We’re thrilled to announce the official release of Seafile 13.0 — a milestone update that transforms Seafile from a simple sync-and-share tool into a smarter, more collaborative, and AI-augmented file platform. With richer metadata, flexible views, integrated AI, and powerful in-browser document editing, this release unlocks entirely new ways to organize, discover, and work with your files.
Here’s a quick overview of the major new features in Seafile 13.0:
Extended file properties with a new metadata server
Multiple view types: Table, Kanban, Gallery, Map, Card, and Statistics
Hierarchical tag management
Real-time UI updates via notification server
Dedicated thumbnail server (videos, images, PDFs)
Seafile AI: extract file details and text, generate descriptions and tags, detect faces
SeaSearch production-grade full-text search
SeaDoc 2.0: block-based editor, AI assistance, whiteboards (Excalidraw)
Is there documentation, instructions or a manual available, how to move from 12 binary to 13 docker? I am running Ubuntu 24 LTS and would like to move to 13 but it is only unfortunately only available via docker …
There isn’t exactly a downgrade option. There might be changes made that aren’t compatible with the older version, especially in the database. You should have backups before trying the upgrade, and it would be a good idea to snapshot your VM (if your server is a VM) before you begin.
That appears to be 2 different versions of the notification-server.yml, one with the caddy stuff, and one one without. So I think it’s a little mislabeled. Instead of being “with seafile” and “standalone”, it looks like it should be labeled “with caddy” and “without caddy”.