Directus 6.4.0. Source highlight: In this version we've redesigned the entire framework to be more intuitive and simple and the codebase has been almost completely refactored for better modularity and extensibility. We've laid the ground-work for implementing new features and simplified many aspects of the user interface. Significan
In this version we've redesigned the entire framework to be more intuitive and simple and the codebase has been almost completely refactored for better modularity and extensibility. We've laid the ground-work for implementing new features and simplified many aspects of the user interface. Significant changes have also been made to the Admin Settings – there are now more options and a cleaner layout.
Some notable changes:
## Added
- New UX/UI
- New Admin Settings interface
- Modular third-party sign-on options (Facebook, Twitter, Github)
- Modular item listing pages with 3 new views
- Re-orderable table columns
- New message system redesign
- Custom primary key column
- Custom status column
- Custom status mapping per table
- Custom sorting column
- New and Improved Interfaces including a new WYSIWYG editors.
- Support for editing additional settings in the admin app, such as Project Logo and IP whitelist.
- User invitation via email
- Public API group
- Supports `utf8mb4` by default
- Faster relational data loading
- New hashing endpoint, supporting `bcrypt`, `md5`, `sha1`, `sha224`, `sha256`, `sha384`, `sha512` and customized user-defined hashing functions.
## Changed
- Hook filters now uses `Payload` Object
## Removed
- API 1.0
- `directus_ui` table. Interfaces options are now stored in `directus_columns` table.
- `mcrypt` dependency
- `allowed_listing_views` column from tables
- Template Chooser Interface
- Salt Interface
- Old Directus Columns Interface
We hope you think these changes are as exciting as we do – either way, we're always looking for your input to help guide our future updates.
— Your friends at Directus