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

For more technical details, see the FreedomBox changelog.

Release Notes

The following are the release notes for each FreedomBox version.

1. FreedomBox 20.14 (2020-09-15)

1.1. Highlights

apache: Disable mod_status (CVE-2020-25073)

bepasty: New app for file upload and sharing

matrixsynapse: Allow upgrade to version 1.19

1.2. 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

2. FreedomBox 20.13 (2020-07-18)

2.1. Highlights

upgrades: Update apt cache before manual update

minidlna: Do not expose statistics over public web

2.2. 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

3. 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

4. FreedomBox 20.12 (2020-06-29)

4.1. 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

4.2. 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

5. FreedomBox 20.11 (2020-06-15)

5.1. Top Highlight

locale: Add new translation for Arabic (Saudi Arabia)

5.2. 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

6. FreedomBox 20.10 (2020-06-01)

6.1. Top Highlights

pagekite: Fix expired certificates causing connection failures

tor: Fix problems with running a relay

6.2. 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

7. FreedomBox 20.9 (2020-05-18)

7.1. 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



7.2. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. FreedomBox 19.2.2 (2019-07-17)

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

33. FreedomBox 19.2.1 (2019-07-09)

This is a bugfix release for 19.2.

dbus: Allow plinth user to own FreedomBox DBus service

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. FreedomBox 19.5 (2019-04-15)

storage: Use more reliable method to list disks and disk space usage.

Updated translations for Russian and German.

41. 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.

42. 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.

43. 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.

44. 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

45. 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.



46. 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.

47. 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.

48. 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.



49. 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.



50. 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.

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. 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.

54. 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

55. 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.

56. 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.

57. 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.

58. 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.

59. 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.

60. 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

61. 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.

62. 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

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. Version 0.29.1 (2018-05-08)

security: Fix issue with Plinth locked out from sudo

Updated translations for Czech and Spanish

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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.

74. 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.

75. 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.

76. 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.

77. 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.

78. 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

79. 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.

80. 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.

81. 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.

82. Plinth v0.16.0 (2017-11-06)

82.1. 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.

82.2. 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.

83. Plinth v0.15.3 (2017-10-20)

83.1. 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.

83.2. 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.

83.3. 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.

84. Plinth v0.15.2 (2017-09-24)

84.1. 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.

84.2. Removed

diaspora: Disable for this release due to issues affecting package.

Remove help from navbar before firstboot complete.

84.3. 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.

84.4. 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.

85. 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.

86. 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.

87. 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).

88. 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).

89. 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.

90. 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.



91. 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.

92. 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.

93. 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.

94. 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

95. 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

96. 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.

97. 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.

98. 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.

99. 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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