v1.18.0

9001/copypartyv1.18.0Jun 22, 2025by 9001

AI Summary

Introduces 'Logtail,' a feature to livestream logfiles in the textfile viewer, and updates to IdP-volume syntax and custom filetype icons.

Key Highlights

Livestreaming of logfiles and growing files via the textfile viewer.
Automatic mimetype detection for files without extensions.
Improved custom filetype icons.

New Features

Logfile livestreaming (Logtail)
IdP-volume syntax extension for excluding users/groups
New --see-dots option
Automatic mimetype detection for nameless files
Improved custom filetype icons

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

* textfile-viewer can now livestream logfiles (and other growing files) 17fa4906 77df17d1 a1c7a095 6ecf4fdc
  * see [readme](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/#textfile-viewer) and the [live demo](https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/logtail/)
* IdP-volumes: extend syntax for excluding certain users/groups 2e53f797
  * the commit-message explains it well enough
* new option `--see-dots` to show dotfiles in the web-ui by default c599e2aa
* #171 automatic mimetype detection for files without extensions (thx @Morganamilo!) ec05f8cc 9dd5dec0
  * default-disabled since it has a performance impact on webdav
    * there are plans to fix this by using the db instead
* #170 improve custom filetype icons
  * be less strict; if a thumbnail is set for `.gz` files, use it for `.tar.gz` too c75b0c25
  * improve config docs fa5845ff

## 🩹 bugfixes

* cosmetic: get rid of some noise along the bottom of some cards in the gridview 8cae7a71
* cosmetic: satisfy a new syntax warning in cpython-3.14 5ac38648

## 🔧 other changes

* properly document how to [build from source](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/docs/devnotes.md#build-from-scratch) / build from scratch f61511d8
* update deps
  * copyparty.exe: python 3.13 1eff87c3
  * webdeps: dompurify 7eca90cc

## 🌠 fun facts

* this release was cooked up in a [swedish forest cabin](https://a.ocv.me/pub/g/nerd-stuff/forestparty.jpg)

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