SnapOtter
Self-hosted file-processing suite for images, video, audio, PDFs, and documents
Alternative to: cloudconvert, smallpdf, convertio
v2.2.0
2026-07-29Version 2.2.0 focuses on security hardening, patching several privilege escalation and access control vulnerabilities, while adding new image tools and improving accessibility and self-hosting stability.
v2.1.0
2026-07-10This hotfix release includes numerous bug fixes for the demo and landing pages, improved AI feature-bundle installations, and updates to the navigation and file-processing infrastructure.
v2.0.0
2026-07-07SnapOtter 2.0 expands into a full file-manipulation suite with 200+ tools across image, video, audio, and PDF modalities, featuring a new layer-based editor and Redis-backed background jobs.
v1.17.2
2026-06-08Introduces an HTML to Image tool, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance, security hardening, and various Docker and AI tool fixes.
v1.17.1
2026-05-18Introduces a live demo, tool index, 52 SEO landing pages, background previews, and various bug fixes and infrastructure improvements.
v1.17.0
2026-05-16Introduces a full image editor, SSO authentication, five new tools, support for 20 languages, and expanded file format compatibility.
v1.16.0
2026-05-01Version 1.16.0 introduces several improvements and updates to the SnapOtter platform.
v1.15.11
2026-04-25This release includes minor bug fixes and stability improvements.
v1.15.9
2026-04-24This release includes bug fixes and minor improvements.
v1.15.10
2026-04-24Introduces an Automate page redesign, extended image format support including AVIF, production-grade RBAC, and various security and stability fixes.
v1.15.8
2026-04-17This release fixes a bug by changing how Node.js is copied into the image, using the official image instead of apt-get.
v1.15.7
2026-04-17Fixed a bug by adding retry with backoff for apt-get update on the CUDA base image.
v1.15.6
2026-04-17Parallelized model downloads and implemented a registry cache for improved performance.
v1.15.5
2026-04-17Excludes e2e-docker tests from the Vitest runner.
v1.15.4
2026-04-17This release fixes issues related to verbose error handling, batch processing, and multi-file support.
v1.15.3
2026-04-16Fixed an issue by adding retries to apt-get update during transient mirror sync errors.
v1.15.2
2026-04-16Fixed a bug to ensure GHCR login uses GHCR_TOKEN with the write:packages scope.
v1.15.1
2026-04-16This release includes several bug fixes related to Docker image builds and runtime model path resolution for non-root users.
v1.14.0
2026-04-10This release introduces a unified Docker image with GPU auto-detection, expanded model pre-downloading, and numerous bug fixes for PaddleOCR, RealESRGAN, and arm64 compatibility.
v1.13.0
2026-04-10This release implements a comprehensive RBAC system with permission maps, new middleware for route protection, and extended authentication hooks.
v1.12.0
2026-04-10Introduces a new pdf-to-image tool with frontend and backend support and a unified Docker image featuring GPU auto-detection.
v1.9.0
2026-04-07Introduces a new stitch tool featuring an API route handler, settings UI component, and integration into the tool registry and i18n.
v1.8.1
2026-04-07Added variant diagnostics to the health endpoint and lite mode banner.
v1.11.0
2026-04-07Added automatic generation of llms.txt using the vitepress-plugin-llms plugin.
v1.10.0
2026-04-07Introduces content-aware resizing features via a new seam carving AI bridge, Python scripts with face protection, and updated UI settings.
v1.8.0
2026-04-06Introduces metadata editing capabilities including a new API route, UI components, and server-side filtering for unsafe keys.
v1.7.7
2026-04-06Improved the reliability of AI tools for face detection and background removal.
v1.7.6
2026-04-06Fixed issues regarding batch SSE progress and non-AI processing user experience.
v1.7.5
2026-04-06Added server-side logging to AI tool routes.
v1.7.4
2026-04-06Fixed issues with batch file ordering and format preservation for image tools.
v1.7.3
2026-04-06Fixed broken llms.txt links on the REST API documentation page.
v1.7.2
2026-04-05Fixed GPU detection by using torch.cuda instead of onnxruntime providers.
v1.7.1
2026-04-05Fixed a bug where GPU detection occurred incorrectly in CUDA images running without a GPU.
v1.7.0
2026-04-05Introduces GPU/CUDA acceleration support and fixes an issue with empty Authorization headers for forward-auth proxy compatibility.
v1.6.0
2026-04-04Introduced a lightweight Docker image without AI/ML tools via the :lite tag.
v1.5.3
2026-04-04This release fixes HEIC decoding on Linux by utilizing heif-convert.
v1.5.2
2026-04-04Fixed a bug by installing HEVC codec plugins for CI HEIC tests.
v1.5.1
2026-04-04Fixed an issue by installing libheif-examples in CI for HEIC tests.
v1.5.0
2026-04-04Added support for HEIC and HEIF formats for both input and output.
v1.4.0
2026-04-04Added a 'Crop to Content' mode to the smart crop tool.
v1.3.1
2026-04-04This release fixes a bug by setting the default theme to light instead of following the system preference.
v1.3.0
2026-04-04This release introduces new utility functions for clipboard copying and ID generation to improve compatibility and fixes various bugs related to XHR timeouts, Docker processing, and volume permissions.
v1.2.1
2026-04-03Fixed volume permission issues when using a bind-mounted /data directory.
v1.2.0
2026-04-03Relocates the theme toggle and GitHub button to the top-right navigation bar.
v1.1.0
2026-04-03Added a GitHub stars button to the documentation navbar and fixed the footer license.
v1.0.1
2026-03-30This release adds support for SVG files in the convert tool.
v1.0.0
2026-03-30Major 1.0.0 release introducing a full React SPA, Fastify API server, SQLite database, comprehensive AI and image processing tools, authentication, and batch processing capabilities.