I'm happy to announce Yopass 12.0.0, featuring a completely rewritten modern frontend and enhanced configurability!

🎉 Major Features

✨ Complete Frontend Rewrite

• Modern Technology Stack: Complete rewrite of the frontend using Tailwind CSS and DaisyUI components for improved performance and maintainability
• Enhanced User Experience: Cleaner, more intuitive interface with improved accessibility and responsive design
• New frontend configuration system

🌍 Internationalization Support

• Multi-language Support: Built-in internationalization using react-i18next
• Language Switcher: Dynamic language switching in the UI (currently supports English and Swedish)
• Browser Language Detection: Automatic language detection based on browser preferences
• Extensible Translation System: Easy to add new languages via JSON translation files

🎨 Dark Mode & Theming

• Theme Toggle: Native dark/light mode support with persistent user preference
• Modern Design System: Consistent design language using DaisyUI components
• Improved Visual Design: Enhanced styling with better contrast and readability

🧪 Comprehensive Testing

• Playwright Integration: Modern end-to-end testing framework replacing Cypress
• Extensive Test Coverage: Comprehensive test suites for all major functionality
• Cross-browser Testing: Tests run across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari
• CI/CD Integration: Automated testing in GitHub Actions

🔧 New Configuration Options

Yopass 12.0.0 introduces a powerful dynamic configuration system that allows the frontend to adapt its behavior based on server-side settings. All configuration is now delivered via the /config API endpoint, enabling administrators to control frontend features without requiring frontend rebuilds.

--disable-upload / DISABLE_UPLOAD

• Purpose: Completely disables file upload functionality
• Server Impact: Removes all /file endpoints from the server
• Frontend Impact: Hides upload buttons, routes, and related UI elements
• Use Case: Ideal for deployments that only need text secret sharing
• Default: false (uploads enabled)

--prefetch-secret / PREFETCH_SECRET

• Purpose: Controls whether secrets are prefetched for one-time viewing optimization
• Server Impact: Enables/disables /secret/{id}/status and /file/{id}/status endpoints
• Frontend Impact:
  • When enabled: Shows prefetch information and one-time download warnings
  • When disabled: Secrets are fetched immediately without status checks
• Use Case: Disable for improved privacy (no metadata requests) or simplified UX
• Default: true (prefetching enabled)

--disable-features / DISABLE_FEATURES

• Purpose: Hides the features section on the homepage
• Server Impact: No server-side changes
• Frontend Impact: Removes the features showcase section from the main page
• Use Case: Clean, minimal interface for corporate deployments
• Default: false (features section visible)

--no-language-switcher / NO_LANGUAGE_SWITCHER (New in 12.0.0)

• Purpose: Hides the language switcher from the navigation bar
• Server Impact: No server-side changes
• Frontend Impact: Removes language selection dropdown from the UI
• Use Case: Single-language deployments or custom language handling
• Default: false (language switcher visible)

🔄 Dynamic Configuration Loading

The frontend automatically:

• Fetches configuration on startup from /config endpoint
• Adapts the UI based on server settings without requiring rebuilds
• Caches configuration for improved performance
• Gracefully degrades with default settings if config loading fails

🌐 Environment Variable Support

All configuration flags support environment variables with _ replacing -:

• DISABLE_UPLOAD=true
• PREFETCH_SECRET=false
• DISABLE_FEATURES=true
• NO_LANGUAGE_SWITCHER=true

🛠 Technical Improvements

📁 Project Structure

The frontend has been completely reorganized:

• website/: New modern frontend (Tailwind CSS + DaisyUI)
• legacy-site/: Previous Material-UI frontend (will be removed in the future)

🔄 Migration Notes

• The new frontend maintains full API compatibility with existing deployments
• All existing configuration options continue to work