Bluecherry 3.1.14

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Bluecherry is now completely free, no more licensing.

Bluecherry: Transition to Community and Open Source

Dear Bluecherry community,

After many years of development, support, and running Bluecherry as a small business, the time has come to close the commercial side of the project. This was not an easy decision, but it’s one I feel is best for ensuring that Bluecherry continues in a way that is sustainable and accessible to everyone.

What’s changing:

• Bluecherry is no longer offered as a paid product (donations are accepted!)
• All features are now free and open source under the GPL license.
• There will be no more licensing fees, no purchase requirements, and no restrictions on camera counts.

What’s staying the same:

• The software itself lives on through the community and improvements as time allows.
• Clients for Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android remain available from our downloads page and client releases.
• Our community is still active — join us on the forums or in Discord.

👉Donate links:

Buy Me A Coffee

Ko-Fi

More release notes about v3.1.14

This release contains critical fixes for segmentation faults, database stability, and performance issues affecting large installations.

🔧 Critical Fixes

• Segmentation Fault Prevention: Comprehensive null pointer protection in recording and streaming systems
• Database Stability: Fix critical PHP mysqli connection bugs causing fatal errors
• HLS Cleanup: Prevent race conditions and resource leaks during service destruction
• Thread Safety: Add mutex timeout protection and safe thread cleanup to prevent server lockups
• Database Timeouts: Implement proper timeout handling to avoid endless loops and hangs

🎯 Key Improvements

• Audio Stream Validation: Robust validation for TP-Link and other cameras with problematic audio streams
• Database Sync: Automatic database/filesystem synchronization to prevent disk fill issues
• Missing Recordings: Script to scan and add missing recordings after VM restores
• Modern Stats API: Replace fragile XML-based stats with robust JSON API
• Monitoring: Enhanced system monitoring with real-time charts and metrics

📦 Package Dependencies

• rrdtool: Added to Debian package dependencies for system monitoring
• bluecherry: Updated package with all critical fixes

⚠️ Important Installation Notes

Users must install rrdtool and update bluecherry package:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update
sudo apt install rrdtool
sudo apt install bluecherry

# CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install rrdtool
sudo yum install bluecherry

🔄 Migration Notes

• License system has been removed - this is now a free and open source release
• Database schema updated for better performance and stability
• All existing configurations and recordings are preserved

📋 Full Changelog

See the detailed commit history for complete technical details of all fixes and improvements.

🆘 Support

For issues or questions, please check the documentation or open an issue on GitHub."

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