: Update translations for Telugu, French, Norwegian Bokmål, German, Spanish, and Swedish

FreedomBox 20.1 (2020-01-27)

  • deluge: Allow to set a download directory
  • deluge: Fix installation failure on slow machine
  • storage: Make external disk mounts accessible to other users
  • gitweb: Add link to the manual page
  • style: Fix incorrect margins for containers in mobile view
  • style: Fix responsiveness for app header
  • network: Fix activating connections that don't have real devices
  • wireguard: Add WireGuard VPN app

  • networks: Add router configuration page
  • networks: Add first boot step for router config helper
  • bind: Enable sandboxing for bind service
  • locale: Updated translations for Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, German, Spanish, Swedish, French, and Greek

FreedomBox 20.0 (2020-01-13)

  • samba: Improve speed of actions
  • deluge: Manage deluged service and connect automatically from web interface
  • openvpn: Enable support for communication among all clients
  • storage: Ignore errors resizing partition during initial setup
  • storage: Make partition resizing work with parted 3.3
  • debian: Add powermgmt-base as recommended package
  • openvpn: Enable IPv6 for server and client outside the tunnel
  • networks: Fix crashing when accessing network manager D-Bus API
  • mediawiki: Use a mobile-friendly skin by default
  • mediawiki: Allow admin to set default skin
  • matrixsynapse: Allow upgrade to 1.8.*
  • security: Add explanation of sandboxing
  • Update translations for Greek, German, Swedish, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, and French

FreedomBox 19.24 (2019-12-30)

  • app: Fix JavaScript doesn't run on first visit

  • samba: Add private shares
  • firewall: Support upgrading firewalld to 0.8
  • deluge: Add systemd sandboxing features
  • infinoted: Add systemd sandboxing features
  • storage: Add systemd sandboxing features to udiskie service
  • upgrades: Add systemd sandboxing features to repository setup service
  • security: List whether each app is sandboxed
  • mediawiki: Avoid delay in update script
  • diagnostics: Use new component based API for all diagnostic tests
  • minidlna: Fix showing clients information
  • mediawiki: Fix problem with session cache failing logins
  • locale: Update translations for French, German, Swedish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, and Dutch

FreedomBox 19.23 (2019-12-16)

  • minidlna: New app for MiniDLNA (Simple Media Server)
  • apps: Show app icons in app pages
  • apps: Implement responsive layout for app pages
  • samba: Recursively set open share directory permissions
  • transmission: Add directory selection form
  • mumble: Add option to set SuperUser password

  • cockpit: Extend apps description with access info
  • cockpit: Add list of valid urls to access the app
  • Update translations for French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swedish

FreedomBox 19.22 (2019-12-02)

  • samba: Add new app for Samba file sharing
  • pagekite: Remove tabs in the configuration page
  • openvpn: Fix text with manual link
  • pagekite: Show existing services only if there are any
  • pagekite: Move Custom Services under Configuration
  • pagekite: Use the new app toggle button
  • openvpn: Add client apps
  • backups: Fix title not appearing
  • diagnostics: Don't run on disabled modules
  • apps: Remove link to webapps in app descriptions
  • interface: Fix error with app toggle input
  • templates: Add toolbar for apps
  • toolbar: Move diagnostics button into dropdown menu
  • ssh: Fix Avahi SFTP service file
  • diagnostics: Fix IPv6 failures
  • matrix-synapse: Fix installation of 1.5 from buster-backports
  • app: Fix javascript constant redeclaration error
  • ikiwiki: Move the create button to manage section
  • gitweb: Move create button into manage section
  • networks: Move actions button into connection section
  • users: Move create button into users section
  • locale: Update translations for French, German, and Swedish

FreedomBox 19.21 (2019-11-18)

  • gitweb: Allow to import from a remote repository
  • interface: Disable turbolinks on links that don't point to /plinth/...
  • backups: Show proper error when SSH server is not reachable
  • tor: Rename "Hidden Service" to "Onion Service"
  • ejabberd: Handle case where domain name is not set
  • tahoe: Mark Tahoe-LAFS as an advanced app
  • searx: Set safe_search to Moderate by default
  • backups: Make verify ssh host page string translatable
  • backups: Simplify SSH fingerprint verification command
  • doc: Fix unavailability of manual images
  • tor: Fix port diagnostics by correcting port data type
  • tor: Expect obfs service to be also available on IPv6
  • tor: Listen on IPv6 for OrPort

  • clients: implement launch button feature
  • apps: Implement toggle button in apps pages
  • Update translations for German, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, French, Polish

FreedomBox 19.20 (2019-11-04)

  • doc: Add Spanish manual
  • ssh: Add option to disable password authentication
  • sharing: Fix wrong links on Apache2 directory index page
  • gitweb: Set correct access rights after enabling application
  • gitweb: Fix links leading to blank page
  • gitweb: Set proper access after restoration of a backup
  • snapshot: Sort snapshot list from newest to oldest
  • infinoted: Add missing manual page link
  • backups: Fix typo
  • Update translations for German, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, French, Norwegian Bokmål, Hungarian

FreedomBox 19.19 (2019-10-21)

  • gitweb: New app for simple git hosting
  • ikiwiki: Allow full Unicode text in wiki/blog title names
  • users: reload Apache2 to flush LDAP cache after user operations
  • ssh: Show server fingerprints in SSH page
  • frontpage: Show public shortcuts to all users regardless of group
  • ikiwiki: Remove extra create button when no wiki/blog is present
  • quassel: Add Let's Encrypt component for certificates
  • Update translations for Czech, French, Bulgarian, Dutch, German, and Norwegian Bokmål

FreedomBox 19.18 (2019-10-07)

  • diagnostics: Ensure that exceptions are reported as failures
  • users: Rearrange UI to match with other apps
  • upgrades, ikiwiki, networks, backups: Replace page tabs with buttons
  • dynamicdns, i2p, pagekite, snapshot: Cleanup page templates
  • deluge: Support deluge 2 by starting it properly
  • minetest: Remove mod-torches no longer available in testing/unstable
  • security: Add past vulnerabilities count, move report to new page
  • Update translations for Spanish, Norwegian Bokmål, German

FreedomBox 19.17 (2019-09-23)

  • firstboot: Add new help menu to firstboot navbar
  • firstboot: Hide left menu during first boot as intended
  • Update translations for Chinese (Simplified) and Czech
  • Fix tests for letsencrypt and tor

FreedomBox 19.16 (2019-09-09)

  • backups: Allow adding backup repositories on multiple disks
  • help: Add buttons for contribute, support, and feedback
  • action_utils: Workaround problem with setting debconf answers
  • views: Fix failure in redirecting from language selection page
  • manual: Move PDF download link to HTML manual page
  • help: Convert help icon in the navbar to dropdown
  • ejabberd: Fix listen port configuration for ejabberd 19.x
  • cockpit, ejabberd: Prevent restart on freedombox startup
  • ejabberd: Perform host/domain name operations only when installed
  • logging: Improve formatting and reduce noise
  • translations: Update Hungarian, German, Italian, French, and Norwegian Bokmål

FreedomBox 19.15 (2019-08-26)

  • security: Hide vulnerability table by default
  • names: Perform better layout of domain names table on small screens
  • cockpit: Apply domain name changes immediately
  • ejabberd: Prevent processing empty domain name
  • config: Send hostname change signal only after fully processing it
  • letsencrypt: Don't try to obtain certificates for .local domains
  • avahi: Expose .local domain as a proper domain
  • cockpit: Make essential and install by default
  • tt-rss: Force upgrade to 18.12-1.1 and beyond
  • updates: Allow matrix-synapse 1.3 to be installed for buster users
  • javascript: Don't resubmit when refreshing the page
  • storage: Fix regression with restoring backups with storage
  • matrix-synapse: Use recommended reverse proxy configuration
  • Update translations for German, Hungarian, and Norwegian Bokmål

FreedomBox 19.14 (2019-08-12)

  • storage: Handle all device paths during eject
  • storage: Fix incorrect internationalization when throwing an error
  • upgrades: Use collapsible-button style for logs
  • firewall: Allow automatic upgrade to 0.7.x
  • upgrades: Handle release info change
  • frontpage: Fix regression with loading custom shortcuts
  • names: Add dynamic domain name
  • names: Add button to configure each type of name
  • names: Update page layout for clearer presentation
  • names: Introduce new API for domain name handling
  • api: Fix regression with listing only enabled apps in mobile app
  • Update translations for Czech, Hungarian, French, Chinese (Simplified), Turkish, Polish, and Norwegian Bokmål

FreedomBox 19.13 (2019-07-29)

  • backups: Make UI more consistent with other apps
  • backups: Make backup location tables collapsible
  • Updated translations for Chinese (Simplified), German, and Norwegian Bokmål
  • help: Show security notice when backports are in use
  • security: Show vulnerability counts

FreedomBox 19.12 (2019-07-22)

  • sharing: Allow directories to be publicly shared
  • backups: Add option to select/deselect all apps for backup or restore
  • dbus: Allow plinth user to own FreedomBox DBus service

  • letsencrypt: Simplify renewal hooks implementation
  • cockpit: Don't handle domains if app is not installed
  • dynamicdns: Send domain added signal properly during init
  • ejabberd: Backup and restore TLS certificates
  • Started new Galician translation on Weblate
  • Updated translations for Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, Hungarian, Spanish, Telugu, Chinese (Simplified), German, Turkish, and Russian

FreedomBox 19.2.2 (2019-07-17)

This release does not contain any functional changes, but fixes test failures when building the package.

FreedomBox 19.2.1 (2019-07-09)

This is a bugfix release for 19.2.

  • dbus: Allow plinth user to own FreedomBox DBus service

FreedomBox 19.11 (2019-07-08)

  • backups: Fixes to issues while adding SSH remotes:
    • Improve UX of adding ssh remote
    • Avoid creating duplicate SSH remotes
    • Fix issue with repository not being initialized
    • Verify SSH hostkey before mounting
    • Allow SSH directory paths with : in them
    • Require passphrase for encryption in add repository form
    • Don't send passphrase on the command line
    • Un-mount SSH repositories before deleting them
  • matrixsynapse: Fix missing translation mark
  • Started new Greek translation on Weblate
  • Updated translations for Chinese (Simplified), Hungarian, Spanish, and Russian

FreedomBox 19.10 (2019-06-24)

  • syncthing: Open firewall ports for listening and discovery
  • radicale: Workaround issue with creating log directory
  • Update translations for Turkish, German, Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, and Portuguese
  • Introduce components for firewall, webserver, uwsgi, and daemons

FreedomBox 19.9 (2019-06-10)

  • config: Add option to show advanced apps, which are hidden by default
  • monkeysphere: Hide by default
  • searx: Add option to allow public access to the application
  • Introduce component architecture for apps, with components for menus and shortcuts
  • Start new translation for Bulgarian
  • Update translations for Turkish and Norwegian Bokmål

FreedomBox 19.8 (2019-05-27)

  • Switch to using SVG icons for all apps.
  • Updated translations for Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, Hungarian, German, Turkish, and Spanish.

FreedomBox 19.7 (2019-05-13)

  • i2p: Include default favorites.
  • Separate enabled and disabled apps.
  • Display port forwarding info for apps.
  • Added Slovenian translation.
  • Updated translations for Dutch, German, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Telugu.

FreedomBox 19.6 (2019-04-29)

  • i2p: Enable new application for I2P Anonymity Network.
  • Updated translations for Czech, German, Norwegian Bokmål, and Turkish.
  • letsencrypt: Provide link to configure domain if not configured.
  • firewall: Show port numbers and types.

FreedomBox 19.5 (2019-04-15)

  • storage: Use more reliable method to list disks and disk space usage.
  • Updated translations for Russian and German.

FreedomBox 19.4 (2019-04-01)

  • clients: Open web app in a new browser tab
  • matrix-synapse: Change client diagnostics url
  • minetest: Fix duplicate domain names being displayed in UI
  • storage: Do not show an eject button on /boot partitions
  • letsencrypt: Call letsencrypt manage_hooks with correct arguments
  • dynamicdns: Install module by default
  • storage: Don't check type of the disk for / and /boot
  • storage: Don't log error when checking if partition is expandable
  • Updated translations for Norwegian Bokmål, Czech, German, Hungarian, Spanish, German, and Russian.

FreedomBox 19.3 (2019-03-18)

  • UI: Move tabs below descriptions.
  • firewall: Style heading
  • names: Add description
  • pagekite: Change heading text
  • ikiwiki: Consistent styling for delete warning page
  • main: Show service version in logs
  • setup: Organize data files into various apps
  • Updated translations for Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Turkish.

FreedomBox 19.2 (2019-03-02)

  • config: Fix Ikiwiki entries not showing up as default apps
  • config: Migrate default app configuration to new conf file
  • config: Rename Default App to Webserver Home Page
  • config: Add option to use Apache's default home page as home page
  • config: Fix error when setting JSXC as the home page
  • Disable Coquelicot for Buster release
  • matrix-synapse: Fix LDAP login issue
  • config: Revert changes in freedombox.conf to avoid conffile prompt
  • openvpn: Migration from easy-rsa 2 to 3 for existing installations
  • tor: Use fixed 9001 port for relaying
  • package: Implement identifying packages that need conffile prompts
  • setup: Trigger force upgrade for app that implement it
  • bind: Handle conffile prompt during upgrade
  • apache: Pre-enable necessary apache modules
  • apache: Use cgid module instead of cgi
  • openvpn: Make frontpage shortcut appear after an upgrade
  • openvpn: Work around firewalld bug 919517
  • firewalld: Implement upgrading from 0.4.x to 0.6.x
  • ttrss: Implement upgrade from 17.4 to 18.12
  • radicale: Add description of web interface
  • ttrss: Add backup support
  • security: Migrate access config to new file
  • Updated translations for Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, German, Telugu.

FreedomBox 19.1 (2019-02-14)

  • radicale: Increment module version to trigger upgrade handling
  • radicale: Remove obsolete diagnostics
  • radicale: Fix server URLs in client info
  • Updated translations for Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, and Spanish.
  • setup: Add option to handle configuration prompts during install
  • radicale: Simplify upgrading to newer packages
  • matrixsynapse: Use Let's Encrypt certificates

FreedomBox 19.0 (2019-02-09)

  • mldonkey: Add some more clients to the module page
  • mldonkey: Add to the description the three available front-ends
  • monkeysphere: Fix handling of multiple domains and keys
  • monkeysphere: Fix regression with reading new apache domain config
  • apache: Switch to mod_ssl from mod_gnutls
  • mldonkey: Enable app
  • upgrades: Fix priority for buster-backports version
  • upgrades: Fix premature adding of buster-backports sources
  • Updated translations for Czech, German, and Spanish
  • Switched to a new version number scheme: YY.N
    • YY is the year of release.
    • N is the release number within that year.

Version 0.49.1 (2019-02-07)

  • ui: Fix regression with configure button in home page.
  • backups: Rename 'Abort' buttons to 'Cancel'.
  • backups: Use icon for add repository button.
  • backups: Move subsubmenu below description.
  • backups: Add title and description to other pages.
  • backups: Add link to manual page.
  • backups: Fix styling for upload size warning.
  • backups: Increase timeout for SSH operations to 30 seconds.
  • letsencrypt: UI: Fix checkbox disabling.
  • datetime: Switch from chrony to systemd-timesyncd.
  • Updated translations for Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, and Spanish.

Version 0.49.0 (2019-02-05)

  • security: Update javascript for Content Security Policy.
  • help: Use correct package to determine available version.
  • repro: Disable app due to issues with Debian package.
  • ui: Fix regression with card icon style in front page.
  • js: Support full librejs compatibility.
  • js: Remove javascript license link from footer.
  • backups: Remove incorrectly set buffer size during download.
  • backups: Fix incomplete download archives.
  • backups: Improve performance of backup download.
  • radicale: Handle migration from 1.x to 2.x.
  • datetime: Switch from ntp to chrony.
  • backports: Add buster-backports to apt sources list.
  • Updated translations for Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, and Hungarian.

Version 0.48.0 (2019-01-28)

  • Updated translations for Czech, Hungarian, German, and Norwegian Bokmål.
  • UI improvements:
    • Fix top margin for content containers.
    • Fix setting width of card-list at various page sizes.
    • Show help nav item text when navbar is collapsed.
    • Hide restart/shutdown items when navbar is collapsed.
    • Compact pages on extra small screen sizes.
  • Backups improvements:
    • Add backup/restore support for syncthing and openvpn.
    • Upgrade apps before restoring them
    • Fix showing not-installed apps in create backup page
    • Automatically install required apps before restore.
    • Add a loader to the restore button to indicate progress.
  • Serve default favicon for apps that don't provide one.
  • radicale: Fix issue with configuration changes not applying.
  • storage: Fix false error message in log when visiting home page.
  • infinoted: Handle timeout issue when stopping daemon during setup.
  • matrix-synapse: Fix startup error caused by bind_address setting.
  • radicale: Avoid changes to conffile for radicale 2.x.
  • help: Fix showing status logs when an error occurs.
  • fail2ban: Enable bans for apache auth failures.
  • mldonkey: Initial work on new module for the eDonkey network.
    • Not available yet, due to bug in package.

Version 0.47.0 (2019-01-14)

  • Show Gujarati in the list of languages.
  • Replace glyphicons with forkawesome icons.
  • Snapshots:
    • Change configuration to avoid filling up disk.
    • Handle "Config in use" error.
    • Update descriptions and configuration options.
  • Firewall: Fix issue with transition from iptables.
  • Security: Switch to Argon2 password hash.
  • Cockpit: Add link to manual page and update description.
  • Radicale: Add initial support for radicale 2.x.
  • Setup:
    • Handle showing setup page after app completes installation.
    • Optimize installation in-progress checks and refresh time.

Version 0.46.0 (2018-12-31)

  • Updated translations for Czech, German, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Norwegian Bokmål.
  • Use systemd journal for logging.
  • Rename plinth binary package to "freedombox", and merge freedombox-setup package into it.

Version 0.45.0 (2018-12-17)

  • Storage: Merge list of removable media into existing table.
  • Backups: Allow remote backups to SSH servers using sshfs.
  • Backups: Removed asking for backup archive name.
  • Automatically handle future versions of PHP.
  • Updated translations for Hungarian, Czech, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, French, and German.

Version 0.44.0 (2018-12-03)

  • UI: Add card style and gray noise background to apps pages.
  • UI: Fix distortion of the client apps buttons.
  • ejabberd: Handle BOSH port change from TCP 5280 to 5443.
  • Minetest: Update mods list to available Debian packages.
  • Firewall: Use nftables instead of iptables.
  • Snapshots: Fix default snapshot listing.
  • Snapshots: Show description above either tab.
  • Snapshots: Allow snapshots to be selected for deletion.
  • Translations: Updated Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.

Version 0.43.0 (2018-11-19)

  • Backups improvements:
    • Allow backups to be downloaded directly, without export step.
    • Restore directly from uploaded backup.
    • Avoid error for apps with no data to backup.
    • Show free disk space on upload and restore page.
    • Do not limit maximum upload size.
  • openvpn: Migrate to easy-rsa 3 and fix setup issues.
  • Make single sign-on tickets valid for 12 hours.
  • Use consistent terminology for updates.
  • Updated translations for Czech and Portuguese.

Version 0.42.0 (2018-11-05)

  • Fix wrong color in mobile menu
  • snapshot: Fix broken snapshot management after snapper update
  • Enable backup/restore for tor, upgrades, monkeysphere, letsencrypt, tahoe
  • monkeysphere: Handle importing new OpenSSH format keys
  • udiskie: unmount drive as superuser
  • Updated translations for Telugu, Indonesian, and Italian

Version 0.41.0 (2018-10-22)

  • Enable backup/restore for datetime, deluge, avahi, backups, bind, security, snapshot, ssh, firewall, diagnostics, names, power, and storage.
  • snapshot: Fix issue with setting configuration.
  • backups: Fix backup archives ownership issue.
  • backups: Fix issue with showing exports from disks without labels.
  • backups: Don't rely on disk labels during export/restore.
  • backups: Fix downloading extracted archive files.
  • Updated translations for Norwegian Bokmål, French, Russian, and Spanish.

Version 0.40.0 (2018-10-08)

  • Backups
    • Enable backup/restore for mumble, privoxy, roundcube, searx, jsxc, coquelicot, transmission, quassel, shadowsocks, sharing, pagekite, and cockpit.
    • Allow backup archives to be downloaded/uploaded through browser.
    • mediawiki: Backup/restore settings as well as data.
  • User Interface
    • Change card text style and position.
    • Change maximum cards per row.
    • Add tint effect on card icons under "Apps".
  • mediawiki: Run update script for 1.31 upgrade.
  • customization: Show custom shortcuts on frontpage.
  • Updated translations for Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, German, French, and Italian.

Version 0.39.0 (2018-09-24)

  • Updated translations for Hungarian and Norwegian Bokmål.
  • Merge Removable Media (udiskie) into Storage module.
  • Add Backups module for backing up apps data.

Version 0.38.0 (2018-09-10)

  • mediawiki: Enable SVG support for MediaWiki

  • upgrades: Clean up old kernel packages during automatic upgrades
  • Make the progress bar at the top of the page more visible.
  • Updated translations for Norwegian Bokmål, Czech, Russian, German, Hungarian, and Spanish.

Version 0.37.0 (2018-08-27)

  • Updated translations for Czech, Norwegian Bokmål, Russian, Spanish, Hungarian, and Dutch.
  • install: Use Post/Response/Get pattern for reloads.

Version 0.36.0 (2018-08-13)

  • Updated translations for Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Telugu, German, Hungarian, Czech, and French
  • ejabberd: Remove deprecated settings from already existing config files
  • mediawiki: Fix issue with re-installation
  • mediawiki: Enable Instant Commons
  • mediawiki: Fix images throwing 403s
  • turbolinks: Reload page using JavaScript

  • Add Lato woff2 fonts
  • Disable launch button for web client when not installed

Version 0.35.0 (2018-07-30)

  • configuration: Add an option to set a default app for FreedomBox. The root URL path (https://domainname/) will redirect to the selected app.

  • ejabberd: Remove deprecated iqdisc setting. To apply this fix, disable and then re-enable the Message Archive Management setting.

  • ejabberd: Replace logo with original version.
  • mediawiki: Enable short URLs, which look like https://domainname/mediawiki/ArticleName.

  • radicale: Clarify description for shared calendar/addressbook.
  • storage: Handle mount points with spaces.
  • udiskie: Add button to eject drives.
  • udiskie: Also show read-only filesystems.
  • udiskie: Remove internal networks warning.
  • udiskie: Show special message when no storage device available.
  • Add turbolinks library for smoother navigation.
  • Removed extra text from icons for mediawiki, radicale, and tahoe-lafs.
  • Updated translations for Russian, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian, Hindi, Italian, Telugu, German, and Norwegian Bokmål.

Version 0.34.0 (2018-07-16)

  • Prompt for secret during firstboot welcome
    • (Does not apply to downloadable FreedomBox images, but only when installed using freedombox-setup package.)

  • Updated translations for Italian, Dutch, Hindi, Hungarian

Version 0.33.1 (2018-07-04)

  • Fix issue where editing a user would remove them from admin group
  • Updated translations for Hungarian, Czech, Spanish, Russian, Hindi

Version 0.33.0 (2018-07-02)

  • Updated translations for Hungarian, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Hindi, Dutch, Italian
  • firewall: Display information that a service is internal only
  • users: Don't show Create User link to non-admin users
  • users: Redirect to users list on successful user creation
  • packages: Show button to refresh package lists when a package is not available for install
  • Only show front page shortcuts that a user is allowed to access
  • Restrict removal of last admin user
  • Use logos instead of icons in the apps page
  • udiskie: New module for automatic mounting of removable media

Version 0.32.0 (2018-06-18)

  • Apply new card based design
  • Fix client info table size and flickering
  • first-setup: Automatically expand root partition
  • mediawiki: Enable image uploads
  • mediawiki: Make private mode and public registrations mutually exclusive
  • mediawiki: Hide frontpage shortcut when private mode is enabled
  • Updated translations for Norwegian Bokmål, Czech, Spanish, Russian, Hindi, Telugu, Italian, Dutch, German, and Hungarian

Version 0.31.0 (2018-06-04)

  • Updated translations for Czech, Spanish, Russian, German, Italian, Hindi, Telugu, and Norwegian Bokmål
  • mediawiki: Added private mode option
  • users: Fix user permissions not being saved
  • users: internationalize a string
  • mediawiki: Run update script for 1.30 upgrade
  • shortcuts: Fix urls for ikiwiki shortcuts

Version 0.30.0 (2018-05-21)

  • Updated translations for Russian, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Hungarian, and Hindi
  • setup: Remove unavailable as a state in setup_helper

Version 0.29.1 (2018-05-08)

  • security: Fix issue with Plinth locked out from sudo
  • Updated translations for Czech and Spanish

Version 0.29.0 (2018-05-07)

  • security: Allow console login access to user plinth
  • Add an option to enable/disable public registrations in mediawiki
  • tt-rss: Skip the check for SELF_URL_PATH
  • searx: Fix issue with uwsgi crashing
  • Updated translations for Czech, Spanish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, and Italian

Version 0.28.0 (2018-04-23)

  • setup: disable install button for currently unavailable apps
  • Add locale for Lithuanian (lt)
  • Translation updates for Italian, Czech, Russian, Spanish, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Telugu, and Dutch

Version 0.27.0 (2018-04-09)

  • middleware: Skip 'installed' message for essential apps
  • users: Fix admin group appearing twice in permissions
  • apps: Fix app names and short descriptions not being translated
  • snapshots: Move manual page link to the index page
  • UI: Fix progress bar not appearing
  • snapshots: Fix for permissions issue when updating configuration
  • snapshots: Add option to enable/disable software installation snapshots
  • Translation updates for Italian, Czech, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, and Ukrainian

Version 0.26.0 (2018-03-26)

  • snapshots: Update description
  • searx: Rewrite url from /searx to /searx/
  • manual: Link to manual from each service
  • Workaround security issues in django-axes
  • apache: Only regenerate snake oil cert when needed
  • apache: Explicitly enable the latest version of PHP module
  • apache: Increase module version number to fix php7.2
  • Update translations for Chinese (Simplified), Russian, Czech, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Hungarian, Spanish, and Italian

Version 0.25.0 (2018-03-12)

  • sharing: Add app for sharing disk folders.
  • ttrss: Update list of client apps.
  • infinoted: Allow setup to recover after timeout issue.
  • snapshots: Add configuration tab with settings for time-based snapshots.

Plinth v0.24.0 (2018-02-26)

  • Add file-sharing application Coquelicot.
  • Add metasearch engine application Searx.
  • Add locale for Hungarian (hu).
  • mediawiki: Allow shortcut to be publicly visible on front page.
  • clients: Add and correct Client Apps.
  • locale: Preferred language can be set in each user's profile.
  • locale: Anonymous users can select preferred language.
  • config: Remove language selection from config page.
  • matrixsynapse: Fix mail attribute for ldap login.

Plinth v0.23.0 (2018-02-12)

  • snapshots: Modify configurations to reduce disk usage.
  • snapshots: Skip currently active snapshot when deleting all snapshots.
  • jsxc: Use consistent url format.
  • sso: Increase timeout to 60 minutes.
  • theme: Change font from Helvetica to Lato.
  • Translation updates for Czech, German, Gujarati, and Telugu.

Plinth v0.22.0 (2018-01-30)

  • matrix-synapse: Make sure configuration file does not get corrupted.
  • tor: Show enabled status properly.
  • first_setup: Fix not showing admin user creation step.
  • Migrate from GitHub to Salsa

  • Migrate from CirceCI to GitLab CI on Salsa.

  • Translation updates for Czech, Dutch, Gujarati, Hindi, Russian and Telugu.
  • Started new translation for Ukrainian.

Plinth v0.21.0 (2018-01-15)

  • navigation bar: Change label from 'Configuration' to 'System'.
  • storage: Removed beta warning for expanding partition.
  • groups: Consistently show available user groups, even before applications are installed.
  • syncthing: Restrict administration to users in "syncthing" group.
  • help: Show menu on smaller screens also.
  • diagnostics: Enable the "Run Diagnostics" button when applications are enabled but not running.

Plinth v0.20.0 (2018-01-01)

  • bind: Don't use forwarders by default
  • ejabberd: Remove redundant button Client Apps
  • mediawiki: Add wiki application
  • users: Make sure first run actually works
  • bind: Add information about current utility

Plinth v0.19.0 (2017-12-18)

  • ejabberd: Use dynamic reload instead of restart when changing configuration.
  • manual: Make manual available as a PDF download.
  • minetest: Show domain information for users to connect to minetest.
  • snapshots: Add button to delete all snapshots.
  • snapshots: Add option to enable/disable automatic timeline snapshots.
  • users: Add groups for bit-torrent and feed-reader, available when these applications are installed.

Plinth v0.18.0 (2017-12-04)

  • Add Shadowsocks client with socks5 proxy.
  • Fix SSO regressions and conflict with captcha.
  • transmission: Fix sso not being enabled on upgrade.
  • avahi: Add service for FreedomBox discovery.

  • Add client information for modules.

Plinth v0.17.0 (2017-11-20)

  • transmission: Enable Single Sign On.
  • cockpit: Add short description to frontpage shortcut.
  • fail2ban: Fix spelling and sentence structure.

Plinth v0.16.0 (2017-11-06)

Added

  • Add mobile, web and desktop client info for modules.
  • Enable django SecurityMiddleware to improve security ratings.

  • cockpit: New module for server administration and web terminal.

Fixed

  • letsencrypt: Fix internal server error when obtaining a certificate.
  • ejabberd: Fix LDAP server entry in config file during setup.
  • jsxc: Fix outdated URLs for connecting to local ejabberd server.

Plinth v0.15.3 (2017-10-20)

Changed

  • Rename Disks to Storage.
  • Rename Snapshot to Storage Snapshots.
  • tt-rss: Enable API access by default.
  • Allow access to Plinth from outside the LAN.
  • matrix-synapse: Disable public registration by default.
  • power: Merge actions into the user dropdown.

Added

  • Add locales for Kannada (kn) and for Bengali (bn).
  • ejabberd: Use Let's Encrypt certificate, also across renewals.
  • matrix-synapse: Add enable/disable public registrations.
  • Add captcha validation on 3 failed attempts.
  • matrix-synapse: Enable LDAP integration.
  • letsencrypt: Automatically obtain and revoke SSL certificates.

Fixed

  • Fix front page label names.
  • Fix vertical alignment of shortcut icons.
  • storage: Fix issue with locales that use other decimal separators.
  • Make tt-rss api accessible using Apache basic auth.
  • letsencrypt: Handle case where current domain is empty.
  • Handle both admin and non-admin user names in update user template.

Plinth v0.15.2 (2017-09-24)

Added

  • letsencrypt: Show more info on cert validity status.
  • letsencrypt: Add option to delete certificates.
  • letsencrypt: Add option to let Plinth manage certbot's renewal hooks.
  • power: Warn if a package manager is running before shutdown/restart.
  • security: Install and manage fail2ban.
  • names: Include domain and services from dynamicdns.
  • disks: Add low disk space warning to system and disks page.
  • ssh: New application to manage SSH server.
  • Add api module to get enabled services and access info.
  • Add Django password validators.
  • ejabberd, ikiwiki, ttrss: Add user login descriptions.

Removed

  • diaspora: Disable for this release due to issues affecting package.
  • Remove help from navbar before firstboot complete.

Fixed

  • i18n: Don't use backslash-newline for wrapping long lines.
  • radicale: Update link to documentation.
  • sso: Upgrade crypto to 4096-bit RSA and SHA-512.
  • Users: Allow non-admin users to log out.

Changed

  • letsencrypt: Make Let's Encrypt an essential module.
  • UI: Make apps and configure pages responsive on small screens.
  • Make help accessible for logged-in non-admin users.

Plinth v0.15.0 (2017-07-01)

  • Added Tahoe-LAFS module for distributed file storage.
  • Added Diaspora* module for federated social networking.
    • Currently only available in "contrib" repository.
  • New Locales for Czech (cs) and Tamil (ta).
  • Added SSO using auth_pubtkt for Syncthing, TT-RSS, and the Repro admin panel.
    • If you are logged in to Plinth, you will be automatically logged in to these web apps.
  • ejabberd: Added option to enable/disable Message Archive Management.
  • help: Added Debian release name to about page.
  • firstboot: De-bloat first welcome screen.
  • Pinned footer to the bottom of the viewport.
  • disks: Restrict precision of reported available space on root partition.
  • diagnostics: Disable button if app/service is not running.
  • help: Only show help pages if user is logged in.
  • navbar: Moved logout to user drop-down and added a new power drop-down.
  • disks: Show disabled partition resize option if no space is available.
  • Added line break to titles to fix frontpage layout.
  • syncthing: Fixed typos and clarity in description.
  • firewall: Fix 500 error when firewalld is not running.
  • setup: Disable install/upgrade when dpkg/apt is running.
  • disks: Use information from lsblk for more accuracy.
  • datetime: Show timezone properly when it not in expected list.

Plinth v0.14.0 (2017-04)

  • tor: Added option to use upstream bridges.
  • openvpn: Added shortcut to front page, shown only when logged-in.
  • openvpn: Non-admin users can download their own profiles.
  • Added new locales for Hindi (hi) and Gujarati (gu).
  • Added Syncthing module for file synchronization.
  • Added Matrix Synapse as chat server with groups, audio and video.
  • Require admin access for all system configuration pages.
  • Changed appearance of topbar and footer.
  • openvpn: Regenerate user key or certificate if empty.
  • disks: Workaround issue in parted during resize.

Plinth v0.13.1 (2017-01-22)

  • Two new apps were added:
    • Gobby Server (infinoted) for collaborative editing of text documents
    • Domain Name Server (BIND), in system menu
  • Added JavaScript license web labels to provide partial support for LibreJS.

  • Added basic configuration form for Minetest server.
  • Added indicator to Help->About page if new Plinth version is available.

  • Show app logos on front page instead of generic icons.
  • Prevent anonymous users from accessing setup pages.
  • Split Chat Server (XMPP) app into Chat Server (ejabberd) and Chat Client (jsxc).

Plinth v0.12.0 (2016-12-08)

  • Open up RTP ports in the firewall for repro (SIP server).
  • Front page shortcuts for services show a Configure button in the details box for logged-in users.
  • Add mods packages to be installed with Minetest server.
  • Fix issue with reading Dynamic DNS status as non-root user.
  • After the hostname is changed, ensure the domain name is still set correctly.
  • Allow the domain name to be cleared, and properly set the configuration in this case.
  • On the Certificates (Let's Encrypt) page, show a more informative message when no domains are configured.
  • On the Chat Server (XMPP) page, show more clearly if domain is not set.
  • Apps that require login will not be shown on the front page, unless the user is logged in.
  • Show status block for News Feed Reader (Tiny Tiny RSS).
  • Change appearance of front page with larger icons and repositioned text.
  • Firewall page only lists services that have been setup. The port lists are collapsible under each service.
  • Support configuring IPv6 networks.
  • Make it less likely to accidentally delete the only Plinth user.
  • Updated to work with JSXC 3.0.0 (XMPP web client).

Plinth v0.11.0 (2016-09-29)

  • Added loading icon for additional busy operations.
  • Added basic front page with shortcuts to web apps, and information about enabled services.
  • networks: Add batctl as dependency, required for batman-adv mesh networking.
  • users:
    • Fixed checking restricted usernames.
    • Display error message if unable to set SSH keys.
    • Flush nscd cache after user operations to avoid some types of errors.
  • monkeysphere:
    • Adopted to using SHA256 fingerprints.
    • Sort items for consistent display.
    • Handle new uid format of gpg2.
    • Fixed handling of unavailable imported domains.
  • minetest: Fixed showing status block and diagnostics.
  • Fixed stretched favicon.
  • Switched base template from container-fluid to container. This will narrow the content area for larger displays.
  • Plinth is now able to run as "plinth" user instead of root user.
  • xmpp: Replaced jwchat with jsxc.
  • ikiwiki: Allow only alphanumerics in wiki/blog name to avoid invalid paths.

Plinth v0.10.0 (2016-08-21)

  • Updated Plinth to support Django 1.10.
  • Added a page to display recent status log from Plinth. It is accessible from the 500 error page.
  • Tor: Added options to toggle relay and bridge relay modes.
  • Radicale: Added access rights control.
  • Ikiwiki: Updated suggested packages.
  • Users and Groups: Fixed editing users without SSH keys.
  • Networks: Added basic support for configuring batman-adv mesh networking.
  • Networks: Fixed incorrect access for retrieving DNS entries.
  • New languages:
    • Persian (50% translated)
    • Indonesian (not started, contributions needed)
  • New modules added to Plinth:
    • Disks: Shows free space of mounted partitions, and allows expanding the root partition.
    • Security: Controls login restrictions.
    • Snapshots: Manages Btrfs snapshots.

Version 0.9.4 (2016-06-24)

  • Added Polish translation.
  • Fixed issue preventing access to Plinth on a non-standard port.
  • Dealt with ownCloud removal from Debian. The ownCloud page in Plinth will be hidden if it has not been setup. Otherwise, a warning is shown.
  • Fixed issue in Privoxy configuration. Two overlapping listen-addresses were configured, which prevented privoxy service from starting.
  • Fixed issue that could allow someone to start a module setup process without being logged in to Plinth.
  • Fixed issues with some diagnostic tests that would show false positive results.
  • Added check to Diagnostics to skip tests for modules that have not been setup.
  • Fixed some username checks that could cause errors when editing the user.
  • Added sorting of menu items per locale.
  • Moved Dynamic DNS and Pagekite from Applications to System Configuration.
  • Allowed setting IP for shared network connections.
  • Switched Dreamplug image from "non-free" to "free". This means that we no longer include the non-free firmware for the built-in wifi on Dreamplug.
  • Added the "userdir" module for the Apache web server. This allows users in the "admin" group to create a folder called "public_html" under their home folder, and to publicly share files placed in this folder.
  • New wiki and manual content licence: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (from June 13rd 2016).

  • Switched to using apt-get for module setup in Plinth. This fixes several issues that were seen during package installs.

Version 0.9 (2016-04-24)

  • Fixed Wi-Fi AP setup.
  • Prevent lockout of users in 'sudo' group after setup is complete.
  • Improved setup mechanism for Plinth modules. Allows users to see what a module is useful for, before doing the setup and package install. Also allows essential modules to be setup by default during FreedomBox install.

  • Added HTTPS certificates to Monkeysphere page. Reorganized so that multiple domains can be added to a key.
  • Added Radicale, a CalDAV and CardDAV server.
  • Added Minetest Server, a multiplayer infinite-world block sandbox.
  • Added Tiny Tiny RSS, a news feed reader.

Version 0.8 (2016-02-20)

  • Added Quassel, an IRC client that stays connected to IRC networks and can synchronize multiple frontends.
  • Improved first boot user interface.
  • Fixed Transmission RPC whitelist issue.
  • Added translations for Turkish, Chinese, and Russian. Fixed and updated translations in other languages.
  • Added Monkeysphere, which uses PGP web of trust for SSH host key verification.
  • Added Let's Encrypt, to obtain certificates for domains, so that browser certificate warnings can be avoided.
  • Added repro, a SIP server for audio and video calls.
  • Allow users to set their SSH public keys, so they can login over SSH without a password.

Version 0.7 (2015-12-13)

  • Translations! Full translations of the interface in Danish, Dutch, French, German and Norwegian Bokmål, and partial Telugu.
  • Support for OLinuXino A20 MICRO and LIME2
  • New Plinth applications: OpenVPN, reStore
  • Improved first-boot experience
  • Many bugfixes and cleanups

Version 0.6 (2015-10-31)

  • New supported hardware target: Raspberry Pi 2
  • New modules in Plinth:
    • Shaarli: Web application to manage and share bookmarks
    • Date & Time: Configure time zone and NTP service

    • Service Discovery: Configure Avahi service
  • Documentation revamp including new user manual and developer guide
  • Improved diagnostic tests, available in Plinth
  • Avoid unnecessary changes when installing on existing Debian system
  • Network configuration supports PPPoE connections
  • Debian packages can be download over Tor

Version 0.5 (2015-08-07)

  • New targets: CubieTruck, i386, amd64

  • New apps in Plinth: Transmission, Dynamic DNS, Mumble, ikiwiki, Deluge, Roundcube, Privoxy
  • NetworkManager handles network configuration and can be manipulated through Plinth.

  • Software Upgrades (unattended-upgrades) module can upgrade the system, and enable automatic upgrades.
  • Plinth is now capable of installing ejabberd, jwchat, and privoxy, so they are not included in image but can be installed when needed.
  • User authentication through LDAP for SSH, XMPP (ejabberd), and ikiwiki.
  • Unit test suite is automatically run on Plinth upstream. This helps us catch at least some code errors before they are discovered by users!
  • New, simpler look for Plinth.
  • Performance improvements for Plinth.

Version 0.3 (2015-01-20)

  • Tor Bridges: All boxes now act as non-exit Tor bridges, routing traffic for the Tor network.
  • Firewall: firewall is on by default and is automatically managed.

  • Add BeagleBone support. We now have images for BeagleBone, RaspberryPi, VirtualBox i386/amd64, and DreamPlug.

  • Ability to enable and use Tor Hidden Services. Works with Ejabberd/JWChat and ownCloud services.
  • Enable Tor obfsproxy with scramblesuit.
  • Drop well-known root password (an account with sudo capabilities still exists for now but will be removed soon).
  • Switch to unstable as suite of choice for easier development.
  • Newer images are built with systemd by default (due to Debian change).
  • Install and operate firewall automatically (uses firewalld).
  • Major restructuring of Plinth UI using Python3, Django web development framework and Bootstrap3. Code quality is much better and UI is more polished.
  • Introduced packaging framework in Plinth UI for on-demand application installation.

Version 0.2 (2014-03-16)

  • Support for Raspberry Pi and VirtualBox (x86) in addition to the DreamPlug.

  • New Services:
    • Configuration Management UI.
    • Instant Messaging.
    • OwnCloud.

    • dnsmasq.
    • Low-Level Configuration Management.
    • Service Announcement.
    • LDAP Server.
    • LXC Support.
    • Source Packages.
  • The privoxy setup is now the default from Debian.

Version 0.1 (2013-02-26)

  • First FreedomBox software release (0.1 image, developer release).

  • Full hardware support in Debian
  • Support for DreamPlug.

  • Basic software tools selected as common working environment:
    • User interface system "plinth"
    • Cryptography tools: gpg or "monkeysphere"
    • Box-to-box communication design: Freedom-buddy (uses TOR network)

    • Web cleaning: "privoxy-freedombox".


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