v1.17.1

9001/copypartyv1.17.1May 18, 2025by 9001

AI Summary

Adds a toolbar button to zip/tar folders, new options for default checksum algorithms, and officially supports Arch Linux.

Key Highlights

  • New toolbar button to archive folders as zip/tar.
  • Options to specify the default checksum algorithm for uploads.
  • Official inclusion in Arch Linux AUR.

New Features

  • Zip/Tar folder button
  • Default checksum algorithm options for uploads
  • New --put-name option for nameless uploads
  • ArchLinux support

Full Release Notes

<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 features

* new toolbar button to zip/tar the currently open folder 256dad8c
* new options to specify the default checksum algorithm for PUT/bup/WebDAV uploads 0de09860
* #164 new option `--put-name` to specify the filename of nameless uploads 5dcd88a6
  * the default is still `put-TIMESTAMP-IPADDRESS.bin`

## 🩹 bugfixes

* #162 password-protected shares was incompatible with password-hashing c3ef3fdc
* #161 m3u playlist creation was only possible over https 94352f27
* when relocating/redirecting an upload from an xbu hook (execute-before-upload), could miss an already existing file at the destination and create another copy 0a9a8077
* some edgecases when moving files between filesystems f425ff51
* improve tagscan-resume after a server restart (primarily for dupes) 41fa6b25
* support prehistoric timestamps in fat16 vhd-drives on windows 261236e3

## 🔧 other changes

* #159 the nixos module was improved (thx @gabevenberg and @chinponya!) d1bca1f5
* an archlinux maintainer adopted the aur package; copyparty is now [officially in arch](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/copyparty/) b9ba783c
* #162 add KDE Dolphin instructions to the conect-page d4a8071d
* audioplayer now knows that `.oga` means `.ogg`

## 🌠 fun facts

* this release contains code [pair-programmed during an anime rave](https://a.ocv.me/pub/g/nerd-stuff/PXL_20250503_222654610.jpg)

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