CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

v1.7.0 (dd-mm-yyyy)

🚀 New Features

• Support for multiple instances (Open multiple OpenComic windows) bbf6f56
• Add option to open files from outside OpenComic in a new window 906a5b7
• Add setting to use a custom folder for cache and temporary files 5b7a3a1
• AI image upscaling tool 566295e
• AI image descreen tool aa88777
• AI image artifact removal tool f27e851
• Cache the folder's thumbnails/poster file lists to reduce disk I/O 01a962b
• Hide file extension by default ad33247
• Support playing background music on a specific page 23aae8a
• Options in OPDS to auto-download files from the catalog 594d69f
• Support for tabs d9f7fa0
• Option to extract document images (PDF and EPUB) 56b0f4f
• Support for fixed-layout EPUBs 808c7f6
• Support for right-to-left and vertical EPUBs 08543d8
• Option to force left-to-right reading direction in EPUBs ffb7afb
• Cache rendered EPUB files 2813629
• Support for text selection and clickable links in EPUBs f66e3a2
• Option to disable thumbnails while reading and show filenames instead e3d3896
• Show tooltip for filenames that are not fully displayed 5422c18
• Drag tabs to open them in a new window or move them between windows 5e84c65
• Add support for MetronInfo.xml cf2b875
• Add and remove blank pages in double page view 471f464
• Retrieve image dimensions from compressed files when possible for better performance fc1979b
• Add option to sort files by modification date 586ac9d
• Add option to shuffle sort files f8acc14
• Setting to configure number of preloaded images c04c7ab
• Tab bar now uses traffic light area spacing 7ababe4
• Use custom sharp prebuilt binaries for native support of JXL, JP2 and HEIC 0a49e48
• Removed support for HEIC image format ddbbded
• Joined the title/menu bar with the tab bar fea2b30
• Remove need to load all image sizes before rendering the page for better performance 721a028
• Moved Delay in changing comics to settings page ad8a167
• Middle click auto-scroll in center tap zone (Windows only) 0bd24e5
• Implement Guided View support 868ec61
• Open folder shortcut a93aa2b
• Support for shortcuts macros d5f819a
• Improved loading of high resolution images f78a1d5
• Option to automatically detect Webtoons

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Adding or changing poster not working when the drive is different from the system drive 8ce3d5f
• Hiding cursor in fullscreen mode fails in some cases 828d504
• Save/Copy uses the image under the mouse cursor instead of the active page 26c5923
• Error saving the progress of the final page in epub files ff42c18
• Prevent crash when retrieving metadata with Sharp for many large images (Linux only) d5616d8
• Extract files when the file in it starts with the '-' character 3806516
• Use reading sort for thumbnail/poster generation cca841e
• Improve drag scrolling (Ignore right-click and add activation dead zone) 2df49c4
• Thumbnails are still generated in list view cf4a20a
• Replace electron-json-storage with custom implementation to fix write hang issue e6fb35b
• Align with next horizontal conflicts with Blank page at the beginning 0af09be
• Support searching for NSFW manga on MyAnimeList b59fdfe

v1.6.5 (31-10-2025)

🚀 New Features

• Go prev/next chapter with auto-scroll (Moving the cursor in the middle of the screen) d9dfaa0

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Cancelling prev/next chapter breaks the magnifier tool d851178
• Downgrade Electron to 37.8.0 to fix font rendering issues on Linux fbdff55

v1.6.4 (11-10-2025)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Downgrade Electron to 38.0.0 to resolve Linux release freezes on Wayland 43a6e85

v1.6.3 (07-10-2025)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Add error handling for reading progress in comic context menu b3a6bbf
• Error handling for corrupted JSON/ZSTD files in cache and remove them 978e281
• Header bar buttons don't register start/end of chapter if scrolled with scrollbar b9cb5ea
• Asynchronous progress check in the context menu (Mark as read/unread) ca51b12
• The application loops and freezes when opening files on the network (UNC paths) 7ca4d20
• Prevent concurrent reads of the same file cefa1c5
• Memory leak in blob files when browsing extremely quickly while reading ccdcdbc
• TypeError by ensuring countries is an array 4fb987d
• High memory usage on Linux due to a compatibility issue between Sharp and Electron 2bf74ee
• Incorrect page is being set as a poster in manga mode 3e90c82
• Image breaks sometimes in PDF render a184b0c

v1.6.2 (08-09-2025)

🚀 New Features

• Option to change labels from app bar bea5b5c
• Context menu in continue reading bar b2637c2
• Support multi-layer folder labeling in servers 3eeabc5

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Prevent app freeze when relative path receives undefined value 2d9cca5
• Error on start directly in last reading 9c20ba0

v1.6.1 (26-08-2025)

🚀 New Features

• Extract tracking chapter/volume also from image names 2218bfb
• Tracking also by current page/image chapter/volume 5ff5932
• Pick at random button 6423fe9
• Separate order of browsing and reading e08faea
• Sort option to list compressed files first, separated from folders 508fd1a
• Auto-prompt to track 30608da
• Improve relative path support for folder portable 0e3b2a8

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Show page number doesn't work properly on scroll reading c72814b
• Some tap zones events not working 225de43
• Thumbnails and progress missing when filtering current page beb5f90
• Rare cases of blank images during reading e1f27b3
• Show magnifying glass instantaneous when enabled from shortcuts 43bc73d
• goBack not working if OpenComic starts directly on reading 2f6e2fc
• Error on migrating some config 3b4e1ce
• Server connections do not work in some cases on Windows 65ecdf6
• Some compressed files wouldn't open from the servers b1c7aef

v1.6.0 (27-07-2025)

🚀 New Features

• Allow disabling Do not enlarge more than its original size in Webtoon mode 7519ac5
• Improved rotation and support for rotating in PDF cb90771
• PDFs are rendered to a blob image instead of a canvas 554c1ef
• Optimized sidebar thumbnails 02b67c6
• Support Discord Rich Presence a19f9eb
• Get Calibre series and series_index metadata in PDF and ePub da739de
• Increase and decrease horizontal margin shortcuts 0bae05f
• Use single thread in HDD extractions a4874a6
• Auto-hide mouse cursor in fullscreen mode fbfa9f8
• Show progress bar, pages and percentage in library/browsing d0002d9
• Progressive thumbnail/progress generation based on scroll position 1d22f22
• Option to mark as read and unread 82ae5ef
• Option to show page number in the top right-hand corner 35e44c6
• Add support for labels in master folders (auto config only) 50e42cd
• Option to show shadow effect between pages in double page mode 5bfee80

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Error opening files from the system file explorer cecc15d
• Invert tap zones in manga reading 08a4d10
• Error opening an OPDS Catalog d80c2da
• Correct support Komga OPDS server 0ae69bf
• Some mime types are not correct detected baa8397
• Update electron to fix white lines in Webtoon mode 2b98eb3
• Navigation back not working with shortcuts and gamepad ba8641f
• Correct invert some shortcuts in manga reading 208fee6
• Optimized poster handling in file image retrieval 53b5c42
• Do not use the ignore pattern when searching for poster/images 7b52b28

v1.5.0 (19-06-2025)

🚀 New Features

• Improve chapter detection in tracking ad05a23
• Support for JP2 image format e11046b
• Support for JXR image format 0e24922
• Support for JXL image format bd6fb0a
• Thumbnail generation speed has been improved 155f064
• Support for HEIC image format 4f4b5a1
• Option to apply configuration profile based on folder/file label 71d9ff5
• Option to disable Align with next horizontal when reading on double page 97d8ecd
• Option in setting to adjust gamepad sensitivity f309c27
• Copy image to clipboard bb96cef
• OPDS support b72f32f
• Button to enable/disable full screen from the more options menu 5d2ac36
• Show package versions in About OpenComic 888d9ba
• Custom mouse wheel shortcuts 1db0fc7
• Option to configure mouse wheel sensitivity when zooming 8a80d0a
• Option to ignore files and folders that match Regex or File pattern 670bced
• Authentication support for OPDS (Basic and Digest) 11c3aa8
• Use safeStorage for passwords and tokens 6178ded
• Change extraction of RAR and TAR to 7zip to improve performance c0c2d6d
• Add suport for compressed LZH, ACE, TAR.GZ, TAR.XZ, TAR.BZIP2 and TAR.ZSTD e7e7815
• Support compressed files with password 9a6ef8e
• Show release notes in new version dialog e572128
• Improved extract performance of big files 5c50739
• Support MyAnimeList tracking 5f40b4a
• Multi-layer folder labeling/favoriting and header bar filter options 652a6a5
• Option to disable tap zones aa7bb3c
• Refactored navigation history logic (goBack, goForward, etc.) a4b6c3d
• Count images/pages in file info if they are not in the metadata fdf8eaf

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Hide toolbar in full screen 7dbc3c2
• Gamepad menus do not work correctly b997d6b
• Sharp crashes on Arch Linux and other distributions d60620a
• Add cMap support for PDF.js 3da7b8e
• Page jumps during zoom animation in vertical reading d9f94e7
• Stuttering when decode big images (From sync decode to async when possible) d320aad
• Move zoom using cursor after turning a pages not working property 3012715
• Turn page forward in manga mode (Only on non-arrow keys) bdbc0dc
• Check if the file is written to disk when extracting using 7zip 66d4897
• Wrong size detection for animated AVIF images b741e52
• Compressed files with unsupported chars in Windows are not correct displayed 120c86b
• Error Failed to retrieve track metadata in some images 1439b9b

v1.4.1 (08-02-2025)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Error saving images with dialog f2445de
• Drag and Drop not working due an Electron breaking change a830bf8
• Move to trash not working in Windows 8c34a31

v1.4.0 (26-01-2025)

🚀 New Features

• Turn pages with mouse wheel f164068
• Custom name in image saving function 4b01440
• Option to save bookmarked images 7def9ec
• Improved opening behavior options for files and folders 07ee1f5
• Make the Ignore single folders option work for images too cc9f9c7
• Scroll by screen percentage in webtoon mode 9a86a30
• Shortcuts for saving images 05c9b31
• Personalize save images template and save automatically to custom folder 47e8de7
• Multiple poster/folder sizes c64222a
• Implement header scrolling functionality cf5615e
• Clear cache for individual files 45e2e99
• Add support in server settings for show in library the files in subfolders e2fa97a
• Option to show only one page at a time in Vertical Reader 65f83db
• Show files that have lost access on macOS (Store) 7964d79

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Save image not saving the correct page in manga mode b14a26e
• Sometimes right click on reading fails b14a26e
• Avoid generating thumbnails of images that are still being extracted (Extractions with 7-Zip) c415b3f
• Error attempting to open the bookmarks menu after navigating to a bookmark 80c1b0e
• Can't override font in some epub files 3265e1f

v1.3.1 (05-10-2024)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Dependency file-type not working 7730e46
• Open file location not working in some cases a4bc25b

v1.3.0 (04-10-2024)

🚀 New Features

• Shortcut to go next/prev chapter 9cda79e
• Option to rotate horizontal images 20258ff
• Setting to force black background and white blank page in night mode e7190f7
• Setting to disable gamepad input 5a2285f
• Page turn transitions and fade 3592392
• Improved search performance ca26c55
• Setting to force app Color Profile c7d479a
• WebDAV server support b6f4439
• Library Navigation using side mouse buttons 96f4bb8
• Move to trash and Delete permanently options 2737fbe
• Improved reading load and memory usage f12cbdb
• Option to set an image from the folder as a poster 0a952da
• Multiple configurable tap zones from settings c7ee38f
• More available shortcuts 9201e1f
• Custom gamepad death zone 1b364c9
• Play background music also from parent folder 6caf9f4
• Show library, favorites, labels, etc in header path 123cd2c
• Continue reading and Recently added section in library, favorites, labels, etc 6938f19
• Sound effect on page turn d9957da
• Setting to set the number of items in recent 386a4f5
• Reading context menu and save images 64f7fc9

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Scroll does not work correctly when zooming and then resizing the window 65a447c
• Support S3 path connection ec1340d
• S3 connection does not work correctly in Windows 9352e3a
• Don't show drag menu if the event comes from the app 383f9fe
• PDF zoom not work if device pixel ratio is upper 1 d318cfc
• Optimized index loading and folder navigation 0e6000f
• Error extracting files with 7zip if the file name contained UTF8 characters 27c863b
• Fullscreen error d72813a
• Files shared over a network in Windows do not open bab197f
• Long paths not working in Windows (paths equal or greater than 260 characters) 884bccd
• Extracting 7zip in separate stacks to avoid errors when extracting many files 061827f
• Prevent scroll event while reading is loading 4c93a72
• Multiple errors managing cache of files in servers 7e739da
• 7zip binary does not have correct permissions on macOS arm64 91c8d1d
• Avoid extracting the same file multiple times at the same time 98de350

v1.2.0 (29-03-2024)

🚀 New Features

• Show error message if continue reading file does not exist 7aee55c
• Support background music from folder: MP3, M4A, WEBM, WEBA, OGG, OPUS, WAV, FLAC 26947a2
• Now when applying Webtoon mode the vertical margin is 0 683a08a
• Show the current reading title in app window 9520faa
• Option to open file location of current reading from the file menu c9215dc
• Setting to enable/disable go next/previous chapter with mouse scroll (Vertical reading) 37612bf
• About this file dialog 38f72f3
• Delete downloaded compressed files for thumbnail generation if they exceed 50% of the maximum tmp size 2a50079
• Change extraction of zip to 7z to improve performance and support partial extraction of corrupted files d07feac
• S3 server support ae8c133

🐛 Bug Fixes

• node-zstd not have native dependencies in arm64 build (Linux and macOS) e906f21
• Manga mode not working in epub a901754
• eBook not working with decimal device pixel ratio (1.5, 2.5, etc) 4962724
• Blurry cover/poster images 23ae46d
• Using the first image as a poster does not work fd6c748
• Some errors in scroll reading a4887c3
• Stuck in a loop trying to read an epub file when the epub or zip is corrupt 6388a9e
• Next chapter button not work inscroll mode if last page is smaller than the window and "Adjust to width" is enabled 2bbd49e
• PDF.js does not load files that have a hash (#) in the name 5691073
• Context menu does not appear in the inputs (Can't copy or paste) 91cf4c8

v1.1.0 (13-01-2024)

🚀 New Features

• Option to set maximum size of temporary files, preserving them when closing the app a727249
• Label to display only the contents of a master folder ff35144
• Support favorite label 86039e6
• Custom labels support 1185d82
• Option to not enlarge images more than its original size e2f8598
• New image interpolation methods available: lanczos3, lanczos2, mitchell, cubic, nearest and others 86cd705
• Server connection support: smb://, ftp://, ftps://, scp://, sftp://, ssh:// 52a09a9
• Compress json files from cache to zstd to reduce used space 3ae7cb7

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Error on detect file type from binary 0f81947
• Zoom bug in vertical reading if global zoom disabled f83d17f

v1.0.0 (09-12-2023)

🚀 New Features

• Delete bookmarks from the bookmark list 3792f7d
• Save and show also the current folder progress apart from the main folder 86f094b
• Instead of the file name it shows the title of EPUB, PDF and Compressed Files with ComicInfo.xml 0d3e4ba

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Error when resizing after exit comic opened from recents 8291730
• When reloading, change view or sorting a folder opens reading mode in some cases e8e2c16
• Reading shortcuts remain active when going back to recently opened 716c10b
• Some errors on go back before comic load 99fb29d
• Blank page keep white color in dark theme 8d1a5b7
• Open with OpenComic not working in macOS and some fixes in Windows and Linux ea90063
• Error opening an epub when OpenComic is closed 84c838a
• Performance issues when generating some thumbnails 1a07d2d

v1.0.0-beta.5 (24-11-2023)

🚀 New Features

• Preliminary support for the EPUB format (Alpha) 24b6494
• Option to use the first image in the folder/file as a poster a5cf998
• Option to open folder/file directly in first image or in continue reading 6a20160
• Change page using an input range 527999c
• Go to page writing it in a dialog 2d7a028
• Global zoom in the slide reading da36774
• Switch to night/light mode when the OS does it 3d80403

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Remove button in library not showing 24ba9ba
• Window buttons not showing in About OpenComic (macOS only) 40ae6d1
• Thumbnails not generated by wrong sharp install (Windows only) 40ae6d1

v1.0.0-beta.4 (17-10-2023)

🚀 New Features

• Option to open directly in continue reading instead of the file list 78646fe
• Option to start reading in full screen cf3de6e
• Option to start OpenComic directly in last reading 00cb8c7
• Recently opened page d2f3065
• Option to move zoom and scroll whit mouse e8cc79c
• Improved touch screen navigation (swipe gesture, 2 finger zoom and reset zoom with 2 finger click) f848463
• Improved detection of image edges when zoom is applied e7ec771
• Frameless window (Full only in Windows and macOS) 9c7346c
• Translate page names in PDFs 8855fbe

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Error opening some images 8b97435
• Wrong cache folder in windows causing some bugs 8b97435
• Extract large RAR and ZIP files blocks the app for a while adbdced
• RAR error on extract with files some special chars (Changed unrar to node-unrar-js) 694fe27
• Cannot open filtered files with the keyboard f831749
• Some display errors when applying global zoom 92b28c2
• Reading progress was saved in different location when activating show full path 72e8cc1

v1.0.0-beta.3 (09-10-2023)

🚀 New Features

• Open file location in context menu 339bcc0
• Option in the context menu to add and remove posters using local artwork assets e8a1745
• Show image in its original size 30df2fc
• Show in first/last page buttons if has next/prev comic and go to next/prev comics scrolling 2a3796e
• Improve the detection of the type of compressed files if the file extension is not correct b39605c
• Option to start OpenComic in startup (Windows and macOS only) 7b9b8ec
• Buttons in library to go next and prev chapter c41ecde
• Adjust the brightness, saturation, contrast, sepia and colorize black and white images 04b1caa
• Master folder support from settings 9edd70e
• Ignore single folders in browsing 7507563
• Search and filter in library/browsing 8393903
• Tracking at the end of the chapter/volume setting option 39f1954
• View size and remove cache and temporary files from settings 8114336
• Max cache size and max cache old fe679d4

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Gamepad icons not showing in distribution version 249640d
• Go back in gamepad menus b2719e5
• Wrong detection of folder images in some cases 425a137
• Ignore first gamepad and keyboard event in browsing 9347fbe
• Blurry image when zooming 0732f3f
• Progress was not saved in some cases 964bb64
• Error on opening file in OpenComic cb56ccf
• Some memory leaks 6569e8e

v1.0.0-beta.2 (03-09-2023)

🚀 New Features

• Reload button in file list 31675a5
• Check if there is a new version when starting OpenComic 82f1abd
• Custom keyboard and gamepad shortcuts 0a4a459
• Navigation via gamepad/keyboard has been improved, you can navigate in settings, theme, language, menus in reading, etc. d1290f5

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Improved local artwork assets support f21cccd
• Some errors on Tracking feature 50d8487
• Updated snackbar to Material 3 ae8e195
• Bug in Magnifying glass introduced in version v1.0.0-beta.1

v1.0.0-beta.1 (22-08-2023)

🚀 New Features

• AVIF support 8a0d274
• Improved PDF rendering performance and quality a55312d
• Code of reading compressed files has been rewritten, improving thumbnail generation performance, especially in PDF files c1259bb
• Global zoom in the vertical reader c94ac75
• Support for gamepads 759ee60
• Navigate in the library using the keyboard 922e6ee
• Clip image option on read 71fad97
• Updated electron to v25.5.0 41214a5
• Update theme to Material 3 0f537fb
• Settings page to set some default values 12907bc
• Drag and Drop support 91933a9
• Local Artwork Assets f774ed4

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Error on scrolling in vertical reading 9a34df4
• Detect signature 0x21726152 as a rar file aa39a6a