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✨ Main improvements:

• #750 SETTINGS: Import & update data from a different Collection
  It is now possible to import devices & catalogs from another collection, or the entire collection (equivalent to a merge).
  Once an import is done, a link between collection and catalogs is kept so as to enable Updates from the source collection.
  See Settings#import-update
  ⚠️ this can only work with collections that where opened/converted to v2.11... read more

✨ Main improvements:

• #723 BACKUP: Incremental BackUp from source Catalog to target Catalog

• #738 BACKUP: Archive (move) files from source Catalog to target Catalog
  It is now possible to Backup (incremental copy) or Archive (move) files using the catalog links defined in the BackUp screen.

• #713 CREATE: Exclude folders / folder paths per catalog or globally
  On Create or Devices edit screen, it is now possible to add folders to be excluded with the Catalog itself. The feature to exclude globally from collection remain on screen Create.... read more

✨ Main improvements:

• #664 CREATE/SEARCH: File Checksum SH256 for Duplicate/Difference Search
  It is now possible to compute and store files checksum in the catalogs.
  It is a much longer process than other indexing option as it reads ALL of the data to compute the checksums.
  Like file metadata, the option can be selected at catalog creation or changed later, and when interrupting the process, the calculated checksum are saved and the next update will resume for remaining files.
  The files checkum can be used as a duplicate search option or as a difference search option... read more

✨ Main improvements:

• 379 CREATE/ SEARCH: File Types management (Linux)
  Instead of hard-coded and limited list, Katalog now uses a standard database, with more than 1200 known types, to determine the type from the extension and it can also verify the real mime type and report gaps.
  The definition of main types "Images, Audio, Video" is strictly related, only the type "Text" was customized to include types such as PDF. see Create#file-type-categories... read more

✨ Main improvements:

• 611 💿 CREATE/CATALOGS: Progress reported in status bar during cataloging

• 640 💿 DEVICES: Stoppable Update process ⏹️ & progress reporting

• 632 🌍 SETTINGS: New languages: Croatian (hr_HR), Bulgarian (bg_BG), Estonian (et_EE), Finnish (fi), Greek (el_GR), Indonesian (id_ID), Latvian (lv_LV), Lithuanian (lt_LT), Norwegian (nb), Serbian (sr_RS), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (si), Swedish (sv_SE), Ukrainian (ua_UA)

• 638 💻 new Windows installer (clean uninstaller, option to launch when complete)

• 643 🔧 Build-from-source: It is now possible to compile Katalog from glibc <= 2.36 (Qt5+KF5)

• 647 🔍 SELECTION & DEVICES: Simpler collapse & expand buttons for the tree views

• 641 ⌨️ SETTINGS: Ctrl+Q shortcut to Quit the app... read more

✨ Main improvements:

#616 🔍 SEARCH: Search can be paused ⏸️
#622 🔍 SEARCH: Search is stoppable (in all contexts) ⏹️
#617 🔍 SEARCH: Results are displayed during the search
#607 💻 CLI: Search can be done from command line
#625 🌍 New languages: Chinese (Simplified) (zh_CN), Dutch (nl_NL), Hindi (hi_IN), Italian (it_IT), Japanese (ja_JP), Polish (pl_PL), Portuguese (pt_PT), Romanian (ro_RO), Spanish (es_ES)... [read more](/p/katalogg/blog/2025/07/v26---search-can-be-paused-and-stopped-search-in-command-line-new-languages/)

Main improvements:

• 594 SEARCH: Search progress is displayed in status bar for any type of search

• 202 SEARCH: Search is stoppable (sqlite or connected drive, not memory mode)

• 175 SETTINGS: Export from SQLite to Memory mode

• 606 DEVICES: Update storage space value upon saving when the path was changed... read more

Main improvements:

• CATALOGS & COMMAND LINE: it is now possible to use 3 actions from command line: list_catalogs, update_catalogs, and update_all_active. Get the details by typing ./Katalog --help from the application executable location.
• SETTINGS: It is possible to use relative path for the Collection folder or the Database file path, making Katalog more portable. The handling of the input has been improved.... read more

Main improvements:

- [BACKUP](https://stephanecouturier.github.io/Katalog/docs/BackUp):  new screen for BackUp management, 1st feature is the **mapping and comparison of Catalogs**  (links between source and target). This can help to check the backup coverage of a device, and view gaps in size, files, dates between source and target. At this stage, there is no feature to manage the actual copying of files.

• SEARCH: Differences can now be searched on any 2 Devices (Virtual, Storage, Catalogs) (previously only 2 Catalogs could be compared.
• SETTINGS: In "Memory" mode, export the collection to an SQLite database so it can be used in "File" mode.... read more

Main improvements:

• 16 Bug fixes in Devices screen.

Full list of updates:
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues?q=milestone%3A2.2+sort%3Acreated-asc

Full code changelog:
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/compare/v2.1...v2.2

Download Katalog:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/katalogg

Documentation
https://stephanecouturier.github.io/Katalog

Main improvements:

• Documentation is available in 2 new languages: French & Czech
• Dark Desktop theme support improvements: https://stephanecouturier.github.io/Katalog/docs/Settings#themes
• Bug fixes

Full list of updates:
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues?q=milestone%3A2.1+sort%3Acreated-asc... read more

Main improvements:

• Collection: Data can now be stored in a local SQLite database file
• Devices: Global model for all virtual and physical, displaying totals from sub-items
• Devices: Devices, Storage, and Catalog lists are all accessible from 1 tab
• New documentation site, with updated information with Release 2.0: https://stephanecouturier.github.io/Katalog... read more

Main improvements:

• Virtual: Create a tree of Virtual storage devices and assign catalogs to them to get new Search and Statistics options.

Full list of updates: version 1.22 updates

Full code changelog: https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/compare/v1.21...v1.22... read more

Main improvements:

• Search: the list of results can be processed with 4 options now: Export, Rename(linux only, with KRename), Move to Trash, Delete
• Storage: Changing the name with the edit form now correctly updates catalogs and statistics
• Storage: Fix issue with reporting updates... read more

Main improvements:

• Storage: Free space and Total space are now saved with collection snapshots, the Statistics screen can then show both Catalog and Storage data on one graph.
• Storage: A form is now available to edit device fields more easily
• Storage: A picture of the device can be displayed. For now, it must be put in an /images folder in the collection folder, name should be the same as the ID, and the extension should always be .jpg (although any type of image can be read). Example: for a device ID "6", the file path should be "/collection_folder/images/6.jpg"... read more

Main improvements:

• Create: Fixed exclude folders regression
• Search: Fixed regressions on Duplicates and Differences

Full list of updates: version 1.19 updates

Full code changelog: https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/compare/v1.18...v1.19... read more

Main improvements:

• Create/Explore: Creating a catalog now also catalogs folders so that empty folders, including empty hidden folders are included. This data is store in a separate file whose name is the catalog name + .folders.idx
• Storage: When editing the table, the button Save All now changes to orange color until the data is saved, and a warning message is displayed when existing the app with unsaved changes.
• Explore: the root folder is displayed so as to display its content after navigating, the folders below are displayed by default.... read more

Main improvements:

• Storage: use selected location or selected storage for new storage location
• Create: use the device tree to help selection storage or path
• Debugging following Qt6 porting

Full list of updates:
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues?q=milestone%3A1.17+sort%3Acreated-asc

Download Katalog:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/katalogg

Main improvements:

• Qt6: Catalog is now using Qt6 that will enable new features;
• Linux: A portable Linux version is now available for distributions with glibc>=2.3.4, it contains required libraries (tested on OpenSuse and Kubuntu). From a console and the extracted directory, run "./Katalog.sh"
• Several bug fixes... read more

Main improvements:

• Catalogs: Fixed issues after changing the catalog source path
• Catalogs: Fixed issues regarding the files types (Text, Video, etc.) when changing language.

Full list of updates:
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues?q=milestone%3A1.15+sort%3Acreated-asc... read more

Main new features:

• Search: Improved criteria display and selection
• Statistics: Filter graph on a date range, between start date and today

Full list of updates:
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues?q=milestone%3A1.14+sort%3Acreated-asc

Download Katalog:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/katalogg

Main new features:

• Search: Find differences between 2 catalogs (useful to compare with a backup for instance). As for Duplicates, it combines with other Search criteria and the notion of difference can be applied to Name, Size, or Date Modified.
• Many bug fixes

Full list of updates (13):
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues?q=milestone%3A1.13+sort%3Acreated-asc... read more

Main new features:

• Settings: Tree view of the Locations / Storage Devices / Catalogs for selection
• Explore: Tree view of the folders
• Explore: Option to display folders and sub-folders with the files:
  Known limit: Folders without files will not be displayed: https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues/331
• Settings: Tree view of the Locations / Storage Devices / Catalogs for selection
• Catalogs Snapshot: display changes in total file size and number of files for the Collection ... read more

Main new features:

• Search Option to Export a search as a searchable catalog file
• Search Select Location, Storage device, or Catalog from a tree view of the devices in the Filters left panel
• Tags: Available in Explore context menu for folders, Button to edit the tags file, Clicking on a tag filters the corresponding tagged folders
• Storage: use the selected Location when creating a new device... read more

Main new features:

• Search and Explore: fixed context menu items: Move file to Trash, Delete file

Full list of updates:
https://github.com/StephaneCouturier/Katalog/issues?q=milestone%3A1.10+sort%3Acreated-asc

Download Katalog:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/katalogg