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update comparison vs similar software:

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* general changes:
  * upload speed comparisons considering v1.13.5

* hfs2:
  * dead project with unfixed vulnerabilities

* hfs3:
  * has replaced hfs2
  * uploads are now resumable
  * add new functionality:
    * write-only folders
    * unmap subfolders
    * move and delete files
    * folder-rproxy
    * themes
    * basic audio player, image viewer

* filebrowser:
  * uploads are now parallelized, resumable, segmented
    * but single large files are not accelerated
  * can listen on unix sockets
  * folder-rproxy is supported
  * more cpu efficient than copyparty
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@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ currently up to date with [awesome-selfhosted](https://github.com/awesome-selfho
* 💾 = what copyparty offers as an alternative
* 🔵 = similarities
* ⚠️ = disadvantages (something copyparty does "better")
* 🔥 = hazards
## toc
@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ currently up to date with [awesome-selfhosted](https://github.com/awesome-selfho
* [another matrix](#another-matrix)
* [reviews](#reviews)
* [copyparty](#copyparty)
* [hfs2](#hfs2)
* [hfs2](#hfs2) 🔥
* [hfs3](#hfs3)
* [nextcloud](#nextcloud)
* [seafile](#seafile)
@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ the table headers in the matrixes below are the different softwares, with a quic
the softwares,
* `a` = [copyparty](https://github.com/9001/copyparty)
* `b` = [hfs2](https://rejetto.com/hfs/)
* `c` = [hfs3](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs)
* `b` = [hfs2](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs2/) 🔥
* `c` = [hfs3](https://rejetto.com/hfs/)
* `d` = [nextcloud](https://github.com/nextcloud/server)
* `e` = [seafile](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile)
* `f` = [rclone](https://github.com/rclone/rclone), specifically `rclone serve webdav .`
@ -152,19 +153,20 @@ symbol legend,
| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m |
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| download folder as zip | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | | █ | | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | ╱ |
| download folder as tar | █ | | | | | | | | | █ | | | |
| upload | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| parallel uploads | █ | | | █ | █ | | • | | █ | | █ | | █ |
| resumable uploads | █ | | | | | | | | █ | | █ | ╱ | |
| upload segmenting | █ | | | | | | | █ | █ | | █ | ╱ | █ |
| download folder as tar | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| upload | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ |
| parallel uploads | █ | | | █ | █ | | • | | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
| resumable uploads | █ | | █ | | | | | | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | |
| upload segmenting | █ | | | | | | | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ |
| upload acceleration | █ | | | | | | | | █ | | █ | | |
| upload verification | █ | | | █ | █ | | | | █ | | | | |
| upload deduplication | █ | | | | █ | | | | █ | | | | |
| upload a 999 TiB file | █ | | | | █ | █ | • | | █ | | █ | ╱ | ╱ |
| race the beam ("p2p") | █ | | | | | | | | | • | | | |
| CTRL-V from device | █ | | | █ | | | | | | | | | |
| race the beam ("p2p") | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| keep last-modified time | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | | | | | | █ | |
| upload rules | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | | | ╱ | ╱ | | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ |
| ┗ max disk usage | █ | █ | | | █ | | | | █ | | | █ | █ |
| ┗ max disk usage | █ | █ | █ | | █ | | | | █ | | | █ | █ |
| ┗ max filesize | █ | | | | | | | █ | | | █ | █ | █ |
| ┗ max items in folder | █ | | | | | | | | | | | ╱ | |
| ┗ max file age | █ | | | | | | | | █ | | | | |
@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ symbol legend,
* `upload verification` = uploads are checksummed or otherwise confirmed to have been transferred correctly
* `CTRL-V from device` = press CTRL-C in Windows Explorer (or whatever) and paste into the webbrowser to upload it
* `race the beam` = files can be downloaded while they're still uploading; downloaders are slowed down such that the uploader is always ahead
* `checksums provided` = when downloading a file from the server, the file's checksum is provided for verification client-side
@ -213,7 +217,7 @@ symbol legend,
| serve sftp (ssh) | | | | | | █ | | | | | | █ | █ |
| serve smb/cifs | ╱ | | | | | █ | | | | | | | |
| serve dlna | | | | | | █ | | | | | | | |
| listen on unix-socket | | | | █ | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | █ | █ | |
| listen on unix-socket | | | | █ | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | |
| zeroconf | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | █ |
| supports netscape 4 | ╱ | | | | | █ | | | | | • | | ╱ |
| ...internet explorer 6 | ╱ | █ | | █ | | █ | | | | | • | | ╱ |
@ -243,7 +247,7 @@ symbol legend,
| listen multiple ports | █ | | | | | | | | | | | █ | |
| virtual file system | █ | █ | █ | | | | █ | | | | | █ | |
| reverse-proxy ok | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | • | • | • | █ | ╱ |
| folder-rproxy ok | █ | | | | █ | █ | | • | • | • | • | | • |
| folder-rproxy ok | █ | | █ | | █ | █ | | • | • | █ | • | | • |
* `folder-rproxy` = reverse-proxying without dedicating an entire (sub)domain, using a subfolder instead
* `l`/sftpgo:
@ -266,9 +270,9 @@ symbol legend,
| per-folder permissions | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ |
| per-file permissions | | | | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | | | | █ |
| per-file passwords | █ | | | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | | | | █ |
| unmap subfolders | █ | | | | | | █ | | | █ | ╱ | • | |
| unmap subfolders | █ | | █ | | | | █ | | | █ | ╱ | • | |
| index.html blocks list | ╱ | | | | | | █ | | | • | | | |
| write-only folders | █ | | | | | | | | | | █ | █ | |
| write-only folders | █ | | █ | | | | | | | | █ | █ | |
| files stored as-is | █ | █ | █ | █ | | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| file versioning | | | | █ | █ | | | | | | | | |
| file encryption | | | | █ | █ | █ | | | | | | █ | |
@ -298,6 +302,7 @@ symbol legend,
* `file action event hooks` = run script before/after upload, move, rename, ...
* `one-way folder sync` = like rsync, optionally deleting unexpected files at target
* `full sync` = stateful, dropbox-like sync
* `speed throttle` = rate limiting (per ip, per user, per connection, anything like that)
* `curl-friendly ls` = returns a [sortable plaintext folder listing](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215322619-ea5fd606-3654-40ad-94ee-2bc058647bb2.png) when curled
* `curl-friendly upload` = uploading with curl is just `curl -T some.bin http://.../`
* `a`/copyparty remarks:
@ -323,14 +328,14 @@ symbol legend,
| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m |
| ---------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| single-page app | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
| themes | █ | █ | | █ | | | | | █ | | | | |
| themes | █ | █ | █ | █ | | | | | █ | | | | |
| directory tree nav | █ | ╱ | | | █ | | | | █ | | ╱ | | |
| multi-column sorting | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| thumbnails | █ | | | ╱ | ╱ | | | █ | █ | ╱ | | | █ |
| ┗ image thumbnails | █ | | | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | | | █ |
| ┗ video thumbnails | █ | | | █ | █ | | | | █ | | | | █ |
| ┗ audio spectrograms | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| audio player | █ | | | █ | █ | | | | █ | ╱ | | | █ |
| audio player | █ | | ╱ | █ | █ | | | | █ | ╱ | | | █ |
| ┗ gapless playback | █ | | | | | | | | • | | | | |
| ┗ audio equalizer | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ┗ waveform seekbar | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
@ -348,16 +353,16 @@ symbol legend,
| search by custom parser | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| find local file | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| undo recent uploads | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| create directories | █ | | | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| image viewer | █ | | | █ | █ | | | | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
| create directories | █ | | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| image viewer | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | | | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
| markdown viewer | █ | | | | █ | | | | █ | ╱ | ╱ | | █ |
| markdown editor | █ | | | | █ | | | | █ | ╱ | ╱ | | █ |
| readme.md in listing | █ | | | █ | | | | | | | | | |
| rename files | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| batch rename | █ | | | | | | | | █ | | | | |
| cut / paste files | █ | █ | | █ | █ | | | | █ | | | | █ |
| move files | █ | █ | | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
| delete files | █ | █ | | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| move files | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
| delete files | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| copy files | | | | | █ | | | | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
* `single-page app` = multitasking; possible to continue navigating while uploading
@ -367,8 +372,12 @@ symbol legend,
* `undo recent uploads` = accounts without delete permissions have a time window where they can undo their own uploads
* `a`/copyparty has teeny-tiny skips playing gapless albums depending on audio codec (opus best)
* `b`/hfs2 has a very basic directory tree view, not showing sibling folders
* `c`/hfs3 remarks:
* audio playback does not continue into next song
* `f`/rclone can do some file management (mkdir, rename, delete) when hosting througn webdav
* `j`/filebrowser has a plaintext viewer/editor
* `j`/filebrowser remarks:
* audio playback does not continue into next song
* plaintext viewer/editor
* `k`/filegator directory tree is a modal window
@ -424,6 +433,7 @@ symbol legend,
* 💾 are what copyparty offers as an alternative
* 🔵 are similarities
* ⚠️ are disadvantages (something copyparty does "better")
* 🔥 are hazards
## [copyparty](https://github.com/9001/copyparty)
* resumable uploads which are verified server-side
@ -431,8 +441,9 @@ symbol legend,
* both of the above are surprisingly uncommon features
* very cross-platform (python, no dependencies)
## [hfs2](https://rejetto.com/hfs/)
* the OG, the legend
## [hfs2](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs2/)
* the OG, the legend (now replaced by [hfs3](#hfs3))
* 🔥 hfs2 is dead and dangerous! unfixed RCE: [info](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs2/issues/44), [info](https://github.com/drapid/hfs/issues/3), [info](https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/67650/)
* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
* ⚠️ windows-only
@ -440,10 +451,19 @@ symbol legend,
* vfs with gui config, per-volume permissions
* starting to show its age, hence the rewrite:
## [hfs3](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs)
## [hfs3](https://rejetto.com/hfs/)
* nodejs; cross-platform
* vfs with gui config, per-volume permissions
* still early development, let's revisit later
* 🔵 uploads are resumable
* ⚠️ uploads are not segmented; max upload size 100 MiB on cloudflare
* ⚠️ uploads are not accelerated (copyparty is 3x faster across the atlantic)
* ⚠️ uploads are not integrity-checked
* ⚠️ copies the file after upload; need twice filesize free disk space
* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
* ✅ config GUI
* ✅ download counter
* ✅ watch active connections
* ✅ plugins
## [nextcloud](https://github.com/nextcloud/server)
* php, mariadb
@ -497,6 +517,7 @@ symbol legend,
* rust; cross-platform (windows, linux, macos)
* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
* ⚠️ across the atlantic, copyparty is 3x faster
* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
* ✅ per-url access control (copyparty is per-volume)
* 🔵 basic but really snappy ui
@ -539,8 +560,10 @@ symbol legend,
## [filebrowser](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser)
* go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
* 🔵 uploads are resumable and segmented
* 🔵 multiple files are uploaded in parallel, but...
* ⚠️ big files are not accelerated (copyparty is 5x faster across the atlantic)
* ⚠️ uploads are not integrity-checked
* ⚠️ http only; no webdav / ftp / zeroconf
* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
* ⚠️ no directory tree nav
@ -550,12 +573,14 @@ symbol legend,
* ⚠️ but no directory tree for navigation
* ✅ user signup
* ✅ command runner / remote shell
* 🔵 supposed to have write-only folders but couldn't get it to work
* ✅ more efficient; can handle around twice as much simultaneous traffic
## [filegator](https://github.com/filegator/filegator)
* go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
* php; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
* 🔵 *it has upload segmenting and acceleration*
* ⚠️ but uploads are still not integrity-checked
* ⚠️ on copyparty, uploads are 40x faster
* compared to the official filegator docker example which might be bad
* ⚠️ http only; no webdav / ftp / zeroconf
* ⚠️ does not support symlinks
* ⚠️ expensive download-as-zip feature
@ -566,6 +591,7 @@ symbol legend,
* go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
* ⚠️ http uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
* ⚠️ across the atlantic, copyparty is 2.5x faster
* 🔵 sftp uploads are resumable
* ⚠️ web UI is very minimal + a bit slow
* ⚠️ no thumbnails / image viewer / audio player
@ -573,6 +599,7 @@ symbol legend,
* ⚠️ no filesystem indexing / search
* ⚠️ doesn't run on phones, tablets
* ⚠️ no zeroconf (mdns/ssdp)
* ⚠️ impractical directory URLs
* ⚠️ AGPL licensed
* 🔵 ftp, ftps, webdav
* ✅ sftp server
@ -589,11 +616,13 @@ symbol legend,
## [arozos](https://github.com/tobychui/arozos)
* big suite of applications similar to [kodbox](#kodbox), copyparty is better at downloading/uploading/music/indexing but arozos has other advantages
* go; primarily linux (limited support for windows)
* ⚠️ needs root
* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ uploading small files to copyparty is 2.7x faster
* ⚠️ uploading large files to copyparty is at least 10% faster
* arozos is websocket-based, 512 KiB chunks; writes each chunk to separate files and then merges
* copyparty splices directly into the final file; faster and better for the HDD and filesystem
* ⚠️ across the atlantic, uploading to copyparty is 6x faster
* ⚠️ no directory tree navpane; not as easy to navigate
* ⚠️ download-as-zip is not streaming; creates a temp.file on the server
* ⚠️ not self-contained (pulls from jsdelivr)