Release v1.0.0 - BentoPDF Initial Release

Overview

BentoPDF v1.0.0 is our first official release, introducing core PDF management tools with enhanced functionality, better performance, and powerful new features.

What’s New

Major Features

Posterize: Split a PDF into multiple smaller PDFs for easy poster printing.
Remove Blank Pages: Automatically detect and remove blank pages from PDFs.
Linearize: Optimize PDFs for fast web viewing.
Interleave Merge: Merge multiple PDFs in an interleaved manner for easy organization.
Add Attachments: Attach additional files directly to your PDFs.

Enhancements

Fixed OCR PDFs not generating readable text and added whitelist character presets.
Improved self-hosting setup: revamped docker-compose for developers and normal users, introduced Docker versions, and GitHub integration for better control.
Added Unraid template for easier deployment.
Users can now use keyboard shortcuts to access the search bar.
Simple mode added for a cleaner, distraction-free PDF viewing experience.
Bulk operations added: bulk compress PDFs and bulk split pages.

Bug Fixes

Fixed issue where OCR PDFs failed to generate readable text
Resolved problem with PDF merging breaking bookmarks
Corrected file corruption issue in Ark browser

Breaking Changes

⚠️ Important: This release does not contain breaking changes

None for v1.0.0 (first release)

Dependencies

Updated Docker setup for improved deployment control.
Added new self-hosting configurations.
Removed outdated configurations incompatible with Docker v2.

Performance Improvements

Optimized PDF processing for faster splitting, merging, and compression.
Reduced memory usage during bulk PDF operations.

Documentation

Added documentation for Posterize, Interleave Merge, and Linearize features.
Updated installation guides with Docker.
New guide: Getting Started with BentoPDF

Contributors

Special thanks to all the awesome contributors who made this release possible:

For a complete list of all changes, fixes, and improvements in this release, see the full changelog.

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