v1.20.16

<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 2026-03-08)

## recent important news

* [v1.20.9 (2026-02-25)](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/tag/v1.20.9) fixed [CVE-2026-27948](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/security/advisories/GHSA-62cr-6wp5-q43h) (XSS)

## 🧪 new features

* #1463 opds: improved compatibility with various clients (thx @kamaeff!) 9068ec6a
* #1485 users with read-access can now create get-only shares (thx @Scotsguy!) 0bb80e92
* #1466 support the s6 service notification protocol (thx @mobin-2008!) 8c201b84 ca406472
* download-as-zip/tar: the toplevel folder can be renamed with url-param `&name=foo` or entirely removed with `&name` cc5420a3
* #1487 option to generate music spectrograms with logarithmic frequency scale (thx @9hax!) 83dc20f3
* option to set custom name/path for ffmpeg/ffprobe binaries 5e806ec1
* #1489 audio playback of mka files

## 🩹 bugfixes

* #1480 #1482 fix get-only shares not expiring if the creator is removed (thx @celinke97 and @Scotsguy!) 3b53a228
* #1474 toggling between cropped/fullsize coverart for music didn't work 926c6e81
* #1470 files from the year 30828 would break file listing 27031f73
* #1494 fix js-crash when dragging a pic from the gallery out of the browser (thx @icxes!) 7d81b9e8
* "fancy markdown editor" didn't work on phones 6183540c
* improve signal handling f4f97b6c
  * if I messed something up then `--sig-thr` or send 7x sigterm

## 🔧 other changes

* docker: the arm32 build of the iv image has graduated 6e75faa6
  * `copyparty/iv` is now only available for `i386` / `x86_64` / `aarch64`
* docker: rawpy is no longer bundled; now using libraw directly 348b4bb5
  * creating thumbnails of .raw photos is now MUCH slower but quality is also much better
* partyfuse: switch to mfusepy; adds fuse3 support and improves performance b2401ff1
* additional advisory tiers for use with the vulnerability-checker 4e9ad781
* clarify behavior of `xvol` regarding permissions e3271830
* packaging/docs:
  * #1479 freebsd: fix deps in rc.d (thx @Kansattica!) f432ef6d
  * #1458 macos docs (thx @ilotoki0804!) d7eb556c

## 🌠 fun facts

* there will be a tiny handful of copyparty stickers at dokomi this weekend

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