DC++ 0.884 Stable

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.

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 version 0.884 (2026-09-03):

• Prevent a possible freeze during time formatting (emtee)
• Avoid freezes with overly long hub and nick names (emtee)
• Improved bounds check for NMDC search strings (emtee)
• Reject direct private messages that are received before the connection has been fully negotiated (fix adapted from AirDC++) (emtee)
• Prevent accepting overly high or out of range numeric setting values (emtee)

Changes in version 0.883 (2025-09-12):

• Enable support for secure NMDC (nmdcs://) hub connections
• Prefer secure hub addresses, if available, in Public hub lists
• Add option for a broader port mapping device detection method (currently works with MiniUPnPc only) (emtee)
• Improve port mapping device indentification in the logs (emtee)
• Make self generated certs valid for a year, regenerate them sooner than the expriation time (code adapted from AirDC++)
• Meaningful TLS error messages (code adapted from AirDC++)
• Fix NAT-PNP mapping removal
• Avoid flooding with infinite full tree requests
• Fix a possible crash when saving hash data
• Fix a possible latency in the availability of TTH search results for updated files on hubs with BLOM support
• Ensure that files are always instantly searchable by name after they have been hashed
• Fix hash pausing so it always works instantly
• Update OpenSSL to version 3.2.4
• Update MiniUPnPc to version 2.3.3
• Documentation and translations updated as usual, thanks everyone

Homepage – https://dcplusplus.sourceforge.io/

Size: 122 MB

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