List of approved new features/changes/bug fixes

[qarmin]

Currently there are a lot of proposals of elements that could be added/removed/changed in Czkawka, but due of problems with implementation of some functions, not very high usability or simply fear from heaving too bloated code/UI, only some of the proposals are finally implemented.

The fact that an issue is not on this list does not mean that it will not be solved, it just means that I will have to verify that another solution to the problem is appropriate.

So I made a list of proposals that seem to me quite sensible and useful, so if you want you can try to implement them.

Docs:

• Proper, minimal and tested instruction in docs how to use prebuild x86_64 Czkawka on Mac ARM - 4.1.0 mac_czkawka_gui OSX ARM Unable to execute #689 - Easy/Medium

GUI:

• Alternative GUI - Let's try to make a non-GTK gui frontend #378 - Hard - Any toolkit, GTK, QT, Egui, Slint etc.
• Show info how much selected/deselected items - Info about number of selected/deselected records #672 - Medium
• Information, how much time took scan - Count time how much time took scan and use value in GUI #610 - Medium
• Print exif data of image/audio/video in preview/compare window - Add tool to read exif  #586 - Hard
• Threading support for file moving/symlink/hardlink/deletion - Threads for file deletion #517 - Hard
• Limit size of columns to window size - Limit 'file name' column's width % #169 - Medium
• Rename files/folders - Ability to rename files from within the results #162 - Hard
• Mobile UI - Mobile UI #87 - Very Very Hard
• Select by multiple criteria - Select largest/smallest, select by multiple criteria #241 - Hard
• Sort results - [WIP] Implement sorting by portion checked within group #538 - Hard
• Fix not working X button in Windows - Close button on about window doesn't work #691 - Medium
• CSS support - Add optional support for CSS #737 - Hard

Core:

• Do not compare images in both reference or in both non reference folders with each other - Images from reference folders being compared to each other #686 - Medium
• Improve speed of comparing images with each other(multithreading, new algorithm etc.) - Low CPU utilization during image hash comparison #679 - Hard
• Add videos support to broken file finder - Add support for finding broken video files #734 - Thoughts on finding broken videos. #721 - Hard
• Option to limit used CPU(should be disabled by default or use heuristic at start) - Limit CPU option #380 - Medium
• Hardlinking ignoring for Windows - Hardlinks are considered duplicate. #352 - Medium
• Support for exif based rotation - Visible dupes not getting detected #714 - Medium

CLI:

• Bind 100% of functions from core to CLI - Bind all functions from Core to CLI #735 - Medium
• Add multiple method to print/export results from CLI e.g. csv, txt, different formats - Feature request: Save results as CSV #591 - Medium
• Use clap instead structopt - Convert czkawka_cli from structopt to clap #758 - Medium

CI:

• Execute/Test app in CI - Execute app in CI #16 - Medium

Package:

• Similar Videos not works in snap - [Enhancement]: Instruction how to use ffmpeg from this crate in different snap  snapcrafters/ffmpeg#73 - Medium
• MacOS bundle - macOS app bundle #181 - Medium
• Mac ARM binaries - MacOS ARM prebuilt binaries #739 - Medium

External Crates/Projects

• Add support for shorter than 30s video files - Hard - Similar videos: Failed to hash file, reason Too short #605 - https://github.com/Farmadupe/vid_dup_finder_lib
• Restore support for middle click functionality - [GTK 4] Restore support for middle click #733 - https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/4939 - Hard
• Finding similar music by content(audio fingerprinting) - Add tool to find similar music #132 - Hard