Caffoot Lite v1.3.0 — Rack Management Modernisation

Caffoot Lite v1.3.0 — Rack Management Modernisation

Caffoot Lite v1.3.0 introduces major improvements to rack management, equipment placement and inventory visibility while retaining the standalone, offline-first application.

What's new

• Rack workspace: Dedicated Rack Overview, Rack Inventory and Rack Accessories pages.
• Rack insights: Capacity, equipment, location and rack-type summaries.
• Rack elevations: Front and rear equipment placement, rack-unit labels and collision prevention.
• Flexible rack configuration: Custom rack heights, rack types, optional dimensions and safer editing.
• Rack accessories: Improved management of power distribution, ventilation, cable management and environmental equipment, including supported 0U placements.
• Inventory improvements: Better device mounting, location handling and rack assignment workflows.

Backup compatibility and data safety

• Continued support for JSON backup and restore.
• Improved handling of legacy mounting and location values.
• Additional validation and recovery safeguards.

Important: Export and safely retain a JSON backup before upgrading or restoring inventory. Restoring a backup replaces the active inventory.

Caffoot Lite stores inventory locally in the browser. It is not an authenticated multi-user web service and should not be exposed directly to the public internet.

Testing

The final v1.3.0 release candidate passed the automated regression suite, security checks, standalone HTML verification and ZIP packaging checks on 21 October 2026.

Browser acceptance testing, including rack management and historical backup compatibility, was also completed.

What's next

v1.4.0 — Data & Architecture Foundations

The next development milestone will focus on storage architecture, data durability, migrations, deployment options and future multi-user security boundaries.

See ROADMAP.md for the development roadmap.