v1.16.18

<img src="https://github.com/9001/copyparty/raw/hovudstraum/docs/logo.svg" width="250" align="right"/>

* read-only demo server at https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/
* [docker image](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/scripts/docker) ╱ [similar software](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/docs/versus.md) ╱ [client testbed](https://cd.ocv.me/b/)

there is a [discord server](https://discord.gg/25J8CdTT6G) with an `@everyone` in case of future important updates, such as [vulnerabilities](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/security) (most recently 2025-02-25)

## recent important news

* [v1.16.15 (2025-02-25)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.16.15) fixed low-severity xss when uploading maliciously-named files
* [v1.15.0 (2024-09-08)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.15.0) changed upload deduplication to be default-disabled
* [v1.14.3 (2024-08-30)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.14.3) fixed a bug that was introduced in v1.13.8 (2024-08-13); this bug could lead to **data loss** -- see the v1.14.3 release-notes for details

## NEW: make it a bootable usb flashdrive

get the party going anywhere, anytime, no OS required! [download flashdrive image](https://a.ocv.me/pub/stuff/edcd001/enterprise-edition/) or watch the [low-effort demo video](https://a.ocv.me/pub/stuff/edcd001/enterprise-edition/hub-demo-hq.webm) which eventually gets to the copyparty part after showing off a bunch of other stuff on there

* there is [source code](https://github.com/9001/asm/tree/hovudstraum/p/hub) and [build instructions](https://github.com/9001/asm/tree/hovudstraum/p/hub/sm/how2build) too
* please don't take this too seriously

## 🧪 new features

* prefer zlib-ng when available 57a56073
  * download-as-tar-gz becomes 2.5x faster
  * default-enabled in docker-images
  * not enabled in copyparty.exe yet; coming in a future python version
* docker: add mimalloc (optional, default-disabled) de2c9788
  * gives twice the speed, and twice the ram usage

## 🩹 bugfixes

* small up2k glitch 3c90cec0

## 🔧 other changes

* rename logues/readmes when uploaded with write-only access 2525d594
  * since they are used as helptext when viewing the page
* try to block google and other bad bots from `?doc` and `?zip` 99f63adf
  * apparently `rel="nofollow"` means nothing these days

### the docker images for this release were built from e1dea7ef

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## ⚠️ not the [latest version](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/)!