Algernon Files

Security related

• Clamp handler.lua parent walk to server root, thanks @Dredsen.
• Use the main mux when serving SSE for the auto-refresh feature, thanks @Dredsen.
• Add a --hide-dotfiles for not serving hidden files, thanks @Dredsen.
• Don't enable debug mode automatically when single-file mode is used, thanks @Dredsen.

New features

• Embed React 19 and support index.jsx files, for npm-less use of React.

Examples

• Update the HyperApp example so that it does not use a token for downloading images.
• Add an example project named Catbook here: https://github.com/xyproto/catbook

Database related

• Update all database-related dependencies.
• Fix an issue in the built-in Bolt database support, where retrieving the last N items from a list with less than N items could return an empty list.
• Use an sqlite package that does not require CGO.

Performance

• Cache the per-directory .algernon configuration.

New Lua functions

• Add a formjson Lua function for returning the posted form as JSON.
• Add support for WebAuthn by adding 4 new Lua functions.
• Add the maxlen, methodPOST and list:jsonlast and jsonembed functions.

General

• Update dependencies.
• Update documentation.