What's new in PAFworks

What changed in PAFworks, week by week. The most recent changes are at the top of the page.

Features marked (administrators) are turned on or set up in your space's administration: if one of them interests you, talk to your administrator.

Week of 9 November 2026

A bar at the bottom of the screen keeps your chats, the assistant and the mails you are writing within reach.

• Bottom bar: on a large screen, Discussions, the assistant and the mails you are writing open in drawers at the bottom of the page. You keep moving around PAFworks while they stay open.
• Reply without leaving the list: « Reply », « Forward » and « Ask the assistant » open a drawer too. You can go through your other messages while you write.
• The whole row of a mail is clickable: a click anywhere on the row opens the message, not only on its text.
• Full screen in meetings: the buttons fade away to leave all the room to the videos, and come back when the mouse moves down again. The list of participants stays within reach from the full-screen button's menu.
• Camera effects in Safari: background blur and background replacement now work in Safari too.
• More autonomous modules: you can let a module change data without asking for confirmation every time. The administration also shows how many modules are waiting for your approval. (administrators)
• Ready to write: when you reply to a mail, the cursor is waiting for you right in the text, above the quoted message. For a new message or a forward, it goes to the « To » field, which comes first.
• More reliable mail apps: after a brief storage incident, a message no longer shows up without a subject or a sender in Evolution, Thunderbird or another mail app. The app simply tries again a little later.

Week of 2 November 2026

The PAFworks desktop app, meeting transcription and tags in your mail.

• Desktop app: PAFworks has its own sync app for Mac, Windows and Linux. Your files appear in the Finder or the Explorer, and are only downloaded when you open them. A right-click copies a share link, with a password and an expiry date. A folder already synced by the Nextcloud client can be taken over as it is.
• Meeting transcription: the organiser starts the transcription from the room, and every participant sees the text appear live. At the end, a meeting note is saved in your files, and the assistant can summarise it, pull out the tasks or prepare a mail to the participants. (administrators)
• Drafts to finish: a draft opens again in the editor to be completed, then sent.
• New mails live: a message that arrives shows up in the open folder, without reloading the page.
• A menu on every address: a click on the address of a sender or a recipient offers to write to them or to add them to your contacts.
• Copy mails: drag messages to a folder while holding Ctrl to copy them instead of moving them.
• Rules for shared mailboxes: a shared mailbox has its own rules, which file its messages into its own folders.
• Mail images in Firefox: images inserted in the body of a mail show again in Firefox.
• Videos and sounds: your videos and audio files play right in PAFworks, and you can jump to any point in them.
• Choose what opens a file: when several apps can open a file, PAFworks offers the others next to the default one.
• Files up to date live: the list of your files updates by itself when a file changes elsewhere, and each folder shows its size.
• A second share link: the Sharing section of the details panel lets you create one more link, with other settings.
• Share from your phone: with PAFworks installed on your phone, files shared from another app are saved in a PAFworks folder.
• A left bar to your taste: reorder the entries of the left bar. Administrators can also hide some of them for the whole space.
• Smoother navigation: going from one page to another no longer reloads the whole screen.
• Calendar on the phone: a tap on a free slot creates an event, and a swipe moves to the next day or month. Long event descriptions scroll in a box of their own.
• Invitation times: events are saved in the time zone of the person who creates them, and attendees added from the web also show up in your calendar apps.
• Auto-framing: in meetings, the camera keeps your face framed and matches the lighting to the background you chose.
• Share an assistant conversation: share a conversation with colleagues, or through a public link.
• Assistant skills: import Claude plugins and skills, with their files.
• Assistant web search: the assistant can read a web page even without a search key set up, and search can go through a SearXNG server. (administrators)
• Connect a device: to link an app to your account, you sign in on the usual PAFworks page, then simply give the device a name.
• App icon: PAFworks installed on a computer or a phone takes the name and icon chosen for your space, and the tab icon stays visible on a dark background. (administrators)
• Modules in the assistant: module functions and the connections to your business software can be offered to the assistant and to Claude. (administrators)
• Guides in French: the PAFworks user guides now exist in French.
• Tags in your mail: put coloured labels on your mails without moving them, several per message. Your tags are the same as those of your files; they appear in the left column with their unread count, and a click finds every message with a tag, whatever its folder. Shared mailboxes have their own tags, common to the whole team.
• Tags from rules: a mail rule can add one or more tags to incoming messages, without moving them, and « Apply to the inbox » also puts them on those already there. Deleting a tag removes it from the rules; a rule that did nothing else is turned off.
• Tags over IMAP: your mail tags also reach your mail apps, as IMAP keywords; those that read them, such as Thunderbird, can add and remove them. The colours stay in PAFworks.
• Invite a user: in the administration, the « New » button offers to add a user with a password, or to invite them by e-mail. The person receives a link to choose their own password; the address must be outside your space. Until they have done so, their account shows as « invited » and the invitation can be sent again. (administrators)
• Module Store: a new « Store » page, in the modules administration, offers ready-made modules published by Iabsis or by other publishers. Before installing, a card shows the publisher, what the module will be able to do and its licence. You then choose whether its updates install by themselves or wait for your approval. An update that asks for new rights always waits for your approval. (administrators)
• Purchased modules: a module sold by a publisher comes as a .pafmod file. Upload it from the Store page, or open it in your Files with « Install the module ». (administrators)
• Your own module repositories: add a trusted publisher's repository to the Store, with its keys, so that your space offers its modules and receives their updates. (administrators)

Week of 26 October 2026

Invitations at the right time, appointment reminders and a sharper camera background.

• Sharper camera background: in meetings, background blur and replacement cut out your silhouette better, without flickering.
• Invitation times: an invitation sent by mail gives the time of the event in the right time zone.
• Appointment reminders: an appointment booked on a booking page triggers a reminder 15 minutes before, by default.
• Reply at the top: in your mail, the reply opens above the message, no longer below it.
• Mail subjects read better: some badly encoded subjects and sender names now display correctly.
• Assistant on from the start: the assistant is available as soon as a new space is created.
• Editor on the phone: the notes editor leaves more room for the text on a small screen.
• No more empty band: the empty band and the double scrollbar that appeared at the bottom of some pages are gone.
• Safe file replacement: a file being updated is never empty, not even for a moment.
• Security: app passwords are no longer kept in clear, and the components with known flaws have been updated.
• Workspaces created by modules: a module can create a workspace and open new tabs, if an administrator allows it. (administrators)

Week of 19 October 2026

Custom modules, distribution lists, a spam filter, and an assistant that works on your mails and folders.

• Custom modules: your organisation can add its own small applications to PAFworks. They appear in the left bar, like the other modules. (administrators)
• Distribution lists: a shared address, for example contact@your-domain, delivers every message it receives to the mailboxes of several colleagues, who can also reply on its behalf. (administrators)
• Spam filter: unwanted mails are refused as soon as they arrive, or filed in « Junk ». Moving a message into that folder, or out of it, teaches the filter to sort better. (administrators)
• Attachments opened in place: PDFs and office documents received by mail open right in PAFworks, without downloading.
• The assistant on a mail or a folder: « Ask the assistant » opens a conversation that already has the message or the folder in front of it.
• The assistant gives you a sign: an animated icon on the « Assistant » entry of the left bar shows that a conversation is still running while you work elsewhere.
• A cheaper assistant: with Claude, long conversations cost much less.
• Resizable mail list: widen or narrow the message column by dragging it. A double-click gives it back its original width, and PAFworks remembers your choice.
• Reminders in the bell: your event reminders also show in PAFworks' notifications.
• Hide a booking page: the eye next to each booking page shows or hides its slots in your calendar, and the choice is remembered.
• Cancellable uploads: a file upload in progress is cancelled with one click.
• Faster: the folder tree shows faster and file uploads are more reliable.
• iPhone and iPad: the screen no longer zooms in when you tap an input field.
• Client spaces for partners: a PAFworks partner creates the spaces of their clients and manages them from their own settings. (PAFworks partners)

Week of 12 October 2026

Discussions arrives: PAFworks' instant messaging. And PAFworks now installs as an app.

• Discussions: talk live with your colleagues, in private messages or in groups, with attached files, reactions and search. On a large screen, your conversations follow you on every page, in small windows at the bottom right.
• Audio and video calls: start a call from a conversation. Your colleagues hear it ring, on every page and on their devices.
• Chat with outsiders: invite external people by mail into a group, or share a public link. In « support » mode, each visitor has their own private conversation with your team, ideal for a chat on your website.
• Discussions between organisations: Discussions can link several PAFworks servers together, or a group to a Matrix room. (administrators)
• PAFworks as an app: install PAFworks on your computer or your phone, and be told about a new message, a new mail or a calendar reminder, even when it is not open.
• Recurring events: repeat an event every day, every week, every month… or « the second Tuesday of the month ».
• Richer booking pages: several time ranges per page, video-call appointments, the availability of a whole team taken into account, and a page to embed in your website.
• Mail sorting rules: your mails are filed, marked or deleted automatically as soon as they arrive, depending on the sender, the subject, the content… and whatever app you read them with.
• Print a document: the editor's « Print » button (or Ctrl+P) prints the document alone, neatly laid out.
• Move a whole selection: drag and drop several files at once onto a folder.
• A more responsive assistant: conversations open instantly, and the cost of each conversation can show under the input box.
• Recent files: your latest files are one click away on the dashboard.
• Live co-editing: in office documents, your colleagues' changes appear in real time.
• Faster uploads: large files go up in chunks, and up to five files at a time.
• Recoverable shared calendars and address books: deleted by mistake, they can be restored for 30 days. (administrators)

Week of 5 October 2026

A more autonomous assistant: it asks you questions, reads web pages and talks to your business software.

• The assistant asks questions: rather than guess, it asks you for details by offering choices, and you answer in one click.
• The assistant reads web pages: it opens a page next to the conversation and, with the Chrome extension, reads what you see there, even on a site where you are signed in.
• Contacts, calendar and tasks: the assistant can look up a contact, create an event or add a task for you.
• API connectors: the assistant queries your business software, Odoo for example, within the limits set by the administrator. (administrators)
• Generated websites: write your pages in Markdown in a folder, and PAFworks builds the site, with a common layout and several languages.
• Mail to folder: a mail address that files the attachments it receives into a folder, perfect for the copier to send its scans straight into the team's files. (administrators)
• The editor follows changes: if an open file is changed elsewhere (sync, another app), the editor updates without losing what you are writing.
• Buttons that wait: a button shows an indicator while the server is working, no need to click twice.
• Video calls: background blur is smoother.
• Administration reorganised: a dedicated section in the left bar, and all the mailboxes gathered on a single page. (administrators)

Week of 28 September 2026

A record week: forms, date polls, electronic signature and a PDF editor.

• Forms: build your forms by drag and drop, with multiple-choice questions, scales, phone numbers, file uploads and even appointment booking. Share them through a public link or embed them in your site; the answers show as charts and as a table, and can feed an Excel file automatically.
• A form in one sentence: describe, or dictate, the form you want, and the assistant prepares a first version for you to review.
• Date polls: propose several dates from the calendar and let the participants vote, even without an account. Once the best date is chosen, the event is created and the invitations go out, with a video-call link if you wish.
• Electronic signature: have a PDF signed by one or more people, with or without a PAFworks account. They sign online, and the signed document receives a seal that guarantees its integrity.
• PDF editor: reorder, rotate, delete or insert pages, and add text, an image or a signature, without leaving PAFworks.
• Search in every module: the search bar searches the open module directly (files, contacts, calendar or tasks).
• HTML pages: an .html file opens as a web page and is edited with a live preview.
• Sync guides: the new « Help » menu guides you step by step to sync files, calendars, contacts and tasks on your computer or your phone.
• Workspaces your way: for each guest, choose whether they can read, edit, drop, delete or download. Invite an address, a contact or a whole group of contacts; with the drop right only, the workspace becomes a drop box.
• Meetings: turn an existing event into an online meeting, and present a document during the meeting, or edit it together.
• More readable files: each family of files has its colour, the « Type » column speaks plainly, and iPhone photos (HEIC) finally have their thumbnails.
• Live assistant: its answers show as they are written, and « skills » teach it your ways of working.
• Notifications by mail: also receive your notifications by mail, for example a comment on one of your files or a change made by a client in a workspace.
• Recoverable shared folders: a deleted shared folder can be restored for 30 days. (administrators)

Week of 21 September 2026

Faster and safer mail, a redesigned address book, and website publishing.

• Instant mail search: the list filters as you type, by sender, recipient, subject, attachment or period, and the words found are highlighted. Every search in PAFworks is also much faster.
• Safer mail reading: remote images only load with your consent (or always, for trusted senders), and attachments open in a preview.
• Large files sent as a link: a large attachment can go out as a link, valid for the number of days you choose. The « Shared by email » page lists them.
• Writing redesigned: blind copy (Bcc), recipients picked from your contacts and groups and, on the phone, full-screen writing like in a mail app.
• Mailbox import: imported messages, from Thunderbird for example, keep their original date.
• Address book redesigned: groups sorted by address book, organisations, contacts to drag onto a group or an organisation, and photos for your contacts as for your profile.
• A handier explorer: move folders by dragging them in the tree (with « Undo »), select a series of files with the Shift key, and find the same actions in every menu, « Ask the assistant » included.
• Who opened what: the activity log now shows file openings and downloads.
• In the editor: sharing, comments and versions are available without leaving the document, and office documents gain « Save as ».
• Meet: a page to schedule a video call on a free slot and invite participants to it, with a chat during the meeting and the history of your meetings.
• Assigned tasks: hand a task over to a colleague.
• Websites: publish a folder as a website, on its own domain name and in several languages.
• Nextcloud apps: create your share links from the Nextcloud desktop app, and sign in without trouble from an iPhone.
• Paused accounts: an account can be suspended temporarily, and a deleted account stays recoverable for 30 days. (administrators)

Week of 14 September 2026

Workspaces to work with your clients, an assistant that reads your files and images, and PAFworks on the phone.

• Workspaces: open a folder to outside people (clients, partners) without creating an account for them. They sign in with a code received by mail, find every workspace shared with them and can open office documents there.
• Copy and duplicate: « Copy to… » and « Duplicate » for files as for folders. Long operations carry on in the background, with their progress shown.
• Faster trash: moving to the trash is immediate, emptying happens in the background, and each item shows the time left before it is deleted for good.
• Attachments for the assistant: attach files from your computer or from PAFworks to your questions; the assistant understands images too.
• Prompt templates: save your usual requests as templates, with fields to fill in. An administrator can share them with the whole organisation.
• PAFworks on the phone: the whole interface adapts to small screens, from the menu to the files, the editor, the calendar, the tasks and the contacts.
• A theme in your colours: your organisation's name, logo and colours, everywhere in PAFworks. (administrators)
• Contacts and organisations: attach your contacts to their organisation, and search among both.
• Several PDF templates: choose the layout of your PDF exports among several templates.
• Automatic filing: any existing folder can become an automatic filing folder.
• Automatic mail setup: Thunderbird and compatible apps find your mail settings by themselves.
• Security: a full security audit led to many reinforcements, and files can now be encrypted where they are stored.

Week of 7 September 2026

PAFworks gets its name, and your account gets safer.

• New visual identity: PAFworks adopts its name, its logo and its colours.
• Two-factor authentication: protect your account with an authenticator app; your administrator can make it mandatory. Repeated password attempts are blocked automatically.
• Drafts: save a mail as a draft and send it later. Claude or your AI assistant can also prepare some for you.
• Choice of AI model: the assistant can offer several models. Its answers cite the files it read, it can search the web, and « Continue » resumes an interrupted answer.
• Video calls: blur your background or replace it with an image.
• Markdown editor: better formatting, better PDF export, and Ctrl+S to save.
• Sign in with PAFworks: other applications of your organisation can use your PAFworks account to sign in. (administrators)
• One space per organisation: PAFworks hosts several organisations, each in a fully separate space, with its own accounts and its own mail.

Week of 31 August 2026

Artificial intelligence comes into PAFworks, along with online office editing.

• Built-in AI assistant: ask your questions to an assistant that knows your files. It finds them, reads them, files them, searches the web, and can even do calculations or run code in an isolated space.
• Connect Claude to PAFworks: use your files, contacts, calendars and tasks from Claude or other compatible AI assistants.
• Office documents online: open and edit your Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents together, right in the browser.
• Diagrams: create and edit your draw.io diagrams in PAFworks.
• Sharing without download: a link can show a document without allowing it to be downloaded.
• Search by meaning: find a document even if it does not use the words you are looking for. (administrators)
• Choice of language: everyone chooses the language of their interface, French or English.
• Outbox: a mail that could not go out stays visible, with the reason for the failure.

Week of 10 August 2026

A week of finishing touches: preferences, mail and a consistent interface.

• Personal menu redesigned: your preferences and your actions gathered in one place.
• Bulk actions on mails: select several messages to handle them at once.
• Aliases: your secondary mail addresses are managed from the settings.
• Mail apps: a page explains how to set up your mail app, which signs in with a dedicated app password.
• Video calls: ergonomics reviewed.
• Consistent interface: fields, buttons and windows look the same everywhere.
• Search and folder tree improved.

Week of 3 August 2026

Video calls, appointment booking and automatic filing by AI.

• Video calls: hold video meetings without leaving PAFworks.
• Booking pages: share a link so that the people you deal with book a free slot in your calendar themselves.
• Tasks: create your tasks and find them in the calendar.
• Automatic filing: drop your documents into a folder, and AI files them into the right subfolders; it can even read scanned documents.
• Handier mail: mark as read or unread, a star for important messages, quick deletion, and search in mails as in their attachments. An attachment saved in your files is not duplicated.
• A files table your way: choose the columns shown and adjust their width.
• Colourful calendars and address books: a colour for each calendar and address book, and an eye to show or hide them.
• Single sign-on (SSO): sign in with your organisation's account. (administrators)

Week of 27 July 2026

A new design, and a host of features for your files.

• New design for the whole interface.
• Public share links, protected if needed by a password and an expiry date.
• Trash: deleted items can be restored for 30 days.
• Versions: every change keeps the previous version, which you can restore.
• Favourites and colour labels to find your files.
• Gallery: thumbnails and a gallery view for your photos.
• Search in the content of documents: PDF, Word, Excel, LibreOffice…
• Activity log: who did what, and when.
• User groups to share more simply.
• Quotas: the space used and the space available are shown.
• Security: two-factor authentication and app passwords for your synced devices.

Before August 2026: the foundations

• May 2025: first prototype, files reachable from the Nextcloud apps.
• September 2025: browsing files, uploading, downloading, creating and moving folders, and a personal space for each user.
• February 2026: new interface, full sync with the official Nextcloud apps, shared folders, user management and a first collaborative editor.
• March 2026: collaborative Markdown editor and PDF export, search in files, PDF and image viewer; calendars and contacts that sync and can be shared, with event invitations; full mail, with attachments, out-of-office replies and shared mailboxes; company directory (LDAP); installation by Debian package or Docker.
• June 2026: calendar invitations sent by mail, and neater PDF exports.