Manyfold Files

This is the sort of release that's huge and tiny at the same time: we've added a plugin system! Plugins are optional components that you can add to your Manyfold instance that can add extra UI, file types, APIs, all sorts of things. This means that (a) we can add more optional features without bloating the core too much and (b) it should be much easier for other people to write code that slots into Manyfold.

You can manage plugins on a new page in the settings area, and you can see a list of available plugins on the main website. For now, it's a very small list, but we hope it will expand a lot! Over time, we may also move some existing features out into plugins, so that the main app can be slimmed down a bit.

What's Changed

✨ New Features ✨

• Disable autoloading by default by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6481
• Core plugin architecture by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6493
• Plugin list in settings area showing versions, names, and other metadata by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6535
• Install plugins from zipfiles by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6555
• Add PLUGINS_PATH environment variable to configure where plugins are loaded from by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6568

🐛 Bug Fixes 🐛

• Remove non-functional federation jobs when not running in federated mode by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6491
• Fix error with nil extensions when showing relationships by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6521
• Fix link to plugin docs by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6559
• Fix error with plugin names that seem plural by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6562
• Fix imagemagick download error in CI builds by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6571
• Fix error showing linked file formats on model page by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6578
• Fix error when link has no domain to extract (e.g. file:// links) by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6579

🌍 Internationalization 🌏

• Translations updated: es by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6538
• Translations updated: ja by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6542
• Translations updated: ru by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6543
• Translations updated: nl by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6540
• Translations updated: fr by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6547
• Translations updated: cs by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6546
• Translations updated: de by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6539
• Translations updated: zh-CN by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6541
• Translations updated: pl by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6545

🛠️ Other Improvements 🛠️

• Use Faker::UniquenessGenerator to stop name clashes in tests by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6492
• Build file handler list during initialisation by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6498
• Add fallback icon for slicer links by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6501
• Dynamic media type registration by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6502
• Improvements to code documentation system by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6518
• Detect plugins regardless of folder naming by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6536
• Restore removed translation keys by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6558
• Pass file to FileHandler#open_url_for by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6561
• Add :model_menu UI hook by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6563
• Set plugin folder ownership on startup by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6564
• Check for manyfold_version string in plugin metadata by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6567
• Configure PLUGINS_PATH for docker images by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6569
• Refactor & tidy up plugin initialisation by @Floppy in https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/pull/6570

Full Changelog: https://github.com/manyfold3d/manyfold/compare/v0.145.1...v0.146.0