Our latest version of WriteFreely is out now! This is a minor update, but with some important bug fixes, especially around navigation and federation.

Note: The official release binary will not work on older systems, e.g. Ubuntu 18.04 or earlier. See #1064 for more information and a way to work around it.

Download v0.15.1 now, or read on to see what’s new in this version.

User-Facing Changes

• Fix “subscribed” date not showing in Subscribers list by @elkcityhazard in #883
• Ensure “Import posts” always shows in nav bar by @snullp in #878
• Fix certain image formats in posts not getting extracted by @tkngaejcpi in #930
• Fix Admin and Invite links never showing on Reader nav by @thebaer in #893
• Correctly show 404 page on /sitemap.xml on multi-user instances by @thebaer in #1024
• Fix following from GoToSocial and Takahe (#661) by @CDN18 in #1000

Admin-Facing Changes

• Fix OAuth for applications requiring client_id and client_secret during code exchange by @CDN18 in #1001

Developer-Facing Changes

• Bump Go from v1.19 to v1.21 by @thebaer in #1025
• Fix version number and healthcheck for Docker image by @claabs in #874
• Add linux/arm64 platform support for docker by @CDN18 in #933
• Fix Docker healthcheck with wget by @claabs in #894

Dependencies and minor fixes

• Fix follow handle in nodeinfo by @thebaer in #1050
• Update Phabricator URL in docs and PR template by @thebaer in #1023
• Bump github.com/stretchr/testify from 1.8.4 to 1.9.0 by @dependabot in #927
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.20.0 to 0.22.0 by @dependabot in #982
• Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.21.0 to 0.24.0 by @dependabot in #1014
• Bump github.com/gorilla/sessions from 1.2.2 to 1.3.0 by @dependabot in #1013
• Bump github.com/gorilla/schema from 1.2.1 to 1.4.1 by @dependabot in #1010
• Bump github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql from 1.7.1 to 1.8.1 by @dependabot in #984
• Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.22.0 to 0.26.0 by @dependabot in #1011
• Bump github.com/fatih/color from 1.16.0 to 1.17.0 by @dependabot in #997
• Bump github.com/urfave/cli/v2 from 2.27.1 to 2.27.4 by @dependabot in #1026

Upgrading from v0.15.0

1. Download the latest release for your operating system and architecture
2. Stop running your writefreely server
3. Replace all files in your installation (except for the keys directory) with the ones in the archive
4. Start your writefreely server again

Upgrading from v0.14.0 or earlier

Before restarting writefreely, make sure your database is backed up, and then update it with:

writefreely db migrate

Follow the instructions in each previous release if you're upgrading from a much earlier version.

New Contributors

• @elkcityhazard made their first contribution in #883
• @snullp made their first contribution in #878
• @claabs made their first contribution in #874
• @tkngaejcpi made their first contribution in #930
• @CDN18 made their first contribution in #933

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