From a8768d05a959dba5d839de98789d4c0c46202499 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ed <s@ocv.me>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 23:39:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add comparison to similar software

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@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ recommended additional steps on debian  which enable audio metadata and thumbnai
 * upload
   * ☑ basic: plain multipart, ie6 support
   * ☑ [up2k](#uploading): js, resumable, multithreaded
-    * not affected by cloudflare's max-upload-size (100 MiB)
+    * unaffected by cloudflare's max-upload-size (100 MiB)
   * ☑ stash: simple PUT filedropper
   * ☑ [unpost](#unpost): undo/delete accidental uploads
   * ☑ [self-destruct](#self-destruct) (specified server-side or client-side)
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ project goals / philosophy
 
 * inverse linux philosophy -- do all the things, and do an *okay* job
   * quick drop-in service to get a lot of features in a pinch
-  * there are probably [better alternatives](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted) if you have specific/long-term needs
-    * but the resumable multithreaded uploads are p slick ngl
+  * check [the alternatives](./docs/versus.md)
 * run anywhere, support everything
   * as many web-browsers and python versions as possible
     * every browser should at least be able to browse, download, upload files
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+# alternatives to copyparty
+
+copyparty compared against all similar software i've bumped into
+
+there is probably some unintentional bias so please submit corrections
+
+currently up to date with [awesome-selfhosted](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted) but that probably won't last
+
+
+## toc
+
+* top
+* [recommendations](#recommendations)
+* [feature comparisons](#feature-comparisons)
+    * [general](#general)
+    * [file transfer](#file-transfer)
+    * [protocols and client support](#protocols-and-client-support)
+    * [server configuration](#server-configuration)
+    * [server capabilities](#server-capabilities)
+    * [client features](#client-features)
+    * [integration](#integration)
+    * [another matrix](#another-matrix)
+* [reviews](#reviews)
+    * [copyparty](#copyparty)
+    * [hfs2](#hfs2)
+    * [hfs3](#hfs3)
+    * [nextcloud](#nextcloud)
+    * [seafile](#seafile)
+    * [rclone](#rclone)
+    * [dufs](#dufs)
+    * [chibisafe](#chibisafe)
+    * [kodbox](#kodbox)
+    * [filebrowser](#filebrowser)
+    * [filegator](#filegator)
+    * [updog](#updog)
+    * [goshs](#goshs)
+    * [gimme-that](#gimme-that)
+    * [ass](#ass)
+    * [linx](#linx)
+* [briefly considered](#briefly-considered)
+
+
+# recommendations
+
+* [kodbox](https://github.com/kalcaddle/kodbox) ([review](#kodbox)) appears to be a fantastic alternative if you're not worried about running chinese software, with several advantages over copyparty
+  * but anything you want to share must be moved into the kodbox filesystem
+* [seafile](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile) ([review](#seafile)) and [nextcloud](https://github.com/nextcloud/server) ([review](#nextcloud)) could be decent alternatives if you need something heavier than copyparty
+  * but their [license](https://snyk.io/learn/agpl-license/) is [problematic](https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy)
+  * and copyparty is way better at uploads in particular (resumable, accelerated)
+  * and anything you want to share must be moved into the respective filesystems
+* [filebrowser](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser) ([review](#filebrowser)) and [dufs](https://github.com/sigoden/dufs) ([review](#dufs)) are simpler copyparties but with a settings gui
+  * has some of the same strengths of copyparty, being portable and able to work with an existing folder structure
+  * ...but copyparty is better at uploads + some other things
+
+
+# feature comparisons
+
+```
+<&Kethsar> copyparty is very much bloat ed, so yeah
+```
+
+the table headers in the matrixes below are the different softwares, with a quick review of each software in the next section
+
+the softwares,
+* `a` = [copyparty](https://github.com/9001/copyparty)
+* `b` = [hfs2](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs2)
+* `c` = [hfs3](https://www.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 .`
+* `g` = [dufs](https://github.com/sigoden/dufs)
+* `h` = [chibisafe](https://github.com/chibisafe/chibisafe)
+* `i` = [kodbox](https://github.com/kalcaddle/kodbox)
+* `j` = [filebrowser](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser)
+* `k` = [filegator](https://github.com/filegator/filegator)
+
+some softwares not in the matrixes,
+* [updog](#updog)
+* [goshs](#goshs)
+* [gimme-that](#gimmethat)
+* [ass](#ass)
+* [linx](#linx)
+
+symbol legend,
+* `█` = absolutely
+* `╱` = partially
+* `•` = maybe?
+* ` ` = nope
+
+
+## general
+
+| feature / software      | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
+| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| intuitive UX            |   | ╱ | █ | █ | █ |   | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | 
+| config GUI              |   | █ | █ | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ | █ |   | 
+| good documentation      |   |   |   | █ | █ | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ |
+| runs on iOS             | ╱ |   |   |   |   | ╱ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| runs on Android         | █ |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| runs on WinXP           | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| runs on Windows         | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ |
+| runs on Linux           | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| runs on Macos           | █ |   | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| runs on FreeBSD         | █ |   |   | • | █ | █ | █ | • | █ | █ |   |
+| portable binary         | █ | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   | █ |   |
+| zero setup, just go     | █ | █ | █ |   |   | ╱ | █ |   |   | █ |   |
+| android app             | ╱ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| iOS app                 |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+
+* `zero setup` = you can get a mostly working setup by just launching the app, without having to install any software or configure whatever
+* `a`/copyparty remarks:
+  * no gui for server settings; only for client-side stuff
+  * can theoretically run on iOS / iPads using [iSH](https://ish.app/), but only the iPad will offer sufficient multitasking i think
+  * [android app](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ocv.partyup/) is for uploading only
+* `b`/hfs2 runs on linux through wine
+* `f`/rclone must be started with the command `rclone serve webdav .` or similar
+* `h`/chibisafe has undocumented windows support
+
+
+## file transfer
+
+*the thing that copyparty is actually kinda good at*
+
+| feature / software      | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
+| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| download folder as zip  | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |   | █ |   | █ | █ | ╱ |
+| download folder as tar  | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |
+| upload                  | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| parallel uploads        | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   | • |   | █ |   | █ |
+| resumable uploads       | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   | █ |
+| upload segmenting       | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ | █ |   | █ |
+| upload acceleration     | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   | █ |
+| upload verification     | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| upload deduplication    | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| upload a 999 TiB file   | █ |   |   |   | █ | █ | • |   | █ |   | █ |
+| keep last-modified time | █ |   |   | █ | █ | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| upload rules            | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ |   |   | ╱ | ╱ |   | ╱ |
+| ┗ max disk usage        | █ | █ |   |   | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| ┗ max filesize          | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   | █ |
+| ┗ max items in folder   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| ┗ max file age          | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| ┗ max uploads over time | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| ┗ compress before write | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| ┗ randomize filename    | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |
+| ┗ mimetype reject-list  | ╱ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | • |   |   |
+| ┗ extension reject-list | ╱ |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ | • |   |   |
+| checksums provided      |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ | ╱ |   |
+| cloud storage backend   | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ |   |   | ╱ | █ |
+
+* `upload segmenting` = files are sliced into chunks, making it possible to upload files larger than 100 MiB on cloudflare for example
+
+* `upload acceleration` = each file can be uploaded using several TCP connections, which can offer a huge speed boost over huge distances / on flaky connections -- like the good old [download accelerators](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GetRight) except in reverse
+
+* `upload verification` = uploads are checksummed or otherwise confirmed to have been transferred correctly
+
+* `checksums provided` = when downloading a file from the server, the file's checksum is provided for verification client-side
+
+* `cloud storage backend` = able to serve files from (and write to) s3 or similar cloud services; `╱` means the software can do this with some help from `rclone mount` as a bridge
+
+* `a`/copyparty can reject uploaded files (based on complex conditions), for example [by extension](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/reject-extension.py) or [mimetype](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/reject-mimetype.py)
+* `j`/filebrowser can provide checksums for single files on request
+* `k`/filegator download-as-zip is not streaming; it creates the full zipfile before download can start
+
+## protocols and client support
+
+| feature / software      | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
+| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| serve https             | █ |   | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| serve webdav            | █ |   |   | █ | █ | █ | █ |   | █ |   |   |
+| serve ftp               | █ |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| serve ftps              | █ |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| serve sftp              |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| serve smb/cifs          | ╱ |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| serve dlna              |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| listen on unix-socket   |   |   |   | █ | █ |   | █ | █ | █ |   | █ |
+| zeroconf                | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| supports netscape 4     | ╱ |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   | • |
+| ...internet explorer 6  | ╱ | █ |   | █ |   | █ |   |   |   |   | • |
+| mojibake filenames      | █ |   |   | • | • | █ | █ | • | • | • |   |
+| undecodable filenames   | █ |   |   | • | • | █ |   | • | • |   |   |
+
+* `zeroconf` = the server announces itself on the LAN, automatically appearing on other zeroconf-capable devices
+* `mojibake filenames` = filenames decoded with the wrong codec and then reencoded (usually to utf-8), so `宇多田ヒカル` might look like `ëFæ╜ôcâqâJâï`
+* `undecodable filenames` = pure binary garbage which cannot be parsed as utf-8
+  * you can successfully play `$'\355\221'` with mpv through mounting a remote copyparty server with rclone, pog
+* `a`/copyparty remarks:
+  * extremely minimal samba/cifs server
+  * netscape 4 / ie6 support is mostly listed as a joke altho some people have actually found it useful
+
+
+## server configuration
+
+| feature / software      | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
+| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| config from cmd args    | █ |   |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   | █ |   |
+| config files            | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | ╱ | █ |   | █ |   | █ | • |
+| runtime config reload   | █ | █ | █ |   |   |   |   | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| same-port http / https  | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| listen multiple ports   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| virtual file system     | █ | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |
+| reverse-proxy ok        | █ |   | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | • | • | • |
+| folder-rproxy ok        | █ |   |   |   | █ | █ |   | • | • | • | • |
+
+* `folder-rproxy` = reverse-proxying without dedicating an entire (sub)domain, using a subfolder instead
+
+
+## server capabilities
+
+| feature / software      | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
+| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| accounts                | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| single-sign-on          |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | • |   |   |
+| token auth              |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   | █ |   |   |   |
+| per-volume permissions  | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |   | █ | █ | ╱ |
+| per-folder permissions  | ╱ |   |   | █ | █ |   | █ |   | █ | █ | ╱ |
+| per-file permissions    |   |   |   | █ | █ |   | █ |   | █ |   |   |
+| per-file passwords      | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   | █ |   | █ |   |   |
+| unmap subfolders        | █ |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   | █ | ╱ |
+| index.html blocks list  |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   | • |   |
+| write-only folders      | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |
+| files stored as-is      | █ | █ | █ | █ |   | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ |
+| file versioning         |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| file encryption         |   |   |   | █ | █ | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| file indexing           | █ |   | █ | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ | █ |   |
+| ┗ per-volume db         | █ |   | • | • | • |   |   | • | • |   |   |
+| ┗ db stored in folder   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   | • | • | █ |   |
+| ┗ db stored out-of-tree | █ |   | █ | █ | █ |   |   | • | • | █ |   |
+| ┗ existing file tree    | █ |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |
+| file action event hooks | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |
+| one-way folder sync     | █ |   |   | █ | █ | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+| full sync               |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| speed throttle          |   | █ | █ |   |   | █ |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| anti-bruteforce         | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |   |   |   | • |   |   |
+| dyndns updater          |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| self-updater            |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| log rotation            | █ |   | █ | █ | █ |   |   | • | █ |   |   |
+| upload tracking / log   | █ | █ | • | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |
+| curl-friendly ls        | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| curl-friendly upload    | █ |   |   |   |   | █ | █ | • |   |   |   |
+
+* `unmap subfolders` = "shadowing"; mounting a local folder in the middle of an existing filesystem tree in order to disable access below that path
+* `files stored as-is` = uploaded files are trivially readable from the server HDD, not sliced into chunks or in weird folder structures or anything like that
+* `db stored in folder` = filesystem index can be written to a database file inside the folder itself
+* `db stored out-of-tree` = filesystem index can be stored some place else, not necessarily inside the shared folders
+* `existing file tree` = will index any existing files it finds
+* `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
+* `curl-friendly ls` = returns a plaintext folder listing when curled
+* `curl-friendly upload` = uploading with curl is just `curl -T some.bin http://.../`
+* `a`/copyparty remarks:
+  * one-way folder sync from local to server can be done efficiently with [up2k.py](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/up2k.py), or with webdav and conventional rsync
+  * can hot-reload config files (with just a few exceptions)
+  * can set per-folder permissions if that folder is made into a separate volume, so there is configuration overhead
+  * upload history can be visualized using [partyjournal](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/partyjournal.py)
+* `k`/filegator remarks:
+  * `per-* permissions` -- can limit a user to one folder and its subfolders
+  * `unmap subfolders` -- can globally filter a list of paths
+
+
+## client features
+
+| feature / software      | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
+| ----------------------  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| single-page app         | █ |   | █ | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| themes                  | █ | █ |   | █ |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| directory tree nav      | █ | ╱ |   |   | █ |   |   |   | █ |   | ╱ |
+| multi-column sorting    | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| thumbnails              | █ |   |   | ╱ | ╱ |   |   | █ | █ | ╱ |   |
+| ┗ image thumbnails      | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   | █ | █ | █ |   |
+| ┗ video thumbnails      | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| ┗ audio spectrograms    | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| audio player            | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ | ╱ |   |
+| ┗ gapless playback      | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | • |   |   |
+| ┗ audio equalizer       | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| ┗ waveform seekbar      | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| ┗ OS integration        | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| ┗ transcode to lossy    | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| video player            | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |
+| ┗ video transcoding     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| audio BPM detector      | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| audio key detector      | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| search by path / name   | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |   | █ |   | █ | █ | ╱ |
+| search by date / size   | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |
+| search by bpm / key     | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| search by custom tags   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |
+| search in file contents |   |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| search by custom parser | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| find local file         | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| undo recent uploads     | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| create directories      | █ |   |   | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ |   | █ |
+| image viewer            | █ |   |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ |   | █ |
+| markdown viewer         | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   | █ | ╱ | ╱ |
+| markdown editor         | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   | █ | ╱ | ╱ |
+| readme.md in listing    | █ |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| rename files            | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ |   | █ | █ | █ |
+| batch rename            | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| cut / paste files       | █ | █ |   | █ | █ |   |   |   | █ |   |   |
+| move files              | █ | █ |   | █ | █ |   | █ |   | █ | █ | █ |
+| delete files            | █ | █ |   | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
+| copy files              |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   | █ | █ | █ |
+
+* `single-page app` = multitasking; possible to continue navigating while uploading
+* `audio player » os-integration` = use the lockscreen to play/pause, prev/next song
+* `find local file` = drop a file into the browser to see if it exists on the server
+* `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
+* `f`/rclone can do some file management (mkdir, rename, delete) when hosting througn webdav
+* `j`/filebrowser has a plaintext viewer/editor
+* `k`/filegator directory tree is a modal window
+
+
+## integration
+
+| feature / software      | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
+| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
+| OS alert on upload      | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | ╱ |   |
+| discord                 | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | ╱ |   |
+| ┗ announce uploads      | █ |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| ┗ custom embeds         |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
+| sharex                  | █ |   |   | █ |   | █ | ╱ | █ |   |   |   |
+| flameshot               |   |   |   |   |   | █ |   |   |   |   |   |
+
+* sharex ╱ = yes, but does not provide example sharex config
+* `a`/copyparty remarks:
+  * `OS alert on upload` available as [a plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/notify.py)
+  * `discord » announce uploads` available as [a plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/discord-announce.py)
+* `j`/filebrowser can probably pull those off with command runners similar to copyparty
+
+
+## another matrix
+
+| software / feature | lang   | lic    | size   |
+| ------------------ | ------ | ------ | ------ |
+| copyparty          | python | █ mit  | 0.6 MB |
+| hfs2               | delphi | ░ gpl3 |   2 MB |
+| hfs3               | ts     | ░ gpl3 |  36 MB |
+| nextcloud          | php    | ‼ agpl |    •   |
+| seafile            | c      | ‼ agpl |    •   |
+| rclone             | c      | █ mit  |  45 MB |
+| dufs               | rust   | █ apl2 | 2.5 MB |
+| chibisafe          | ts     | █ mit  |    •   |
+| kodbox             | php    | ░ gpl3 |  92 MB |
+| filebrowser        | go     | █ apl2 |  20 MB |
+| filegator          | php    | █ mit  |    •   |
+| updog              | python | █ mit  |  17 MB |
+| goshs              | go     | █ mit  |  11 MB |
+| gimme-that         | python | █ mit  | 4.8 MB |
+| ass                | ts     | █ isc  |    •   |
+| linx               | go     | ░ gpl3 |  20 MB |
+
+* `size` = binary (if available) or installed size of program and its dependencies
+  * copyparty size is for the standalone python file; the windows exe is **6 MiB**
+
+
+# reviews
+
+* ✅ are advantages over copyparty
+* ⚠️ are disadvantages
+
+## [copyparty](https://github.com/9001/copyparty)
+* resumable uploads which are verified server-side
+* upload segmenting allows for potentially much faster uploads on some connections, and terabyte-sized files even on cloudflare
+  * both of the above are surprisingly uncommon features
+* very cross-platform (python, no dependencies)
+
+## [hfs2](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs2)
+* the OG, the legend
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ⚠️ windows-only
+* ✅ config GUI
+* vfs with gui config, per-volume permissions
+* starting to show its age, hence the rewrite:
+
+## [hfs3](https://www.rejetto.com/hfs/)
+* nodejs; cross-platform
+* vfs with gui config, per-volume permissions
+* still early development, let's revisit later
+
+## [nextcloud](https://github.com/nextcloud/server)
+* php, mariadb
+* ⚠️ [isolated on-disk file hierarchy] in per-user folders
+  * not that bad, can probably be remedied with bindmounts or maybe symlinks
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ⚠️ no write-only / upload-only folders
+* ⚠️ http/webdav only; no ftp, zeroconf
+* ⚠️ less awesome music player
+* ⚠️ doesn't run on android or ipads
+* ✅ great ui/ux
+* ✅ config gui
+* ✅ apps (android / iphone)
+  * copyparty: android upload-only app
+* ✅ more granular permissions (per-file)
+* ✅ search: fulltext indexing of file contents
+* ✅ webauthn passwordless authentication
+
+## [seafile](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile)
+* c, mariadb
+* ⚠️ [isolated on-disk file hierarchy](https://manual.seafile.com/maintain/seafile_fsck/), incompatible with other software
+  * *much worse than nextcloud* in that regard
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ⚠️ no write-only / upload-only folders
+* ⚠️ http/webdav only; no ftp, zeroconf
+* ⚠️ less awesome music player
+* ⚠️ doesn't run on android or ipads
+* ✅ great ui/ux
+* ✅ config gui
+* ✅ apps (android / iphone)
+  * copyparty: android upload-only app
+* ✅ more granular permissions (per-file)
+* ✅ search: fulltext indexing of file contents
+
+## [rclone](https://github.com/rclone/rclone)
+* nice standalone c program
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ⚠️ no web-ui, just a server / downloader / uploader utility
+* ✅ works with almost any protocol, cloud provider
+  * ⚠️ copyparty's webdav server is slightly faster
+
+## [dufs](https://github.com/sigoden/dufs)
+* rust; cross-platform (windows, linux, macos)
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
+* ✅ per-url access control (copyparty is per-volume)
+* basic but really snappy ui
+* upload, rename, delete, ... see feature matrix
+
+## [chibisafe](https://github.com/chibisafe/chibisafe)
+* nodejs; recommends docker
+* *it has upload segmenting!*
+  * ⚠️ but uploads are still not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+* ⚠️ not portable
+* ⚠️ isolated on-disk file hierarchy, incompatible with other software
+* ⚠️ http/webdav only; no ftp or zeroconf
+* ✅ pretty ui
+* ✅ control panel for server settings and user management
+* ✅ user registration
+* ✅ searchable image tags; delete by tag
+* ✅ browser extension to upload files to the server
+* ✅ reject uploads by file extension
+  * copyparty: can reject uploads [by extension](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/reject-extension.py) or [mimetype](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/reject-mimetype.py) using plugins
+* ✅ token auth (api keys)
+
+## [kodbox](https://github.com/kalcaddle/kodbox)
+* this thing is insane
+* php; [docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/kodcloud/kodbox)
+* *upload segmenting, acceleration, and integrity checking!*
+  * ⚠️ but uploads are not resumable(?)
+* ⚠️ not portable
+* ⚠️ isolated on-disk file hierarchy, incompatible with other software
+* ⚠️ http/webdav only; no ftp or zeroconf
+* ⚠️ some parts of the GUI are in chinese
+* ✅ fantastic ui/ux
+* ✅ control panel for server settings and user management
+* ✅ file tags; file discussions!?
+* ✅ video transcoding
+* ✅ unzip uploaded archives
+* ✅ IDE with syntax hilighting
+* ✅ wysiwyg editor for openoffice files
+
+## [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
+* ⚠️ http only; no webdav / ftp / zeroconf
+* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
+* ⚠️ limited file search
+* ✅ settings gui
+* ✅ good ui/ux
+  * ⚠️ but no directory tree for navigation
+* supposed to have write-only folders but couldn't get it to work
+
+## [filegator](https://github.com/filegator/filegator)
+* go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
+* ⚠️ http only; no webdav / ftp / zeroconf
+* ⚠️ does not support symlinks
+* ⚠️ expensive download-as-zip feature
+* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
+* ⚠️ limited file search
+* *it has upload segmenting and acceleration*
+  * ⚠️ but uploads are still not integrity-checked
+
+## [updog](https://github.com/sc0tfree/updog)
+* python; cross-platform
+* basic directory listing with upload feature
+* ⚠️ less portable
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ⚠️ no vfs; single folder, single account
+
+## [goshs](https://github.com/patrickhener/goshs)
+* go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
+* ⚠️ no vfs; single folder, single account
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ✅ cool clipboard widget
+  * copyparty: the markdown editor is an ok substitute
+* read-only and upload-only modes (same as copyparty's write-only)
+* https, webdav
+
+## [gimme-that](https://github.com/nejdetckenobi/gimme-that)
+* python, but with c dependencies
+* ⚠️ no vfs; single folder, multiple accounts
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ⚠️ weird folder structure for uploads
+* ✅ clamav antivirus check on upload! neat
+* optional max-filesize, os-notification on uploads
+  * copyparty: os-notification available as [a plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/notify.py)
+
+## [ass](https://github.com/tycrek/ass)
+* nodejs; recommends docker
+* ⚠️ not portable
+* ⚠️ upload only; no browser
+* ⚠️ upload through sharex only; no web-ui
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* ✅ token auth
+* ✅ gps metadata stripping
+  * copyparty: possible with [a plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/mtag/image-noexif.py)
+* ✅ discord integration (custom embeds, upload webhook)
+  * copyparty: [upload webhook plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/discord-announce.py)
+* ✅ reject uploads by mimetype
+  * copyparty: can reject uploads [by extension](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/reject-extension.py) or [mimetype](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/reject-mimetype.py) using plugins
+* ✅ can use S3 as storage backend; copyparty relies on rclone-mount for that
+* ✅ custom 404 pages
+
+## [linx](https://github.com/ZizzyDizzyMC/linx-server/)
+* originally [andreimarcu/linx-server](https://github.com/andreimarcu/linx-server) but development has ended
+* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
+  * ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
+* some of its unique features have been added to copyparty as former linx users have migrated
+  * file expiration timers, filename randomization
+* ✅ password-protected files
+  * copyparty: password-protected folders and filekeys are 
+* ✅ file deletion keys
+* ✅ download files as torrents
+* ✅ remote uploads (send a link to the server and it downloads it)
+  * copyparty: available as a [terrible hack](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/mtag/wget.py)
+* ✅ can use S3 as storage backend; copyparty relies on rclone-mount for that
+
+
+# briefly considered
+* [pydio](https://github.com/pydio/cells): python/agpl3, looks great, fantastic ux -- but needs mariadb, systemwide install
+* [gossa](https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa): go/mit, minimalistic, basic file upload, text editor, mkdir and rename (no delete/move)
+* [h5ai](https://larsjung.de/h5ai/): php/mit, slick ui, image viewer, directory tree, no upload feature