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* 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)
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* 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