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DC++ 0.880 Stable

DC++ 0.880 Stable
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DC++ application is an open source file sharing client for Windows for the Direct Connect and Advanced Direct Connect network. Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits.

The DC++ client is completely free of advertisements and has a nice, easy to use interface. Firewall and router support is integrated and it is easy and convenient to use functionality like multi-hub connections, auto-connections and resuming of downloads.

DC++ is a highly ranked piece of software among the projects hosted at Sourceforge. With more than fifty million downloads, new users continue to find benefits from the software every day. The program is, based on observable factors, the most prevalent client on the Direct Connect network.

DC++ is free software, written in C++ for the Direct Connect and licensed under the GNU GPL 2.

DC++ Features:

  • No ads, spyware, or bundled software that you don’t need
  • Open source software, code freely available under the GNU GPL
  • Joins multiple hubs at the same time
  • Multiple protocol support (ADC & NMDC)
  • List of bookmark-like favorite hubs and users
  • Shares large files and many files per your organization scheme
  • Tiger Tree Hashes (TTH) used for file integrity
  • Search across all (or selected) connected hubs by file type, size, name or hash
  • Resume of downloads, with optional automatic search for alternate sources by TTH
  • Logging options and configuration for chat, private messages, downloads, and uploads
  • Automatic connectivity setup with autoconfiguration of UPnP and NAT-PMP routers
  • MAGNET link support for linking to specific content
  • Automatic and manual download priorities
  • Saving of user’s file lists for browsing and queueing
  • GUI supports many languages using community supplied Gettext .po language files
  • Segmented downloading
  • NAT-Traversal support
  • SSL encrypted secure hub-client communication and file transfers
  • Bandwidth limiting capabilities
  • Plugin support

Changes in DC++ 0.880 (2022-10-20):

  • Upgrade license to GPLv3 for future license compatibility with some libraries
  • Add OS and UAC compatibility manifests (emtee, iceman50)
  • [L#1774502] Restore automatic downloading of up-to-date GeoIP databases
  • Set cached hublists to expire in 24 hours, keep them longer only in case of download problems (emtee, rolex)
  • [L#1979900] Prefer attempting outgoing connections on IPv4 when there’s no IPv6 connectivity (emtee)
  • Introduce the naming “Optimized” and “Legacy” for the 64-bit and 32-bit builds of DC++ respectively; the former gains advantage of modern OSes and hardware while the latter makes DC++ remain compatible with the 32-bit architecture and / or old hardware.
  • Installer: detect available CPU features and offer the best DC++ binary for the current system (emtee)
  • [L#1970416] Set the focus properly on the active window at startup (emtee)
  • [L#1952754] Add new hublist server hublist.pwiam.com; blacklist and remove discontinued or inaccessible server addresses
  • Add AboutConfig frame for testing and debugging purposes (iceman50, emtee)
  • [L#1682791] Block possible unencrypted direct private message connection attempts (fix adapted from AirDC++) (emtee)
  • Upgrade compiler for better performance; allows further optimizations to modern Windows versions (cologic, emtee)
  • Allow copy of hub address with keyprint on secure hubs (code adapted from AirDC++) (emtee)
  • Require SSSE3 for 64-bit builds (cologic)
  • Documentation and translations updated as usual, thanks everyone

Changes in DC++ 0.871 (2022-04-01):

  • Update OpenSSL to version 1.1.1n
  • Offer the current testing release to a random subset of users at start (emtee)
  • [L#1965620] Restore TLS connections to certain servers with multiple hostnames (fix adapted from AirDC++)

Changes in DC++ 0.870 (2021-09-09):

  • Adaptively determine fastest TLS 1.3 ciphersuites (klondike)
  • [L#1703150] Fix crash when closing NMDC hubs (emtee)
  • [L#1909853] Allow the operating system to determine the best socket buffer sizes by default (maksis)
  • Add option to exclude encrypted private messages from logs (emtee)
  • Allow CCPM on unencrypted ADC hubs (emtee)
  • Blacklist an unmaintained hublist server
  • Add new hublist server dcnf.github.io
  • Fix a bug that could keep files from hashing due to CRC errors when automatic .sfv checking is enabled (emtee)
  • Don’t add incomplete TTH trees to hash database (cologic)
  • Don’t share files/directories with non-UTF-8 names on Linux/macOS/BSDs (cologic)
  • Fix GeoIP country in the Transfer View and Search window (emtee)
  • Keep existing GeoIP files after an unsuccessful download (emtee)
  • Update OpenSSL to version 1.1.1k
  • Require TLS 1.2 or newer (currently only TLS 1.3)-based ADCS connections (cologic)
  • “Require TLS ADC client-client connections” setting now on by default (poy)
  • Drop support for SHA-1-based ciphersuites due to chosen-prefix collisions from https://sha-mbles.github.io/ (cologic)
  • Disallow Diffie-Hellman keys smaller than 2048 bits to mitigate the Logjam attack (cologic)
  • Update bzip2 to version 1.0.8
  • Update MiniUPnPc to version 2.2.1
  • Update Boost to version 1.72