Replace technical AI model names with user-friendly controls:
- Subject type buttons (People/Products/General) with icons
- Quality selector (Fast/Balanced/Best) with time estimates
- Passport/ID photo checkbox for portrait-optimized processing
- Models selected automatically based on user's choices
Upload occupies 0-15% of the bar, server processing 15-100%.
SSE progress from the server is scaled into the 15-100 range.
The bar now moves smoothly from start to finish.
The Zustand setError() setter has a side effect: it sets
processing=false. When called after setProcessing(true), it
immediately killed the processing state, so the ProgressCard
never rendered. Fix: call setError(null) before setProcessing(true).
The /api/v1/jobs/ endpoint was blocked by auth middleware.
EventSource doesn't support custom headers so auth tokens can't be
sent. The jobId is a random UUID (unguessable capability token), same
security model as the download endpoint.
Replace AIProgressBar and inline progress indicators with the new
ProgressCard component across all 5 AI tool settings. The three
useToolProcessor-based tools (remove-bg, blur-faces, upscale) now
destructure `progress` from the hook. The two custom-fetch tools
(erase-object, ocr) gain inline XHR upload tracking + SSE processing
progress with elapsed timer.
Replace Loader2 spinner buttons with ProgressCard in all 13 non-AI tool
settings components that use useToolProcessor. Each now shows upload
progress, elapsed time, and processing phase during operations.
Extract clientJobId from multipart form data in all 5 AI route handlers
(remove-background, upscale, blur-faces, erase-object, ocr) and forward
progress callbacks to the SSE system via updateSingleFileProgress.
Spec covers real upload progress (XHR), server-side progress via SSE
for AI tools (Python stderr → bridge.ts → SSE), and a unified
ProgressCard component replacing the fake time-based AIProgressBar.
- Set up semantic-release with zero-touch CI pipeline on push to main
- Add version sync script to keep all package.json files and APP_VERSION
constant in sync automatically
- Consolidate Docker publishing into single tag-triggered workflow that
pushes to both Docker Hub and ghcr.io with semver tags
- Add help dialog with keyboard shortcuts, getting started guide, and
resource links
- Sync all versions to 0.2.1 to match Docker Hub latest
BiRefNet-Lite times out on first load (~60s+ for 973MB model).
U2-Net works in 2 seconds. Users can still select BiRefNet for
higher quality when they're willing to wait. Added timing hints
in model descriptions and increased timeout for BiRefNet models.
Rewrites all documentation with accurate project details (Fastify, port
1349, single-container Docker, all 33+ tools, full database schema).
Adds getting started guide and configuration reference. Updates help and
settings dialogs to link to the docs site.
The bridge.ts catch block was catching ALL errors from the venv Python
and falling back to system python3. This masked real script errors
(like rembg model loading failures) by reporting "rembg not installed"
from the system python3 fallback. Now only falls back on ENOENT (venv
binary not found).
- 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
Home page: after uploading an image, shows tool selector on the left
(quick actions + all 37 tools by category) with image preview on the
right. Stays on the main page — no popup overlay.
Auth: when AUTH_ENABLED=true, unauthenticated users are redirected to
/login. Default credentials admin/admin. When auth is disabled (dev
default), no redirect happens.
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.
Create /fullscreen page showing all 37 tools grouped by 9 categories
in a card grid layout. Each category card has a colored header with
icon and tool count badge. Includes search bar, Show/Hide Details
toggle for tool descriptions, and button to switch back to sidebar view.
Create translation key system in packages/shared/src/i18n/ with full
English locale covering common actions, all 37 tools, settings sections,
auth, pipeline, and navigation strings. Add useI18n hook that returns
typed translations. Architecture enables adding new languages by
creating locale files matching the TranslationKeys type.
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 pipelines table to SQLite schema with Drizzle migration.
Implement POST /api/v1/pipeline/execute (sequential multi-tool processing),
POST /api/v1/pipeline/save, GET /api/v1/pipeline/list,
DELETE /api/v1/pipeline/:id. Pipeline execution validates all tool IDs
and settings before processing, chains output of each step as input
to the next.
- 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
Siddharth Kumar Sah