- Switch default from birefnet-general (973MB, 4min) to
birefnet-general-lite (faster, still SOTA quality)
- Fix Python script stdout pollution — progress messages now go to
stderr so the JSON result parser doesn't break
- Pre-download birefnet-general-lite in Docker build
- Switch default model from U2-Net to BiRefNet (state-of-the-art)
- Add 6 model options: BiRefNet, BiRefNet Lite, BiRefNet Portrait,
BRIA RMBG, IS-Net, U2-Net
- Add animated progress bar with stage indicators (loading model,
analyzing, removing, refining edges) and elapsed timer
- Add intuitive background color presets (Transparent, White, Black,
Red, Green, Blue) as clickable buttons + custom color picker
- Handle background color compositing in Python (PIL alpha composite)
- Add checkerboard pattern to before/after slider for transparency
- Pre-bake BiRefNet model (973MB) in Docker image for instant use
- Add user management endpoints (register, list, delete, change password)
- Add API key management (create, list, delete)
- Add settings persistence endpoints (get, put)
- Wire settings dialog to real backend (People, API Keys, System, Security)
- Fix login auth flow (window.location.href for full reload)
- Fix download URLs returning 401 (make public since UUIDs are unguessable)
- Fix border tool shadowColor validation (accept 6-8 hex digits)
- Fix remove-bg alpha matting fallback (retry without on failure)
- Fix AI tool silent fallbacks (report errors instead of no-ops)
- Add checkerboard background to before/after slider for transparency
- Add progress bars to all AI tool components
- Add Playwright E2E test suite (131 tests across 9 test files)
- Rewrite Dockerfile for production (tsx runtime, pre-baked AI models)
- Add .dockerignore for faster builds
- Add proper accessible labels to login form
1. Home page file drop now shows quick-action tool selector
2. Auth disabled by default in dev (Docker still defaults to true)
3. Tool settings wrapped in forms - Enter key triggers processing
After upload: dropzone replaced by image viewer with zoom controls.
After processing: review panel shows result preview, file info, download,
undo button, and suggested next tools for chaining.
Add useMobile hook for viewport detection (<768px). Update AppLayout
with hamburger menu, slide-over sidebar overlay, and fixed bottom
navigation bar (Tools, Automate, Files, Settings) for mobile. Update
Sidebar with expanded mode for mobile overlay. Update ToolPage to
stack settings above dropzone on mobile with collapsible panel. Add
new routes for /automate and /fullscreen. Integrate Settings dialog
and keyboard shortcuts at the App root level.
Register global keyboard shortcuts: Cmd/Ctrl+K to focus search,
Cmd/Ctrl+/ for tools view, Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+D to toggle theme,
Cmd/Ctrl+Alt+1-8 for quick tool navigation. Uses platform-aware
mod key detection (Cmd on Mac, Ctrl on Windows/Linux).
Create Automate page at /automate with pipeline builder component.
Includes 5 preset templates (Social Media Ready, Privacy Clean, Web
Optimization, Profile Picture, Watermark Batch), saved automation
management, step reordering, and pipeline execution with download.
- Add replace-color tool with pixel-level color replacement and tolerance
- Register all 19 new Phase 3 tools in routes/tools/index.ts
- Map all new tool IDs to settings components in tool-page.tsx
- Add PDF, ZIP, ICO, JSON content types to download route
- Install qrcode, jsqr, potrace, pdfkit dependencies
Add 6 tools for format conversion and optimization extras:
- svg-to-raster: SVG to PNG/JPG/WebP at custom resolution
- vectorize: raster to SVG via potrace (B&W and color modes)
- gif-tools: animated GIF resize, frame extraction, optimization
- bulk-rename: pattern-based file renaming with ZIP output
- favicon: generate all favicon/app icon sizes with manifest.json
- image-to-pdf: combine images into PDF using pdfkit
Add 3 layout and composition tools with API routes and frontend settings:
- collage: multi-image grid layout with configurable gap and background
- split: image grid splitting with ZIP output (reuses archiver pattern)
- border: borders, rounded corners via SVG mask, padding, and shadows
Add 4 watermark/overlay tools with API routes and frontend settings:
- watermark-text: SVG text overlay with tiling, position, opacity, rotation
- watermark-image: logo/image watermark with position, opacity, scale
- text-overlay: styled text on images with shadow and background box
- compose: layer images with position, opacity, and blend modes
Draggable split-view slider with clip-path reveals original vs processed
image. Shows file size badges with savings percentage. Supports pointer
events for both mouse and touch. Integrated into tool-page to replace
dropzone after processing completes. Updated file-store with
originalBlobUrl for comparison. Enhanced dropzone with multi-file count
badge and file list display.
Adds Zustand file store, useToolProcessor hook for upload/process/download
flow, and 7 settings components: resize (with social media presets), crop
(with aspect ratio presets), rotate/flip, convert, compress (quality +
target size modes), strip-metadata, and color adjustments (brightness,
contrast, saturation, channels, effects). Updates tool-page to render the
appropriate settings panel based on toolId.
Siddharth Kumar Sah