This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 8.

Bug fixes and added Docker installation to Linux source:

Full Changelog: 5.11.2...5.11.3

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 8+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 22.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 22.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 8+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 8+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 8.

Bug fixes

• stored XSS vulnerability fixed GHSA-c2rm-w62w-5xmj
• SSRF security bug fix
• other minor bug fixes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 8+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 22.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 22.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 8+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 8+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 8.

Bug fixes

• stored XSS vulnerability fixed #GHSA-h5hx-fm7f-2xmx
• HTML Purifier updated to work with PHP 8.3 fixes #98
• minor bug fixes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 8+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 22.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 22.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 8+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 8+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 8.

New

• small UI changes

Bug fixes

• PDF viewer UTF-8 text extraction bug fixed
• Pubmed and Crossref import improvements
• improved security of supplementary file handling

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 8+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 22.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 22.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 8+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 8+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 8.

Security vulnerabilities

• stored XSS in dashboard was fixed by commit 187e5ff
• reflected XSS in advanced search was fixed by commit 3f2c647

responsibly reported by @7a6163

Bug fixes

• improved compatibility with PHP 8.2
• misc. small improvements, and obscure bug fixes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 8+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 22.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 22.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 8+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 8+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.4+.

Bug fixes

• co-authors with the same name bug fix #87
• advanced search with OR boolean glue bug fix
• PDF viewer case insensitive search bug fix
• misc. small improvements, and code changes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.4+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 20.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 20.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.4+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.4+)

Upgrading

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrating from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

IMPORTANT After the migration had concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

New

• users, in addition to admins, can delete items
• users, in addition to admins, can search and delete duplicated items
• added import panel to dashboard
• removed stats panel from dashboard
• all files for uploads can be selected by drag and drop
• URL links added to item summary list
• citation key can be updated with a button click in Item summary #72
• misc. small improvements

Bug fixes

• Bibtex import bug fix #66
• PHP 8.1 compatibility bug fixes #68
• misc. bug fix #71
• advanced search bug #76
• misc. smaller bug fixes

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 8.1 (requires VS16 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

Bug fixes

• manual upload bug fix #63

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

Bug fixes

• offline export bug fix #58

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.

This is an open-source version of our SaaS at https://i-librarian.net. If you want to run this, you need PHP 7.2+.

Bug fixes

• PDF viewer image cropping bug fix

Linux

Distributable source (PHP 7.2+)
Ubuntu console installer (Ubuntu 18.04+)
Ubuntu deb (Ubuntu 18.04+)

Windows

64-bit installer with Apache 2.4 and PHP 7.4 (requires VC15 redistributable)
64-bit distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Mac OS X

must install from Linux distributable source (PHP 7.2+)

Upgrade

To upgrade from version 5, simply install/overwrite over the previous version.

Migrate from 4.10

When you open the new I, Librarian for the first time, you will get a chance to migrate your existing library. The old library is copied to the new directory, so make sure you have enough space on your disk.

After the migration has concluded, login to the new I, Librarian and go to Administrator > Databases & indexes and click Re-extract all PDFs. You should now have fully searchable I, Librarian 5.