Zerobyte Updates & Release Notes

Fixes

Mirror sync failures now send notifications when failure notifications are enabled

Editing a repository now preserves its custom password selection.

Update notifications now exclude prereleases.

Fixed the compression statistics layout on mobile.

CLI password resets now enforce the same 8–128 character limits as the application.

Warning

Desktop apps remain in alpha and are not yet officially supported. Please report any issues you encounter.

The Windows installer is currently unsigned. On Linux, make the AppImage executable before launching it: chmod +x zerobyte*.AppImage.

New features

• Export an encrypted full copy of your organization's configuration and import it when setting up another Zerobyte instance
• Turn off automatic health checks for individual repositories while keeping manual checks available.
• Check which snapshots are missing from a mirror and choose which ones to sync.

Improvements

• Organization admins receive a reminder if the recovery key has not been exported in over a year.
• Snapshot browsing now includes easier navigation and file or directory details such as path, size, modification time, and permissions.

Fixes

• Newly added repositories and notification destinations now appear in backup settings without requiring a page reload.

Warning

This is an early Zerobyte Desktop alpha, not an official stable release.

macOS Apple Silicon, Windows x64, and Linux x64. Expect rough edges and verify important restores independently.

The macOS app is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. The Windows installer is unsigned while code signing is being set up. All three downloads have signed GitHub build-provenance attestations.

On Linux, make the AppImage executable before launching it: chmod +x zerobyte*.AppImage.

Warning

This is an early Zerobyte Desktop alpha, not an official stable release.

macOS Apple Silicon, Windows x64, and Linux x64. Expect rough edges and verify important restores independently.

The macOS build is unsigned. After dragging it to Applications, clear its quarantine attribute:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/zerobyte.app"

The Windows installer is currently unsigned, so Microsoft Defender SmartScreen may show a warning.

On Linux, make the AppImage executable before launching it:

chmod +x Zerobyte*.AppImage

New features

Added an Activity page with filterable history for many operations that are happening in the background. Entries include live status updates, outcomes, timing, and task details.

Backup jobs can now override their repository’s compression mode.

Improvements

Mirror synchronization now displays live progress and can be cancelled from the backup settings.

Settings have been re-organized into Personal, Organization, and Instance scopes into it's own sub-menu.

Table sorting preferences now persist across sessions.

Updated bundled rclone to 1.75.0 and Shoutrrr to 0.17.0.

Fixes

Restores from read-only volumes can no longer target the original location.

Empty retention policies are now consistently treated as disabled when creating or editing schedules.

The change-username CLI command now updates the account’s in-app displayed name.