Release Notes - Lap v0.2.0
Lap v0.2.0 is a major under-the-hood update focused on database efficiency and indexing performance, with broad new video format support across all platforms.
Upgrading from v0.1.x? You can install v0.2.0 directly — the database will be migrated automatically.
🚀 Highlights
- Database optimization reduces database size by over 90% compared to v0.1.x. Future versions will add database backup and restore support to keep your data safe. (#50)
- Rebuilt scanning engine cuts album scan time by 100%+, reaching industry-leading performance. A 100K-item library that previously took ~3 hours to scan now completes in approximately 1 hour. Very large libraries maintain consistent performance and a smooth user experience at scale. (#57)
- Expanded video format support with broad cross-platform coverage. (#66) Supported formats: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, and 20+ other formats.
🐞 Bug Fixes
- Fixed keyboard shortcuts under non-Latin IME input. (#59)
- Fixed image edits so saved files correctly preserve metadata. (#64)
- Fixed incorrect rotation for images from some older devices. (#69)
- Improved cleanup when removing libraries, including active library state updates and database file cleanup.
- Fixed stale thumbnails with cache busting and prevented the adjustment overlay from appearing during image editing.
🔧 Other Improvements
- Added keyboard navigation to the tag dialog and improved tag editing UX. Thanks to Dorito for the contributions. (#58, #59)
- Centralized navigation sorting settings and simplified album list actions.
- Added a new vertical filmstrip in the viewer together with a refined File Info experience for faster browsing in large libraries.
- Refined the album file breakdown UI, thumbnail border layout, and edit-image compare preview.
- Made image processing commands asynchronous to keep the UI more responsive during edits and thumbnail work.
🙌 Thanks
Many thanks to everyone who reported issues, tested preview builds, and helped improve Lap across macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Thank you for using Lap!