Seafile Server Changelog

You can check Seafile release table to find the lifetime of each release and current supported OS: https://cloud.seatable.io/dtable/external-links/a85d4221e41344c19566/?tid=0000&vid=0000

13.0

Upgrade

Please check our document for how to upgrade to 13.0

13.0.8 beta (2025-07-30)

• Add basic support for dark mode, it will be polished in a later version
• Support set order for folders/files in navigation panel
• Improve image view page by supporting dragging view position and zoom in/zoom out
• Fix login with WebDAV password
• Support searching in trash bin
• Fix docker image of thumbnail server
• Some other UI fixes

13.0.7 beta (2025-07-14)

Deploying Seafile with binary package is no longer supported for community edition. We recommend you to migrate your existing Seafile deployment to docker based.

• SeaDoc: SeaDoc is now version 2.0
• Thumbnail server: A new thumbnail server component is added to improve performance for thumbnail generating and support thumbnail for videos
• Metadata server: A new metadata server component is available to manage extended file properties
• Notification server: The web interface now support real-time update when other people add or remove files if notification-server is enabled
• Database and memcache configurations are added to .env, it is recommended to use environment variables to config database and memcache
• Redis is recommended to be used as memcache server
• For security reason, WebDAV no longer support login with LDAP account, the user with LDAP account must generate a WebDAV token at the profile page
• [File tags] The old file tags feature can no longer be used, the interface provide an upgrade notice for migrate the data to the new file tags feature
• Some UI updated and fixes

12.0

Upgrade

Please check our document for how to upgrade to 12.0

12.0.14 (2025-05-29)

• [fix] Fix two stored XSS issues (In rendering terms and conditions and in institution admin page)
• Add S/MIME support for emails
• [fix] Fix a UI bug in "share admin -> share links"
• [fix] Fix a bug in rendering "system admin -> users"
• Update translations

12.0.11 (2025-03-19)

• [fix] Fix a stored XSS issue
• [fix] Do not show Wiki libraries in clients and WebDAV
• Add library name in "share admin -> folders"
• [fix] Fix set of library history keep days
• [fix] Fix support for enforcing Two-Factor Authentication

12.0.10 (2025-03-03)

• [fix] Fix seaf-fuse support
• [fix] Fix "save to" button in external link
• [fix] Search library text in system admin page is incorrect
• [fix] Fix library path displays issue in read-only shared
• Improve icons for creating Wiki and inviting links
• [fix] Fix a bug in Collabora integration: Interface in English despite Seafile interface in French

12.0.9 (2025-02-14)

• Improve consistency of format of logs
• [fix] Thumbnail server does not preserve ICC profiles, resulting in washed out colors
• [fix] A few small UI fixes and improvements

12.0.7 (2025-01-08)

• [fix] Some UI improvements and fixes
• [Wiki] Some UI improvements and fixes
• Clean inconsistent format in logs
• [fix] Fix WebDAV upload "0 Byte Files" issue

12.0.6 beta (2024-12-19)

• [fix] Fix seafevents not started
• Update translation
• Some UI fixes

12.0.4 beta (2024-11-21)

• A redesigned Web UI
• SeaDoc is now stable, providing online notes and documents feature
• A new wiki module
• A new trash mechanism, that deleted files will be recorded in database for fast listing
• The password strength level is now calculated by algorithm. The old USER_PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH, USER_PASSWORD_STRENGTH_LEVEL is removed. Only USER_STRONG_PASSWORD_REQUIRED is still used.
• ADDITIONAL_APP_BOTTOM_LINKS is removed. Because there is no buttom bar in the navigation side bar now.
• SERVICE_URL and FILE_SERVER_ROOT are removed. SERVICE_URL will be calculated from SEAFILE_SERVER_PROTOCOL and SEAFILE_SERVER_HOSTNAME in .env file.
• ccnet.conf is removed. Some of its configuration items are moved from .env file, others are read from items in seafile.conf with same name.
• For security reason, WebDAV no longer support login with LDAP account, the user with LDAP account must generate a WebDAV token at the profile page
• [File tags] The current file tags feature is deprecated. We will re-implement a new one in version 13.0 with a new general metadata management module.
• Support online GC

11.0

Upgrade

Please check our document for how to upgrade to 11.0

11.0.12 (2024-08-14)

• Update translations

11.0.11 (2024-08-07)

• [fix] [important] Fix a security bug in WebDAV

11.0.10 (2024-08-06)

Seafile

• [fix] Use user's name in reset password email instead of internal ID
• [fix] Fix SeaDoc incompatible with go fileserver
• [fix] Fix invited guest cannot be revoke
• [fix] Fix keyerror when using backup code in two-factor auth
• [fix] Do not print warning in seaf-server.log when a LDAP user login

11.0.9 (2024-05-30)

Seafile

• Improve accessibility
• Support open ODG files with LibreOffice (Collabora Online)
• Support showing last modified time for folders in WebDAV
• [fix] Fix "remember me" in 2FA

SDoc editor 0.8

• Support automatically adjusting table width to fit page width
• Improve comments feature
• Improve documents shown on mobile
• More UI fixes and improvements

11.0.8 (2024-04-22)

• Fix a bug in generating sharing links

11.0.7 (2024-04-18)

Seafile

• Support log rotate for golang file server and notification server
• Update UI for upload link
• Support OnlyOffice version feature
• Show files' original path in the trash

SDoc editor 0.7

• Improve file comment feature
• Improve file diff showing
• Support print a document
• Improve table editing

11.0.6 (2024-03-14)

Seafile

• Fix column view is limited to 100 items
• Fix LDAP user login for WebDAV
• Remove the configuration item "ENABLE_FILE_COMMENT" as it is no longer needed
• Enable copy/move files between encrypted and non-encrypted libraries
• Forbid creating libraries with Emoji in name
• Fix some letters in the file name do not fit in height in some dialogs
• Some other UI fixes and improvements
• Fix a performance issue in sending file updates report

SDoc editor 0.6

• Support convert docx file to sdoc file
• Support Markdown format in comments
• Support drag rows/columns in table element and other improvements for table elements
• Other UI fixes and improvements

11.0.5 (2024-01-31)

Seafile

• Fix captcha showing issue

11.0.4 (2024-01-26)

Seafile

• Add move dir/file, copy dir/file, delete dir/file, rename dir/file APIs for library token based API
• Support preview of JFIF image format
• Use user's current language when create Office files in OnlyOffice
• More UI fixes and improvements

SDoc editor 0.5

• Support convert sdoc to docx format
• Improve UX for internal document linking
• Support icons in callout element
• Add Search/Replace feature
• More UI fixes and improvements

11.0.3 (2023-12-19)

Seafile

• Use file type icon as favicon for file preview pages
• More UI fixes and improvements
• [fix] seafdav.conf workers parameters does not to be used

SDoc editor 0.4

• Add templates with predefined stypes for tables
• Support combining table cells
• Add callout element
• Support drag and drop elements
• Improve file comments
• Improve file history display by grouping history items
• More UI fixes and improvements

11.0.2 (2023-11-20)

Seafile

• Update folder icon
• The activities page support filter records based on modifiers
• Add indicator for folders that has been shared out
• Some small UI fixes
• [fix] Fix some small bugs in golang file server
• [fix] Fix LDAP users cannot login via desktop client
• Add login ID field when exporting users in admin panel

SDoc editor 0.3

• Improved file comment feature
• Improved revision and review feature
• Support file tags
• Better support editing list/table/code/image element
• Support getting link for header element

11.0.1 beta (2023-10-18)

Seafile

• Improve UI of notifications dialog
• Improve UI of dropdown menus for libraries and files
• Improve UI for file tags
• Remove file comment features as they are used very little

SDoc editor 0.2

• All major elements like tables, lists are now supported
• The editor is basically stable to use. Everyone is welcome to try it out.

11.0.0 beta (cancelled)

• Use a virtual ID to identify a user
• LDAP login update
• SAML/Shibboleth/OAuth login update
• Update Django to version 4.2
• Update SQLAlchemy to version 2.x
• Improve UI of PDF view page
• Add seafevents component

10.0

Upgrade

Please check our document for how to upgrade to 10.0.

10.0.1 (2023-04-11)

• Support generating multiple share links for a file and a folder
• [fix] Fix a bug in golang file server when zip-downloading a folder in encrypted library
• [fix] Fix a bug in upgrading script when there is no configuration for Nginx
• Video player support changing playback speed
• [fix] Fix a few bugs in notification server

10.0.0 beta (2023-02-22)

• Update Python dependencies and support Ubuntu 22.04 and Debian 11
• Add a new notification server (document will be provided later)
• Update WebDAV password to use one-way hash
• Remove SQL sub queries to improve SQL query speed in seaf-server
• Show number of shared users/groups if any when deleting a folder
• Support online playing of .wav files

9.0

9.0.10 (2022-12-07)

• Admin list all users API now return last_login and last_access_time
• [fix] Fix a bug in displaying markdown file in sharing link
• [fix] Fix notification mails are sent to inactive users
• [fix] Fix viewing a file in an old snapshot leads to server hickup
• [fix] Fix an HTTP/500 "Internal server error" when the user sets password containing non-latin characters for sharing links
• [fix] Fix "document convertion failed” error visiting a shared document with preview only
• [fix] Fix memory leak when block cache is enabled
• Enable 'zoom in/out by pinch' for mobile in pdf file view page
• [fix] Prevent system admin creating libraries with invalid name in admin panel
• Improve performance in golang file server

9.0.9 (2022-09-22)

• [fix] Fix a memory leak problem
• [fix] Fix a bug that will lead to seaf-fsck crash
• [fix] Fix a stored XSS problem for library names
• [fix] Disable open a file in OnlyOffice for encrypted libraries when open from trash

9.0.8 (2022-09-07)

• [fix] Fix a UI bug in sending sharing link by email
• [fix] Markdown editor does not properly filter javscript URIs from the href attribute, which results in stored XSS
• [fix] Fix a bug in OCM sharing
• [fix] Fix a bug in un-linking a device in admin panel
• [fix] Adding URL security check in /accounts/login redirect by ?next= parameter

9.0.7 (2022-08-10)

Note: included lxml library is removed for some compatiblity reason. The library is used in published libraries feature and WebDAV feature. You need to install lxml manually after upgrade to 9.0.7. Use command pip3 install lxml to install it.

• A page in published libraries is rendered at the server side to improve loading speed.
• Upgrade Django from 3.2.6 to 3.2.14
• Fix a bug in collaboration notice sending via email to users' contact email
• Support OnlyOffice oform/docxf files
• Improve user search when sharing a library
• Admin panel support searching a library via ID prefix
• [fix] Fix preview PSD images
• [fix] Fix a bug that office files can't be opened in sharing links via OnlyOffice
• [fix] Go fileserver: Folder or File is not deletable when there is a spurious utf-8 char inside the filename

9.0.6 (2022-06-22)

• Show table of contents in Markdown sharing link
• Check if quota exceeded before file uploading in upload sharing link
• Support import group member via contact email

9.0.5 (2022-05-13)

• [fix] Fix a bug that sometimes a shared subfolder is unshared automatically by database access error
• [fix] Fix a bug in work with Python 3.10+
• [fix] Fix a bug in smart link redict to the file page
• [fix] Fix a UI bug when drag and drop a file
• [fix] Fix zip downloading a folder not having .zip suffix when using golang file server
• Improve UI for file tags
• Show file tags in sharing links
• Improve UI of file comments
• [fix] Fix permission check in deleting/editing a file comment
• Remove the feature of related files as it is not used
• Support editing of expire time for sharing links
• Improve SQL performance when deleting a library
• Show ISO date and time in file history page instead of showing relative time
• Add "Visit related snapshot" in the dropdown menu of an entry in file history

9.0.4 (2022-02-21)

• [fix] Fix a UI bug in file moving/copying dialog
• Support admin enforcing a strong password in WebDAV secret
• [fix] Fix WebDAV error while filename contains special chars

9.0.3 (2022-02-15)

• Enable deleting fs objects in GC
• Users can save files or folders in shared folder link to their own libraries
• [fix] Fix language in calendar UI component used when picking date in sharing dialog
• [fix] Fix markdown file print
• Improve UI of file moving/copying dialog to show folders with long names
• Expand to the current folder when open file moving/copying dialog
• [fix] Fix a bug in golang file server log rotate support
• [fix] Fix a bug in folder download-link and try to download files/folders as zip using golang file server
• Show current number of shared users and groups when deleting a library
• [fix] Fix support for customizing of favicon
• [fix] Fix printing support of Markdown file
• [fix] Fix zip-downloading in sharing links when golang file server is used

9.0.2 (2021-12-10)

• Fix OnlyOffice/Collabora integration when golang http server
• Enable showing password for encrypted sharing links

9.0.1 beta (2021-11-20)

• Fix OnlyOffice integration

9.0.0 beta (2021-11-11)

• Upgrade Django to 3.2
• Rewrite HTTP service in seaf-server with golang and move it to a separate component (turn off by default)
• Upgrade PDFjs to new version, support viewing of password protected PDF
• Use database to store OnlyOffice cache keys
• Supporting converting files like doc to docx using OnlyOffice for online editing
• Move SERVICE_URL configuration from ccnet.conf to seahub_settings.py

The new file-server written in golang serves HTTP requests to upload/download/sync files. It provides three advantages:

• The performance is better in a high-concurrency environment and it can handle long requests. Now you can sync libraries with large number of files.
• Now file zipping and downloading can be done simutaneously. When zip downloading a folder, you don't need to wait until zip is done.
• Support rate control for file uploading and downloading.

You can turn golang file-server on by adding following configuration in seafile.conf

[fileserver]
use_go_fileserver = true

8.0

Please check our document for how to upgrade to 8.0.

8.0.8 (2021/12/06)

• [fix] Fix a security issue in token check in file syncing
• [fix] Fix URL encoding problem when view a file's history for files with special characters in file name.

8.0.7 (2021/08/09)

• Improve performance for listing deleted files in trash
• [fix] Fix FORCE_PASSWORD_CHANGE does not force the new user to change the password if the user is added by admin
• [fix] Fix setting a webdav password when 2FA enabled
• [fix] Fix search in a shared sub-folder
• [fix] Remove watermark shown in Collabora integration

8.0.6 (2021/07/14)

• [fix] Fix a cache problem in OnlyOffice integration when automatically saving is used
• Admin can delete devices in the admin panel
• [fix] Once a user quota have been set, I can not set it back to 0 (unlimited)
• [fix] Fix collabora integration
• User's can manage his/her Web API Auth Token in profile page
• A group admin can now leave a group
• [fix] Fix Lazy loading / pagination breaks image viewer (https://forum.seafile.com/t/lazy-loading-pagination-breaks-image-viewer/14655)

8.0.5 (2021/05/14)

• Add "Open via Client" button in file view page
• Add an admin API to change a user's email
• [fix] Fix a bug in seaf-gc
• [fix] Fix wrong links of files in library history details dialog
• [fix] Fix deleting libraries without owner in admin panel
• [fix] Fix a XSS problem in notification
• [fix] Fix JWT token support in OnlyOffice integration
• [fix] Fix sometimes webdav cache files are not cleaned

8.0.4 (2021/03/25)

• [fix] Fix a permission denial problem in OCM, if a library is shared to more than two users in another server
• [fix] Fix a bug in password protected upload link
• [fix] Fix running seafile-controller with "seafile-controller -t"
• [fix] Fix user search in "Transfering a library" dialog
• Add "Open via Client" button in file view page
• Add an admin API to change a user's email

8.0.3 (2021/01/27)

• Users can use secret key to access WebDAV after enabling two-factor authentication
• Fix fuse
• Fix navigation side panel in public library on mobile
• Improve UI of file search
• Add QR code for sharing links
• Fix OnlyOffice integration when JWT is enabled

8.0.2 (2021/01/04)

• Fix LDAP problem
• Fix upgrade script

8.0.1 beta (2021/01/04)

• Update translations for help pages
• Add missing upgrade script
• Add open cloud mesh feature

8.0.0 beta (2020/11/27)

• Support searching file in a library
• Rewrite upload link page to use React technology
• Improve GC performance
• Upgrade Django to 2.2 version
• Remove ccnet-server component
• Update help page
• Release v4 encrypted library format to enhance security for v3 encrypted format

7.1

Feature changes

Progresql support is dropped as we have rewritten the database access code to remove copyright issue.

Upgrade

Please check our document for how to upgrade to 7.1.

7.1.5 (2020/09/22)

• [fix] Fix a bug in returned group library permission for SeaDrive client
• [fix] Fix files preview using OnlyOffice in public shared links
• Support pagination when listing libraries in a group
• Update wsgidav used in WebDAV
• [fix] Fix WebDAV failed login via WebDAV secret
• [fix] Fix WebDAV error if a file is moved immediately after uploading
• Remove redundent logs in seafile.log
• [fix] Fix "save to..." in share link
• Add an option to show a user's email in sharing dialog (ENABLE_SHOW_CONTACT_EMAIL_WHEN_SEARCH_USER)
• Add database connection pool to reduce database connection usage
• Enable generating internal links for files in an encrypted library
• Support setting the expire date time of a share link to a specific date time
• GC add --id-prefix option to scan a specific range of libraries
• fsck add an option to not check block integrity to speed up scanning
• [fix] ccnet no longer listen on port 10001

7.1.4 (2020/05/19)

• [fix] Fix page error in "System Admin-> Users -> A User -> Groups"
• [fix] Fix listing LDAP imported users when number of users is greater than 500
• Support selecting and downloading multiple files in a sharing link
• Show share link expiration time in system admin
• [fix] Fix file download links in public libraries
• Other UI fixes

7.1.3 (2020/03/26)

• Support sort libraries by size and number of files in admin panel
• Support sort users by used storage in admin panel
• [fix] Fix Markdown print for markdown with more than 1 page
• Other UI fixes

7.1.2 beta (2020/03/05)

• [fix] Fix HTTP/2 support
• Markdown page can now be printed using browser's "Print..."
• Add zoom buttons for PDF page
• Add sort function to directory share link page
• Add support for JSON web tokens in OnlyOffice integration
• UI improvements for pages in admin panel

7.1.1 beta (2019/12/23)

• [fix] Fix Gunicorn warning
• [fix] Fix SQLite upgrade script
• [fix] Fix Seahub can't started problem on Debian 10
• [fix] For for Excel and PPT, the default fonts are Chinese font sets.
• Some other UI fixes and improvements

7.1.0 beta (2019/12/05)

• Rewrite the system admin pages with React
• Upgrade to Python3
• Add library API Token, you can now generate API tokens for a library and use them in third party programs.
• Add a feature abuse report for reporting abuse for download links.

7.0

Feature changes

In version 6.3, users can create public or private Wikis. In version 7.0, private Wikis is replaced by column mode view. Every library has a column mode view. So users don't need to explicitly create private Wikis.

Public Wikis are now renamed to published libraries.

Upgrade

Just follow our document on major version upgrade. No special steps are needed.

7.0.5 (2019/09/23)

• [fix] Fix '\n' in system wide notification will lead to blank page
• [fix] Remove all metadata in docx template
• [fix] Fix redirection after login
• [fix] Fix group order is not alphabetic
• [fix] Fix download button in sharing link
• Mobile UI Improvement (Now all major pages can be used in Mobile smoothly)
• Add notification when a user try to leave a page during file transfer
• Add UI waiting notification when resetting a user's password in admin panel
• Add generating internal link (smart-link) for folders
• [fix] Fix file drag and drop in IE and Firefox
• Improve UI for file uploading, support re-upload after error
• [fix] Fix devices login via Shibboleth not show in devices list
• Support of OnlyOffice auto-save option
• [fix] Fix zip download when user selecting a long list of files
• Other UI fixes

7.0.4 (2019/07/26)

• Fix avatar problem when deployed under non-root domain
• Add get internal link in share dialog
• Fix newly created DOCX files are not empty and have a Chinese font set as default font
• Fix system does not send email to new user when adding new user in system admin
• Fix thumbnail for TIFF files
• Fix direct download link for sharing links

7.0.3 (2019/07/05)

• UI Improvements and fixes
• Fix file upload button with Safari, IE edge
• Fix compatibility with "Open library in web" from the old version desktop client
• Support "." in group name
• Add back "send link" for upload links
• Add back grid view for folder sharing links
• Fix preview for PSD, TIFF files
• Fix deleting of favorate items when they are shared items but the sharing are revoked
• Fix avatar broken problem when using a non-stardard port
• Fix resumable file uploading

7.0.2 (2019/06/13)

• UI fixes
• Support index.md in published library
• Fix IE Edge support

7.0.1 beta (2019/05/31)

• [fix] Fix database upgrade problem
• [fix] Fix WebDAV can't be started
• [fix] Some UI fixes

7.0.0 beta (2019/05/23)

• Upgraded Web UI with React framework. The look and feel of the new UI is much better.
• Improved Markdown editor
• Add columns view mode (tree view like in the Windows Explorer)
• Add context menu to manipulate files
• Move files via drag and drop
• Redesigned file tags
• Support editing share link permission after creating a link