SnapOtter version history

- Fixed demo issues including mobile editor icon and settings crash - Improved landing page with pricing clarifications and navigation updates - Added sample files to demo Files library and new Product dropdown - Enhanced reliability with self-healing AI installs and updated infrastructure

- Expanded toolkit to include Video, Audio, PDF, and Files, totaling 200+ tools. - Introduced durable background jobs with Redis-backed queue for long-running tasks. - Simplified deployment with all-in-one single-container mode. - Added layer-based image editor and PDF signing capabilities.

- Added a new HTML to Image tool with full-page capture and dark mode support. - Achieved full WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance. - Fixed critical Docker issues, including container startup failures and HEIC decoding on ARM. - Enhanced security with penetration test hardening and SSRF guard improvements.

## Highlights Live demo, per-tool landing pages, and a batch of polish fixes. ## New features - **Live demo** -- [demo.snapotter.com](https://demo.snapotter.com) lets people try SnapOtter without installing anything. - **Tools index page** -- Browse all 52 tools at `/tools` with search and category filters. Navbar links fixed on subpages. - **52 SEO landing pages** -- Every tool now has a dedicated landing page with FAQs, use cases, and comparison tables for search visibility. - **Background preview** -- Before-after slider shows a checkered background behind transparent images so you can actually see what changed. - **Strong password generator** -- One-click button in the Add Members form generates a secure password. - **Easter eggs** -- Hello from the otter side. ## Bug fixes - **HEIC/HEIF info** -- Image info tool no longer fails on HEIC/HEIF files (pre-decode added). - **AI install errors** -- Better error messages and resource limits when installing AI model bundles. - **Library thumbnails** -- Image previews in the file library now load correctly (auth headers were missing). - **Dropdown clipping** -- People and Teams tables in settings no longer clip dropdown menus. - *

## Highlights Five new tools, a full image editor, SSO login, 20 languages. Probably should have been three separate releases, but here we are. ## New features - **Image editor** -- Layers, brushes, shapes, adjustments, filters, curves, keyboard shortcuts. Runs in your browser, processes on your hardware. - **OIDC / SSO authentication** -- Login with Google, GitHub, Okta, or any OpenID Connect provider. Set a few env vars and your team uses their existing accounts. - **Meme generator** -- 100 built-in templates with text rendering via opentype.js. Or upload your own image. - **Beautify** -- Drop a screenshot in, get a polished image out. Device frames (macOS, Windows, browser), shadows, gradients, social media presets. - **Color blindness simulation** -- Preview how images look with protanopia, deuteranopia, tritanopia, and other color vision deficiencies. - **PNG transparency fixer** -- Detects fake-transparent PNGs and fixes them with BiRefNet HR-matting. Optional watermark removal via LaMa inpainting. - **AI canvas expand** -- Extend image boundaries with AI fill. Three quality tiers (fast, balanced, quality) depending on how much GPU time you want to trade. - **20 languages*

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/compare/v1.15.11...v1.16.0

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/compare/v1.15.10...v1.15.11

## What's Changed * fix: state bleed on tool switch, AVIF compress, OCR segfault, long filenames by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/79 * feat: Unlimited by Default — remove all artificial limits by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/80 * feat: redesign Automate page — tool palette + pipeline canvas by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/81 * fix: Docker hardening, security, and V1 deployment readiness by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/82 * feat: extended image format support (JXL, RAW, ICO, TGA, PSD, EXR, HDR) by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/83 * fix: wire up Default Tool View save in General settings by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/84 * feat: add AVIF output format support across all tools by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/85 * fix: prevent admin escalation when AUTH_ENABLED=false by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/86 * fix: auto-fallback from CodeFormer to GFPGAN in face enhancement by @ashim-hq in https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/pull/87 * feat: all

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/snapotter-hq/SnapOtter/compare/v1.15.8...v1.15.9

## [1.15.8](https://github.com/ashim-hq/ashim/compare/v1.15.7...v1.15.8) (2026-04-17) ### Bug Fixes * copy Node.js from official image instead of apt-get install ([536125e](https://github.com/ashim-hq/ashim/commit/536125ec9fbc5758bdd3e8f0f4c44253de2231c7))

## [1.15.7](https://github.com/ashim-hq/ashim/compare/v1.15.6...v1.15.7) (2026-04-17) ### Bug Fixes * add retry with backoff for apt-get update on CUDA base image ([3d6db5a](https://github.com/ashim-hq/ashim/commit/3d6db5a32d3f9292d5476e9bd80c1f06624fa316))

## [1.15.6](https://github.com/ashim-hq/ashim/compare/v1.15.5...v1.15.6) (2026-04-17) ### Performance Improvements * parallelize model downloads and switch to registry cache ([79c4ed6](https://github.com/ashim-hq/ashim/commit/79c4ed6a359b008dedeb154a55e2764ee0e3d9fa))