ImageMerge v2.0.0
A major maintenance release focused on a cleaner project structure and more reliable native builds.
Highlights
- Reorganized application and build resources to make the project easier to maintain
- Split media processing into focused modules for shared models and constants, file operations, hashing, safe workspaces, merge processing, and in-place organization
- Refactored the Qt interface into focused page, source-list, run-panel, dialog, font, and theme modules
- Improved duplicate detection by checking file size and extension before hashing, then caching hashes for matching candidates
- Safe workspace staging now uses hard links when supported, with file-copy fallback
- Improved CLI validation for missing or invalid input folders and output paths nested inside input folders
- Added clearer cancellation behavior and status messages in English and Thai; safe mode discards staged changes when cancelled
- Load only the active and fallback translation catalogs, and discover available languages from locale files
- Refreshed application icons for Windows, Linux, and macOS using the updated artwork
- Build scripts download pinned Noto Sans fonts for Latin, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Arabic, verifying SHA-256 checksums instead of storing font binaries in the repository
- Removed the slow Windows one-file executable; Windows distribution uses an installer and a clean standalone folder package
- Cleaned build output to avoid leaving unnecessary caches and intermediate files
- Redesigned the interface with a navigation sidebar, numbered steps, and a bottom action bar showing status, results, progress, and a collapsible log
- Renamed workflows by what they do: Merge folders, Add to library, and Tidy a folder
- Added drag and drop of folders onto the folder lists, and an Open folder button after a run finishes
- Added a confirmation before any run that deletes files, and locked the inputs while a job is running
- Fixed Add to library offering Clear output folder first, which removed the existing library before sorting; it is no longer offered there and is now off by default in Merge folders
- Updated application version metadata to
2.0.0
Distribution
- Windows MSI installer, standalone ZIP, and Microsoft Store MSIX submission package
- Linux
.deb,.rpm, AppImage, Flatpak, Snap, and standalone ZIP packages - macOS x64 and arm64 app-bundle and standalone ZIP packages
License
This project remains open-source under the MIT License.
