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Mozilla WebThings is now WebThings!

Our home has moved from iot.mozilla.org to webthings.io.

Major changes

  • Default profile directory has moved from ~/.mozilla-iot to ~/.webthings.
  • MOZIOT_HOME environment variable is now WEBTHINGS_HOME.
  • Default tunneling service has switched from mozilla-iot.org to webthings.io.
  • Default update servers are now hosted on api.webthings.io.
  • The Docker image has moved from mozillaiot/gateway to webthingsio/gateway.
  • On Raspbian, the system services are now named webthings-gateway.*, rather than mozilla-iot-gateway.*.
  • On Raspbian, the gateway now lives in ~/webthings/gateway, rather than ~/mozilla-iot/gateway.
  • Add-ons can now be searched.
  • Node 14 is now supported by the gateway and add-ons.
  • Podman is now supported by the Docker image.
  • Support for new capabilities:
    • HumiditySensor
    • BarometricPressureSensor
    • AirQualitySensor
    • SmokeSensor
    • InstantaneousPowerFactorProperty
  • The gateway-addon library for Node is now written in TypeScript.
  • Users can now enable installation of prerelease updates via the config file.
  • M-JPEG video streams are now supported as an alternative to MPEG-DASH and HLS.
  • New translations:
    • Portuguese (Portugal)
    • Ukrainian
    • Finnish
    • Danish
    • Galician

Minor changes

  • The UI can now be reloaded when on an extension page, without being redirected back to the Things page.
  • Built-in mDNS server has been removed in favor of the system server (e.g. Avahi or Bonjour).
  • New udev rule for a CO2 monitor.
  • SPI enabled on Raspbian.
  • Add-on licenses are opened in a nice overlay.
  • Rules can now be deleted from within the rule page.
  • Lots of bug fixes.