Changelog

Added

• Warn user if FFmpeg is not installed
• Support for .raf and .orf raw image thumbnails and previews

Fixed

• Use birthtime for file creation time on Mac & Windows
• Use audio icon fallback when FFmpeg is not detected
• Retain search query upon directory refresh

Changed

• Significantly improve file re-scanning performance

Added

• Copy and paste fields
• Add multiple fields at once
• Drag and drop files in/out of the program
  • Files can be shared by dragging them from the thumbnail grid to other programs
  • Files can be added to library folder by dragging them into the program
• Manage Python virtual environment in Nix flake
• Ability to create tag when adding tags
• Blender preview thumbnail support
• File deletion/trashing
  • Added right-click option on thumbnails and preview panel to delete files
  • Added Edit Menu option for deleting files
  • Added Delete key shortcut for deleting files
• Font preview thumbnail support
  • Short "Aa" previews for thumbnails
  • Full alphabet preview for the preview pane
• Sort tags by alphabetical/color
• File explorer action follows OS naming
• Preview Source Engine files
• Expanded thumbnail and preview features
  • Add album cover art thumbnails
  • Add audio waveform thumbnails for audio files without embedded cover art
  • Add new default file thumbnails, both for generic and specific file types
  • Change the unlinked file icon to better convey its meaning
  • Add dropdown for different thumbnail sizes
• Show File Creation and Modified dates; Restyle file path label

Fixed

• Backslashes in f-string on file dupe widget
• Tags not shown when none searched
• Avoid error from eagerly grabbing data values
• Correct behavior for tag search options
• Load Gallery-DL sidecar files correctly
• Correct duplicate file matching
• GPU hardware acceleration in Nix flake
• Suppress command prompt windows for FFmpeg in builds

Internal Changes

• Move type constants to media classes
• Combine open launch arguments
• Revamp Nix flake with devenv/direnv in cb4798b
• Remove impurity of Nix flake when used with direnv in bc38e56

Fixed

• Fix signal log warning
• Fix "Folders to Tags" feature
• Fix search ignoring case of extension list

Internal Changes

• Add tests into CI by
• Create testing library files ad-hoc
• Refactoring: centralize field IDs
• Update to pyside6 version 6.7.1

Fixed

• Separately pin QT nixpkg version
• Bugfix for #252, don't attempt to read video file if invalid or 0 frames long
• Toggle Mouse Event Transparency on ItemThumbs
• Refactor video_player.py

Added

• Added playback previews for video files
• Added Boolean "and/or" search mode selection
• Added ability to scan and fix duplicate entries (not to be confused with duplicate files) from the "Fix Unlinked Entries" menu
• Added “Select All” (Ctrl+A / ⌘ Command+A) hotkey for the library grid view
• Added "Clear Selection" hotkey (Esc) for the library grid view
• Added the ability to invert the file extension inclusion list into an exclusion list
• Added default landing page when no library is open

Fixed

• TagStudio will no longer attempt to or allow you to reopen a library from a missing location
• Fixed PermissionError when attempting to access files with a higher permission level upon scanning the library directory
• Fixed RAW image previews sometimes not loadingand
• Fixed most non-UTF-8 encoded text files from not being able to be previewed
• Fixed "Refresh Directories"/"Fix Unlinked Entries" creating duplicate entries
• Other miscellaneous fixes

Changed

• Renamed "Subtags" to "Parent Tags" to help better describe their function
• Increased number of tags shown by default in the "Add Tag" modal from 29 to 100
• Documentation is now split into individual linked files and updated to include future features
• Replaced use of os.path with pathlib
• .cr2 files are now included in the list of RAW image file types
• Minimum supported macOS version raised to 12.0

Added

• Basic thumbnail/preview support for RAW images (currently .raw, .dng, .rw2, .nef, .arw, .crw, .cr3)
  • NOTE: These previews are currently slow to load given the nature of rendering them. In the future once thumbnail caching is added, this process should only happen once.
• Thumbnail/preview support for HEIF images

Fixed

• Fixed sidebar not expanding horizontally
• Fixed "Recent Library" list not updating when creating a new library
• Fixed palletized images not loading with alpha channels
• Low resolution images (such as pixel art) now render with crisp edges in thumbnails and previews
• Fixed visual bug where the edit icon would show for incorrect fields

Added

• Full macOS and Linux support
• Ability to apply tags to multiple selections at once
• Right-click context menu for opening files or their locations
• Support for all filetypes inside of the library
• Configurable filetype blacklist
• Option to automatically open last used library on startup
• Tool to convert folder structure to tag tree
• SIGTERM handling in console window
• Keyboard shortcuts for basic functions
• Basic support for plaintext thumbnails
• Default icon for files with no thumbnail support
• Menu action to close library
• All tags now show in the "Add Tag" panel by default
• Modal view to view and manage all library tags
• Build scripts for Windows and macOS
• Help menu option to visit the GitHub repository
• Toggleable "Recent Libraries" list in the entry side panel

Fixed

• Fixed errors when performing actions with no library open
• Fixed bug where built-in tags were duplicated upon saving
• QThreads are now properly terminated on application exit
• Images with rotational EXIF data are now properly displayed
• Fixed "truncated" images causing errors
• Fixed images with large resolutions causing errors

Changed

• Updated minimum Python version to 3.12
• Various UI improvements
  • Improved legibility of the Light Theme (still a WIP)
  • Updated Dark Theme
  • Added hand cursor to several clickable elements
• Fixed network paths not being able to load
• Various code cleanup and refactoring
• New application icons

Known Issues

• Using and editing multiple entry fields of the same type may result in incorrect field(s) being updated
• Adding Favorite or Archived tags via the thumbnail badges may apply the tag(s) to incorrect fields
• Searching for tag names with spaces does not currently function as intended
  • A temporary workaround it to omit spaces in tag names when searching
• Sorting fields using the "Sort Fields" macro may result in edit icons being shown for incorrect fields