February 2024 Summaries

Directus has evolved from its origins as an agency solution to a leading composable content management system (CMS), maintaining its commitment to being entirely open source from its inception. Despite being a two-decade-old company, Directus considers itself a startup due to its recent hypergrowth and the ongoing development of a flexible, scalable platform that supports a wide array of digital projects. Founded on the idea of creating an efficient, agnostic system capable of integrating with existing databases and tech stacks, Directus has focused on long-term product development rather than rapid monetization. The platform has grown significantly thanks to contributions from a global community of developers, leading to over 28 million downloads and recognition from enterprise customers. Directus relies on organic growth and community-driven feedback to continuously adapt and enhance its offerings, aiming to meet both current and future digital needs. Its prudent business strategy and dedication to minimizing organizational debt have enabled it to sustain growth with a lean team. As Directus looks to the future, it remains committed to fostering innovation and creativity within its community, driven by the core values instilled by its founder and the collaborative efforts of its users and contributors.

Directus version 10.9 introduces several enhancements, including focal point support for image cropping, allowing users to set a focal point coordinate via API or Data Studio to ensure important image parts remain visible. The update also introduces a new Hash display that provides an aesthetic effect by showing *** instead of data, enhancing user-friendliness. A bug affecting extension auto-reloading has been fixed, improving productivity for extension developers. Some breaking changes include updates to exif-reader version 2, which necessitates code updates due to changed tag names, the removal of scoped entrypoints in the SDK, and the discontinuation of async code in JavaScript config files with the adoption of @directus/env. The release also includes numerous small enhancements, bug fixes, and optimizations, and is available for download on Docker Hub, npm, and soon on Directus Cloud.