Pholio 2026.10.1

🚀 Pholio 2026.10.1

2026-10-04 · 31 changes since v2026.9.0

✨ Features

🏷️ credits

• render the credits from a single markdown file

🏷️ gallery

• confirm selection bar changes with the number of files
• copy metadata from a photo and paste it onto a selection
• close the info panel when files are picked for a group action

🏷️ import

• add the import screen for devices and other folders
• copy import groups safely into the library and index them as a batch
• analyse import sources for eligible, linked and duplicate files
• add the naming pattern language for imported folders and files

🏷️ imports

• add an imports view for folder imports and external changes

🏷️ library

• watch library folders for external changes

🏷️ metadata

• let edits go to an xmp sidecar instead of the photo file

🏷️ tools

• add a Wikimedia Commons demo library downloader

🏷️ ui

• show a splash screen while the desktop interface starts

🐛 Bug fixes

🏷️ gallery

• share one card menu, close it on click and show its shortcut
• thicken and soften the navigation selection frame

🏷️ people

• reload the view when the library changes

🏷️ ui

• move the search help icon to the right of the search bar
• stop sharing a remembered size between generic dialogs
• shrink the header logo and load a sharper source
• match the full-screen title bar to the theme on macos
• restore finder-sized window buttons on macos and move to java 27
• stack modal dialogs instead of replacing the open one

⚡ Performance

🏷️ ui

• weave @FxThread at build time, keep the agent as a safety net

♻️ Refactoring

🏷️ ui

• rename MaintenancePeoplePane to PeopleView

📝 Documentation

🏷️ general

• move the documented jdk to 27 and keep the import epic plans
• open contributions on gitea and accept the cla by pull request
• license pholio under polyform strict 1.0.0

💄 Style

🏷️ ui

• share one overlay opacity between the status drawer and the info panel

🔧 Chores

🏷️ build

• require jdk 27 and spell out the compiler release

🏷️ general

• add spdx license identifier to source files
• move the todo list to github issues