Link: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.11.0

Crossposted from https://fedia.io/m/mbinReleases@gehirneimer.de/t/4440654

After quite some slow development, finally we can release a new version of Mbin. It contains new features for users, performance improvements and important security fixes.

Summary for Users

• Show who boosted content in the feed (Combined view + subscribed + newest)
• Add ability to block instances. Content from blocked instances will not show up in the feed and search anymore.
• Fix emoji autocomplete inserts 'null'
• Show a placeholder when an image embed could not be loaded
• Improve design of posts and comments in some areas of the site
• Fix endless loop when compressing uploaded images
• Fix layout when a comment contains a very wide table
• Bugfixes for some federation issues (handling of Mastodon posts with multiple images, embedded video formats, buggy mentions, etc.)
• Change layout of list of cross posts
• Fix the issue of browsers wanting to download a file when unsupported media files are used in an embed
• Add translation for Swedish (by Jonatan Nyberg)

Summary for Server Admins

• Minimum software requirements updated to PHP 8.5, Node 24 and Ubuntu 24.04 recommended
• Upgraded most of our dependencies. For more details see #2162
• Add ability to block instances globally.
• Instances blocked this way will be blocked for all current and new users. Users can unblock them manually afterward; thus allowing a "soft" way to moderate the content shown by default for your users. For more details see #2155
• Added the new queue async_slow for long-running tasks. If your async queue have gotten full often in the past, consider creating a separate messenger for async_slow.
• The sessions are now stored in Redis instead of Postgres. You need to enable persistence in your Redis server, if you want to keep open sessions on restarts of Redis.
• Fixed a couple of security vulnerabilities
  PostgreSQL autovacuum is tuned for high-churn tables

Summary for developers

Mbin:

• Minimum software requirements updated to PHP 8.5 and Node 24
• Upgraded most of our dependencies. For more details, including possible breaking package changes, see #2162

Fediverse:

Fix issue that to value might be an object instead of array in some edge-cases

Upgrade Instructions

There are significant changes in the DB. It is advised to create a DB backup before upgrading.

After the post-upgrade script has run, you should not clear Redis / Valkey.

For Docker

• Get the official image or checkout the code and build it locally
• Stop all containers docker compose down
• Start all containers docker compose up -d

For Bare Metal

• Ensure you have PHP 8.5 and Node 24 installed
• Login as the mbin/kbin user: su mbin
• Go to your repo cd /var/www/mbin
• Get the new release: git fetch && git checkout v1.11.0
• Run the update script: bash bin/post-upgrade
• Run exit so we are back at the root user (or put a sudo in front of every command)
• Clear your opcache by reloading php fpm systemctl restart php8.5-fpm
• Restart the messengers: supervisorctl restart messenger:*

Oh, that's what fedia.io uses. Any other instances I should check out? How does it compare to Lemmy's/PieFed's web UIs?

I use kbin.earth. The UI is awesome, clean and functional, much preferred over Lemmy and PieFed.

How come?

Personal preference. Lemmy has that modern reddit, cluttered look that I dont like. Mbin has the more original style, cleaner, it's just easier on my eyes.

It is reminiscent of old school BBS forums aesthetically which I have a fondness for. Technologically, it has a microblog tab that allows you to follow Mastodon/Misskey/etc users without trying to format their posts as threads, square pegs into a round hole style. You can view threads/posts separately, or in a combined view, and I think that feature is smartly done.

Thank for sharing your feedback :)

Yes this is what fedia.io uses.

Also has merged view if you want both microblogs and threads in an unified feed. (cc @Snoopy@piefed.social )

Thank you!