FlareSeek

FlareSeek Release Notes ​

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🎉 Version 4.0 - A Brand-New Experience ​

v4.0.0.3 (2025-10-05) - Current Version ⭐ ​

🎨 UI improvements

  • Polished startup experience with rounded visual style
  • Added search statistics so results are easier to read
  • Friendlier empty-state messaging for filtered results

⚡ Performance upgrades

  • Optimized folder scanning to reduce database queries
  • Improved database management and user cache strategy
  • Fixed division-by-zero in video frame extraction
  • Strengthened error handling for smoother use

v4.0.0.0 - Official Release 🎊 ​

🤖 AI model revolution

  • Added fast/standard/precision models for image search
  • Two AI models can run side by side for comparison
  • Intelligent model selector recommends the best match
  • Search results display the model name used
  • Auto-download AI models during scanning

🔍 Semantic search upgrade

  • Upgraded to a professional semantic search model
  • Semantic search now links with reverse image search

📝 OCR improvements

  • OCR supports fast and precision modes
  • New OCR text recognition module
  • Improved mixed Chinese/English recognition

👤 Face recognition boost

  • New face recognition models
  • Accuracy improved by 40%
  • Better multi-angle detection

💼 Enterprise features

  • Multi-user collaboration for enterprise search
  • Real-time camera search launched
  • Multi-user access supported
  • Enterprise-grade data sync

🎯 Recognition refinements

  • Highlight subject bounding in images
  • Optional blurred background emphasis
  • Faster jump-to-file location

🎨 UI and system polish

  • Clearer thumbnails
  • Cleaner exit and process management
  • Static file validation for integrity
  • Data migration manager for upgrades
  • Database version management
  • Major UI performance gains

🚀 Version 3.0 - Major Upgrade ​

Big leap, new experience!

🤖 Multimodal AI models

  • Brand-new AI search engine for higher accuracy
  • Supports image + text hybrid search
  • Smarter content understanding

📸 OCR text recognition

  • OCR for text inside images
  • Mixed language recognition
  • Text content can be searched and copied

🎨 Color recognition

  • Extract dominant colors
  • Search by color palette
  • A designer’s best friend

⚡ Performance leap

  • GPU acceleration, faster search speed
  • Faster ingestion and indexing

🎨 New UI

  • Full interface redesign
  • Cleaner modern visuals
  • Smoother interaction
  • Improved frontend aesthetics

📦 Database upgrade

  • Full-text search support
  • Text content indexing
  • Better data structure
  • Settings stored in database

🔍 Search enhancements

  • Models available for online download
  • More flexible search parameters
  • More precise results

Detail refinements

  • Toggle for filename visibility
  • Gallery refresh button
  • Faster directory loading

v2.0 ​

🎯 AI recognition upgrades

  • Face recognition integration
  • Camera capture search
  • Toggle for subject detection
  • New AI models for better accuracy
  • Batch image recognition

🎨 UI improvements

  • Search screen redesign
  • New ingestion interface
  • Right-side info panel
  • Image size adjustments
  • Right-click quick preview
  • Click to show file path
  • Sub-window follows the main window

📊 Data management

  • Broken image management panel
  • Folder image statistics
  • Full gallery info display
  • Update gallery info
  • Database statistics
  • Index and error counts
  • Batch delete broken images
  • Auto-create data folders
  • Gallery count statistics

🔍 Search enhancements

  • Drag-and-drop search refinements
  • Paste-to-search support
  • Selection box improvements
  • Daily search limit
  • Index build optimization
  • Faster search logic

⚡ Performance optimization

  • GPU acceleration support
  • Lower memory usage
  • Fixed memory leaks
  • Database index optimizations
  • Database function monitoring
  • Stronger image read error handling
  • Faster large image preview
  • Show time spent on ingestion

🛠️ Feature completeness

  • File comparison only updates modified files
  • Broken images auto re-recognized
  • Metadata refresh support
  • Custom model parameter settings
  • Re-recognition support
  • Improved update workflow
  • Better scan logic
  • Database settings module

🏢 Industry customization

  • Jewelry industry optimization
  • Clothing industry optimization
  • Furniture industry optimization
  • E-commerce image management support

🐛 Stability improvements

  • Export fixes
  • Fixed infinite loading states
  • Resolved format mismatch issues
  • Better error logging
  • Personal info panel improvements
  • Login auto-check
  • Auto update checks
  • Startup lock screen protection

v1.0 ​

🎯 First subject recognition release

  • Added subject detection models
  • New subject recognition UI
  • Subject recognition model integration
  • Thumbnail subject boxes

🔍 Search features

  • Indexing system built
  • Multi-image search support
  • Improved image selection
  • Double-click full image view
  • Better indexing progress

🎨 User experience

  • New personal center
  • Settings management
  • Contact and feedback entry
  • Last scan time display
  • Bottom-right notifications
  • Single-page export fix
  • Download logic optimization

📦 Format support

  • Added more image formats
  • Fixed GIF reading
  • Enhanced image settings

🐛 Technical improvements

  • Database connection optimization
  • Fixed popup bugs

💝 Thank you ​

Thanks to every user who helped us improve!

FlareSeek will keep moving forward to deliver a better product experience.

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Last updated: October 9, 2025