FreedomBox 26.7 has been released, with updated translations for the following languages:
- Albanian
- Chinese (Simplified Han script)
- Czech
- French
- German
- Italian
- Swedish
- Turkish
If you would like to help translate FreedomBox into your language, please check out the Weblate project:
FreedomBox 26.6 has been released to Debian unstable. This release adds support for logging in with passkeys.
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-26-6-released/4140
FreedomBox 26.6 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlight of this release: users: Add support for logging in with passkeys Other changes in this release: d/control: Add fido2 library as dependency locale: Update translations for French, German, Hindi, Italian service: Capture stdout/stderr when running as systemd unit users: Add link to guide on passkeys use...
Due to a severe issue discovered in FreedomBox 26.5, we have followed up with a patch release 26.5.1.
Changes:
* debian/control: Fix building with nocheck profile
* debian/copyright: Drop a removed file, correct path for another
* locale: Update translations for Albanian, Turkish
* web_server: Fix locating SVG icons on production setup
FreedomBox 26.5 has been released! Here are the highlights of this release:
- action_utils: Don’t restart web interface when installing an app
- apache: Use a Uwsgi native socket systemd unit for each app
- ui: Use inline SVG icons for all apps
- wireguard: Fix freedombox VPN IP for services
More details: https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-26-5-released/4131
FreedomBox 26.5 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: action_utils: Don’t restart web interface when installing an app apache: Use a Uwsgi native socket systemd unit for each app ui: Use inline SVG icons for all apps wireguard: Fix freedombox VPN IP for services Other changes in this release: action_utils: Stop associated service when s...
FreedomBox 26.4 has been released. Here are the highlights:
- backups: Enable key-based SSH authentication for remote backups
- oidc: New app to implement OpenID Connect Provider
- apache: Implement protecting apps using OpenID Connect
- wireguard: Improve server section user experience flow
The full list of 80+ changes, and 17 contributors:
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-26-4-released/4105
FreedomBox 26.4 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: backups: Enable key-based SSH authentication for remote backups oidc: New app to implement OpenID Connect Provider apache: Implement protecting apps using OpenID Connect wireguard: Improve server section user experience flow Other changes in this release: *: Remove some absolute file...
FreedomBox 26.3 has been released. Here are the highlights:
- ui: Use HTMX to eliminate full page reloads
- wireguard: Add ‘Start Server’ button to help with client setup
See the full list of changes:
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-26-3-released/4084
FreedomBox 26.3 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlights of this release: ui: Use HTMX to eliminate full page reloads wireguard: Add ‘Start Server’ button to help with client setup Other changes in this release: debian: Follows policy 4.7.3 debian: Ignore lintian warning: service file missing Install section debian: Remove default Rules-Requires-Root debia...
Really nice article from The Register. If you are into self-hosting.
Debian's FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/22/debians_freedombox_blend/
FreedomBox 26.2 has a fix for Gitweb, an improvement for the notifications dropdown, and updated translations for Estonian and Italian.
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-26-2-released/4067
FreedomBox 26.2 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Changes in this release: gitweb: Fix deleting last repo disables app locale: Update translations for Estonian, Italian notifications: Close dropdown when clicking outside The following people contributed to the git repository for this release: Joseph Nuthalapati Pierfrancesco Passerini Priit Jõerüüt
A security issue has been found in FreedomBox, all versions up to and include 25.17, related to backup data stored on disk. Please update to 25.17.1 as soon as possible.
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-security-issue-cve-2025-68462/4035
A security issue has been found in FreedomBox, related to private data used for backups of several applications. If your FreedomBox has not already automatically updated to 25.17.1, please update it as soon as possible. Versions affected by the issue: At least all versions between 21.3 and 25.17. Versions that include a fix for the issue: 25.17.1 in trixie-backports, testing, and unstable 25.9.3+deb13u1, which should be included in the next stable point release. Debian security tracker li...
FreedomBox 25.17 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. This release adds a long awaited feature: dark mode! 😎
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/freedombox-25-17-released/4024
FreedomBox 25.17 has been released and uploaded to Debian unstable. Typically, the freedombox package will migrate to testing in 2 days, and then can be uploaded to stable-backports. Highlight of this release: ui: Implement a toggle menu for setting dark mode Other changes: homeassistant: Fix spelling in tests locale: Fix python-brace-format error in Estonian locale: Update translations for Catalan, Estonian, French, Russian privileged: Don’t log exception that are expected ui: Dark theme ...
Dennis Faucher 
