🐂 Feature Updates

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May 19, 2025

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Feature Updates

• You can now customize your build script when starting a notebook

• We now have a new plan upgrade view and profile view with status bars for your storage, egress, and compute usage.

• Autosuggested commit message when creating a notebook in the UI

• Retrieve files from a remote repository at a specific revision. #81
• View paginated and filterable commit histories for remote repositories. #81
• Compute and display file diffs between revisions or branches. #81
• Inspect diff entries and their formats via Python. #81
• Access detailed pagination information for commit listings. #81
• Enhanced commit log methods with pagination and path filtering. #81
• Updated method signatures for improved revision handling flexibility. #81
• Added the ability to create and delete workspaces for specific branches. #80
• Introduced the option to delete branches from the remote repository. #80
• Improved workspace management to prevent multiple simultaneous workspaces and ensure consistent handling during file additions. #80
• Enhanced branch existence checks and streamlined branch deletion. #80
• Introduced notebook management capabilities, allowing users to start and stop notebook sessions within Oxen repositories via Python. #79
• Added a new Python module for notebook operations and exposed these features in the public API. #79
• Enhanced error handling and user feedback when initializing workspaces and executing SQL queries. #79
• Improved performance for adding multiple files by batching operations. #79
• Added support for column introspection and modification in DataFrames, including new methods to retrieve and add columns. #78
• Introduced a new Python-exposed class for data frame columns, enabling enhanced column-level operations. #78
• Replaced “compare” icon in the repo contents list for tabular files with “download” for all files
• Implemented GET and POST endpoint for repository Gated access users
• Refactored the old plan/subscription structure to new user/org plan/subscription structure
• Added Deepseek Eval Provider

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Fixed Bugs

• Improved code style and consistency with minor formatting and syntactic adjustments. #78
• New user registration does not skip onboarding anymore
• Fixed spacing on Model Inference page at both the top title and the sides
• Evaluations did not have default radio button selected for full evaluation run
• Super long directory name was overflowing on uploading a file
• The ToggleSwitch component did not correctly display when no optionLabels are present.
• Fixed overflow on add files button with a large directory name

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April 9, 2025

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Feature Updates

• Now have code editor view for README and when Python Notebook has syntax errors

• Integrated image generation into Model Inference

• Integrate Anthropic and Claude into Model Inference

• Added full screen option to eval DF view

• Added Support for Model Deprecation
• Allow import of hugging face datasets into Server
• Added a copy prompt button to entries in the eval list view
• For Notebooks added branch indicator and now respects branches with slashes
• Now able to merge changes on the server where there are no file conflicts (for example: a notebook is staged and a data frame is staged)
• GitHub Actions for python windows
• Expanded row-view component to make viewing complex content easier
• Added ability to define code-language in field metadata
• Created markdown and code view renderer for Row Details view
• Added drop down to select code language in Code view renderer
• Added support for paging through records (forward, back arrows)
• Updated the Model Evaluation Setup form to show developer dropdown of models
• Now showing proper status indicators on eval cells with image metadata
• Extended Branch Picker component to support workspaces
• Upgraded the build caching mechanism to boost performance and compatibility. #70
• Improved file formatting for consistency.#70
• Introduced a new capability to verify branch existence, enhancing branch management. #71
• Standardized file path construction using modern utilities, improving clarity and maintainability. #71
• Enhanced branch management with improved checks to prevent conflicts. #72
• Refined file addition functionality to seamlessly support adding folders as well as individual files. #72
• Enhanced data handling by automatically creating records when needed and improving error feedback. #73
• Introduced more flexible branch management during data operations and workspace initialization for a smoother user experience. #73
• Enhanced the workspace creation process, now generating unique workspace names to help avoid naming conflicts. #75
• Introduced new properties in the Workspace class for easier access to workspace attributes: ID, name, branch, and associated repository. #75
• Modified branch switching behavior to ensure a more consistent experience when creating and switching branches. #75
• Streamlined access to repository and branch attributes in the DataFrame class for improved readability and performance. #75
• Data operations now provide immediate feedback after inserting rows. #76
• Users can specify workspace names during repository actions. #76
• Workspace summaries now display associated commit identifiers. #76
• Introduced the option to initialize empty directory listings. #76
• Added methods to generate workspace URLs and to retrieve individual dataset rows. #77
• Enhanced repository operations with improved commit tracking, merge handling, and branch management. #77
• Introduced functionality to create empty paginated directory entries. #77
• Expanded workspace interfaces to include commit identifier details. #77
• Added a new error handling mechanism for data retrieval methods. #77

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By Customer Request

• Added how to save a parquet file to a directory, and errors with to_csv in Python by Mirascope’s request
• Added method to test if a branch already exists
• Create data frame if it does not exist on the first insert

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Fixed Bugs

• Fixed oxen pull/checkout so it doesn’t overwrite modified files
• Fixed Model Inference committing errors
• Edit file was not working on data frames with binary data in columns
• Was Failing to push and pull entries that are exactly AVG_CHUNK_SIZE
• Fixed error on using a struct field in your Model Inference prompt
• Fixed file upload does not land in the correct place with many subdirectories
• Fixed sample not working on branches with a slash eval/gemini
• Fixed oxen rm -r so it doesn’t remove a directory at the root removes all directories on the remote after push
• Model Inference commits to a sub/directory/file.parquet was not working
• DataFrame image thumbnail was not rendering properly
• Compare Nav Tab was not being underlined when clicked
• Long URL’s in blog posts now wrap on mobile
• Removed little scroll bar next to the tab bar nav and home page logos
• Better handling for bad workspace state in workspaces page
• Empty repos without any branches were breaking on the root repo page
• Notebooks commit button was not showing commit form in full screen mode
• On the site wide search dropdown users were listed with a slash and not navigating to the root of the user namespace
• Embedded videos in the dives and entries pages were not being expanded to the proper height
• Improved error handling when commit data is missing. #76
• Streamlined asynchronous repository operations for a more reliable experience. #76

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February 25, 2025

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Feature Updates

• We’ve improved our blog styling

• We’ve cleaned up the workspace list view
• Re-enable “For Every GitHub star, an ox gets their wings”

• Created wrapper for datasets library in our Python SDK that allows you to use HF datasets library with Oxen.ai

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By Customer Request

• @isaac_pivotal requested we add merge functionality to RemoteRepo

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Fixed Bugs

• We’ve fixed pip install oxenai so it doesn’t fail on Debian-based images in Docker builds
• Full screen viewer button working in the UI
• Blog H1 are now centered
• Fixed saving parquet files to a directory and errors with to_csv

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February 10, 2025

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Feature Updates

• oxen init, oxen-server start, and oxen help now have some getting started info on client and server initialization

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By Customer Request

• @isaac_pivotal requested the audio player in the UI can now be scrolled through
• @isaac_pivotal requested a Python API to upload bytes
• @isaac_pivotal requested to add a generator for paginating over a file list
• We’ve added a method to fetch file metadata (hash, etc) through our Python SDK
• @Mirascope requested named workspaces
• We’ve added a method for checking if local file matches remote file in the Python SDK

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Fixed Bugs

• We now have better handling on commit view in the UI

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January 31, 2025

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Feature Updates

• We’ve added Deepseek models to Open.AI!
• New Model Description Page! Click on any model in The Model Page to learn what to use it for, stats, and compare prices.
• You can now download your SQL query results within workspaces and in the UI!
• We cleaned up Oxen.ai’s navigation bar:)
• The Query Data Frame API now accepts a query id for downloading a SQL queried data frame in a workspace
• As per request (shout out Paul), we’ve support PUT to a file with a based-on revision passed in
• Added —remote to oxen workspace list
• Added ability to merge with the python library
• By customer request we’ve slimmed down Python dependencies with FSSpec

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Fixed Bugs

• Fixed data type count for repos in the Oxen Hub
• Squashed bug where commit view in the UI was breaking
• oxen rm -r on an empty directory said “removed” but was not removed. Now it’s fixed!
• Fixed oxen diff for modified text files
• Fixed Remote Repo failure and RemoteRepo.add bug
• Fixed bug for Oxen add on Windows on main branch
• Fixed bug for uploading parquet files

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January 3, 2025

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Feature Updates

• You can now run Nearest Neighbor Search on your embeddings! (Heres the repo)
• We now have full page view for deeper data exploration! (Just click the expand button on the right)
• Improved the onboarding flow for mobile (DW, I’ll charge my phone soon)
• We’ve improved the data type tags so all jsonl, csv, and parquet files are now tagged as tabular
• Updated oxen download command to be updated syntax
• Added options to select tabular files or upload a new file
• Added pytests to CI
• We’ve added a python method to sort by input embedding
• Added Bytez Models
• Added a new field on evals for unit price in API
• A repo is created when a file is uploaded
• We moved error banner in Model Inference above the dataframe
• We’ve added to the HTTP API docs
• You can now ask Text2SQL queries throught the workspaces API and download results

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Fixed Bugs

• Shout out Mund for letting us know Model Inference crashed and wasn’t showing the commit message. Fixed! :)
• when an ID is 0, the sidbar will not show Null but 0
• The target branch stays the target branch when running an evaluation from the completed evaluation page (it used to use the evaluation ID as the target branch)
• You can now have several workspaces with the same commit ID
• Columns used to sometimes show up twice…not anymore:)

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December 26, 2024

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Feature Updates

• New onboading flow to upload files
• New starred repos section in your profile
• You can now save inference results to a different file name
• We now have APIs to sort your dataframes by embedding cosine similarity
• The list of collaborators for a repo now marks the repo owners with a crown
• There is now an “add Collaborators” Button
• You can now see all the people who have starred your repo in the stargazer view
• We removed “Versions” Tab from Top Nav
• There is now a Commit button directly on the data frame
• You now have more advanced commit options for editable data frames
• We now list workspace API so admins can see all workspaces
• There is now a Create Query API
• Auto detect image file type with Rust for images that do not end in .png or .jpg

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Fixed Bugs

• Dataframe json content now matches in side bar and column
• Improved the starred repo API updates
• Refactored adding files to use new workspace API
• Refactored DF Edit to use file scoped user workspace
• Improved image rendering in dataframes
• Found a better place for “add row” button in editable df
• Fixed repo validation to allow ”.”
• Cleaned up repo card to account for more categories
• We now have a fallback “download” if we cannot render in the UI

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December 03, 2024

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Feature Updates

• Oxen has eyes 👀! Multi-modal models now available for evaluations:

• Forking repos now supported (button on top right, next to clone)

• The new Models Page shows all new models we support for Model Inference

• Now able to oxen add, oxen add schema metadata, and oxen rm in a subdirectory
• Enabled pushing, pulling, merging of subtrees

• Modified Evaluations to use input/output types in place of existing type

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Fixed Bugs

• Versions page no longer gives an error when no branches on the repo
• Fixed some image rendering bugs in dataframe
• Refactored oxen CLI commands for windows
• Evaluations now handle long file names overflow in list view
• Unknown column data type won’t break the server on column add
• Data Frame json content now matches in side bar vs column

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August 13, 2024

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Feature Updates

• CLI // Added command to easily set schema metadata render type

oxen schemas add data.csv -c 'file' -m '{

"_oxen": {

    "render": {

        "func": "image"

        }

    }

}'

oxen schemas render data.csv -c 'file' -t 'image'

oxen schemas add data.csv -c 'file' --render 'image’

• CLI // unlocks branch with a oxen branch unlock command
• Hub // Expose RepositoryCategory APIs
• UI // Delete, edit, and add row on dataframe
• UI // View staged DF diffs
• UI // Add instructions to the README to clone repo, add first file, and push back

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Fixed Bugs

• Image name with ~ at the end are now rendering in UI
• We fixed collaborator email button (couldn’t be clicked)
• Hub // now renders images on branches
• UI // filenames overflow in data frame image viewer
• UI // Toggle column visibility in Dataframe (view & edit modes)
• UI // Remove the left side redundant NLP query

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June 7, 2024

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Feature Updates

• Hub // Added header for the HEAD commit ID of file
• UI // cell navigation in data-frame is now bi-directional with row details pane
• Added collaborator CTA

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Fixed Bugs

• UI // edit repository name was retuning 404
• CLI // Fixed oxen config global setting so that we don’t require a local .oxen repository
• UI // Text area in Row Details pane should not let content overflow

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May 7, 2024

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Feature Updates

• Improved S3 account validation when linking AWS account
• Added search for users when adding collaborators
• Improved large file download in UI
• Docs// Add HTTP endpoints to public developer docs

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Fixed Bugs

• Improved error handling on reading invalid parquet, jsonl, csv, arrow files
• Fixed search by organization

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April 26, 2024

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Feature Updates

• Improved flow to improve claiming an unclaimed organization
• Oxen blog now respects syntax highlighting when importing code from ghost
• Collaborated images are all one fixed image size
• Added careers link to bottom of mobile website
• Can now load large data-frames on Oxen server

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Fixed Bugs

• Fixed binary in data-frame response on Oxen-server
• Fixed upload paths for Windows CLI
• Fixed inaccurate GB storage UI
• Large files are now downloading fully
• Saved compare name as typing or on unfocus instead of just enter