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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
## symbol legends
### ...in feature matrices:
* `█` = absolutely
* `╱` = partially
* `•` = maybe?
* ` ` = nope
### ...in reviews:
* ✅ = advantages over copyparty
* 💾 = what copyparty offers as an alternative
* 🔵 = similarities
* ⚠️ = disadvantages (something copyparty does "better")
* 🔥 = hazards
## 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)
* [sftpgo](#sftpgo)
* [arozos](#arozos)
* [updog](#updog)
* [goshs](#goshs)
* [gimme-that](#gimme-that)
* [ass](#ass)
* [linx](#linx)
* [h5ai](#h5ai)
* [autoindex](#autoindex)
* [miniserve](#miniserve)
* [pingvin-share](#pingvin-share)
* [briefly considered](#briefly-considered)
* [notes](#notes)
# 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 (AGPL)](https://snyk.io/learn/agpl-license/) is [thorny](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]: https://github.com/9001/copyparty "copyparty"
[b]: https://github.com/rejetto/hfs2/ "hfs2"
[c]: https://rejetto.com/hfs/ "hfs3"
[d]: https://github.com/nextcloud/server "nextcloud"
[e]: https://github.com/haiwen/seafile "seafile"
[f]: https://github.com/rclone/rclone "rclone"
[g]: https://github.com/sigoden/dufs "dufs"
[h]: https://github.com/chibisafe/chibisafe "chibisafe"
[i]: https://github.com/kalcaddle/kodbox "kodbox"
[j]: https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser "filebrowser"
[k]: https://github.com/filegator/filegator "filegator"
[l]: https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo "sftpgo"
[m]: https://github.com/tobychui/arozos "arozos"
* `a` = [copyparty][a]
* `b` = [hfs2][b] 🔥
* `c` = [hfs3][c]
* `d` = [nextcloud][d]
* `e` = [seafile][e]
* `f` = [rclone][f], specifically `rclone serve webdav .`
* `g` = [dufs][g]
* `h` = [chibisafe][h]
* `i` = [kodbox][i]
* `j` = [filebrowser][j]
* `k` = [filegator][k]
* `l` = [sftpgo][l]
* `m` = [arozos][m]
some softwares not in the matrixes,
* [updog](#updog)
* [goshs](#goshs)
* [gimme-that](#gimmethat)
* [ass](#ass)
* [linx](#linx)
* [h5ai](#h5ai)
* [autoindex](#autoindex)
* [miniserve](#miniserve)
* [pingvin-share](#pingvin-share)
symbol legend,
* `█` = absolutely
* `╱` = partially
* `•` = maybe?
* ` ` = nope
## general
| feature / software |[a]|[b]|[c]|[d]|[e]|[f]|[g]|[h]|[i]|[j]|[k]|[l]|[m]|
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | █ | | █ | • | █ | █ | █ | • | █ | █ | | █ | |
| runs on Risc-V | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | | • | | █ | | | |
| 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
* runs on iOS / iPads using [a-Shell](https://holzschu.github.io/a-Shell_iOS/) (pretty good) or [iSH](https://ish.app/) (very slow) but cannot run in the background and is not able to share all of your phone storage (just a separate dedicated folder)
* [android app](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ocv.partyup/) is for uploading only
* no iOS app but has [shortcuts](https://github.com/9001/copyparty#ios-shortcuts) for easy uploading
* `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
* `l`/sftpgo:
* Must be launched with a command
* On Termux, just run `pkg in sftpgo`
* `m`/arozos has partial 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]|[l]|[m]|
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | █ | | | | █ | █ | • | | █ | | █ | ╱ | ╱ |
| CTRL-V from device | █ | | | █ | | | | | | | | | |
| race the beam ("p2p") | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| "tail -f" streaming | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | ╱ | | | | | | | █ | • | ╱ | | ╱ | • |
| ┗ upload routing | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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
* `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
* `tail -f` = when viewing or downloading a logfile, the connection can remain open to keep showing new lines as they are added in real time
* `upload routing` = depending on filetype / contents / uploader etc., the file can be redirected to another location or otherwise transformed; mitigates limitations such as [sharex#3992](https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX/issues/3992)
* copyparty example: [reloc-by-ext](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/bin/hooks#before-upload)
* `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)
* `e`/seafile download-as-zip is not streaming; it creates the full zipfile before download can start, and fails on big folders
* `j`/filebrowser remarks:
* can provide checksums for single files on request
* can probably do extension/mimetype rejection similar to copyparty
* `k`/filegator download-as-zip is not streaming; it creates the full zipfile before download can start
* `l`/sftpgo:
* resumable/segmented uploads only over SFTP, not over HTTP
* upload rules are totals only, not over time
* can probably do extension/mimetype rejection similar to copyparty
* `m`/arozos download-as-zip is not streaming; it creates the full zipfile before download can start, and fails on big folders
## protocols and client support
| feature / software |[a]|[b]|[c]|[d]|[e]|[f]|[g]|[h]|[i]|[j]|[k]|[l]|[m]|
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| serve https | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| serve webdav | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | █ | | █ | | | █ | █ |
| serve ftp (tcp) | █ | | | | | █ | | | | | | █ | █ |
| serve ftps (tls) | █ | | | | | █ | | | | | | █ | |
| serve tftp (udp) | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| serve sftp (ssh) | | | | | | █ | | | | | | █ | █ |
| serve smb/cifs | ╱ | | | | | █ | | | | | | | |
| serve dlna | | | | | | █ | | | | | | | |
| listen on unix-socket | █ | | | █ | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | |
| zeroconf | █ | | | | | | | | | | | | █ |
| supports netscape 4 | ╱ | | | | | █ | | | | | • | | ╱ |
| ...internet explorer 6 | ╱ | █ | | █ | | █ | | | | | • | | ╱ |
| mojibake filenames | █ | | | • | • | █ | █ | • | █ | • | | ╱ | |
| undecodable filenames | █ | | | • | • | █ | | • | | | | ╱ | |
* `webdav` = protocol convenient for mounting a remote server as a local filesystem; see zeroconf:
* `zeroconf` = the server announces itself on the LAN, [automatically appearing](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215344737-0eae8d98-9496-4256-9aa8-cd2f6971810d.png) 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 ([ie4 tho](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/118192791-fb31fe00-b446-11eb-9647-898ea8efc1f7.png))
* `l`/sftpgo translates mojibake filenames into valid utf-8 (information loss)
* `m`/arozos has readonly-support for older browsers; no uploading
## server configuration
| feature / software |[a]|[b]|[c]|[d]|[e]|[f]|[g]|[h]|[i]|[j]|[k]|[l]|[m]|
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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
* `l`/sftpgo:
* config: user can be added by cmd command in [Portable mode](https://docs.sftpgo.com/2.6/cli/#portable-mode); if not in Portable mode users must be added through gui / api calls
* `m`/arozos:
* configuration is primarily through GUI
* reverse-proxy is not guaranteed to see the correct client IP
## server capabilities
| feature / software |[a]|[b]|[c]|[d]|[e]|[f]|[g]|[h]|[i]|[j]|[k]|[l]|[m]|
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| accounts | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
| per-account chroot | | | | | | | | | | | | █ | |
| single-sign-on | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | | | • | | | | |
| token auth | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | | █ | | | | | █ |
| 2fa | ╱ | | / | █ | █ | | | | | | | █ | ╱ |
| 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 | █ | █ | • | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | | | ╱ | █ |
| prometheus metrics | █ | | | █ | | | | | | | | █ | |
| 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
* `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:
* single-sign-on, token-auth, and 2fa is *possible* through authelia/authentik or similar, but nobody's made an example yet
* one-way folder sync from local to server can be done efficiently with [u2c.py](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/bin#u2cpy), 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
* `index.html` on its own does not prevent directory listing, but permission `h` (instead of `r`) enforces index.html to be returned instead of folder contents
* [event hooks](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/bin/hooks) ([discord](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215304439-1c1cb3c8-ec6f-4c17-9f27-81f969b1811a.png), [desktop](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215335767-9c91ed24-d36e-4b6b-9766-fb95d12d163f.png)) inspired by filebrowser, as well as the more complex [media parser](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/bin/mtag) alternative
* 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
* `l`/sftpgo:
* `file action event hooks` also include on-download triggers
* `upload tracking / log` in main logfile
* `m`/arozos:
* `2fa` maybe possible through LDAP/Oauth
* `c`/hfs3
* `2fa` available by installing a plugin
## client features
| feature / software |[a]|[b]|[c]|[d]|[e]|[f]|[g]|[h]|[i]|[j]|[k]|[l]|[m]|
| ---------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/142711926-0700be6c-3e31-47b3-9928-53722221f722.png) or [media hotkeys](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215347492-b4250797-6c90-4e09-9a4c-721edf2fb15c.png) to play/pause, prev/next song
* `search by custom tags` = ability to tag files through the UI and search by those
* `find local file` = drop a file into the browser to see if it exists on the server
* `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
* `f`/rclone can do some file management (mkdir, rename, delete) when hosting througn webdav
* `j`/filebrowser remarks:
* audio playback does not continue into next song
* plaintext viewer/editor
* `k`/filegator directory tree is a modal window
* `l`/sftpgo remarks:
* audio/video playback does not continue into next song/video
* plaintext viewer/editor
## integration
| feature / software |[a]|[b]|[c]|[d]|[e]|[f]|[g]|[h]|[i]|[j]|[k]|[l]|[m]|
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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
* `l`/sftpgo has nothing built-in but is very extensible
## 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 | • |
| sftpgo | go | ‼ agpl | 44 MB |
| arozos | go | ░ gpl3 | 531 MB |
| 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 |
| h5ai | php | █ mit | • |
| autoindex | go | █ mpl2 | 11 MB |
| miniserve | rust | █ mit | 2 MB |
| pingvin-share | go | █ bsd2 | 487 MB |
* `size` = binary (if available) or installed size of program and its dependencies
* copyparty size is for the [standalone python](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/download/copyparty-sfx.py) file; the [windows exe](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/releases/latest/download/copyparty.exe) is **6 MiB**
# reviews
* ✅ are advantages over copyparty
* 💾 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
* 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 (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
* ✅ config GUI
* vfs with gui config, per-volume permissions
* starting to show its age, hence the rewrite:
## [hfs3](https://rejetto.com/hfs/)
* nodejs; cross-platform
* vfs with gui config, per-volume permissions
* tested locally, v0.53.2 on archlinux
* 🔵 uploads are resumable
* ⚠️ uploads are not accelerated (copyparty is 3x faster across the atlantic)
* ⚠️ uploads are not integrity-checked
* ⚠️ uploading small files is decent; `107` files per sec (copyparty does `670`/sec, 6x faster)
* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
* ✅ config GUI
* ✅ download counter
* ✅ watch active connections
* ✅ plugins
## [nextcloud](https://github.com/nextcloud/server)
* php, mariadb
* tested locally, [linuxserver/nextcloud](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/nextcloud) v30.0.2 (sqlite)
* ⚠️ [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
* 🔵 uploads are segmented; no filesize limit, even on cloudflare
* ⚠️ uploading small files is slow; `4` files per sec (copyparty does `670`/sec, 160x faster)
* ⚠️ no write-only / upload-only folders
* ⚠️ http/webdav only; no ftp, zeroconf
* ⚠️ less awesome music player
* ⚠️ doesn't run on android or ipads
* ⚠️ AGPL licensed
* ✅ great ui/ux
* ✅ config gui
* ✅ apps (android / iphone)
* 💾 android upload-only app + iPhone upload shortcut
* ✅ more granular permissions (per-file)
* ✅ search: fulltext indexing of file contents
* ✅ webauthn passwordless authentication
## [seafile](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile)
* c, mariadb
* tested locally, [official container](https://manual.seafile.com/latest/docker/deploy_seafile_with_docker/) v11.0.13
* ⚠️ [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
* ⚠️ uploading small files is slow; `4.7` files per sec (copyparty does `670`/sec, 140x faster)
* ⚠️ big folders cannot be zip-downloaded
* ⚠️ http/webdav only; no ftp, zeroconf
* ⚠️ less awesome music player
* ⚠️ doesn't run on android or ipads
* ⚠️ AGPL licensed
* ✅ great ui/ux
* ✅ config gui
* ✅ apps (android / iphone)
* 💾 android upload-only app + iPhone upload shortcut
* ✅ 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)
* tested locally, v0.43.0 on archlinux (plain binary)
* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
* ⚠️ across the atlantic, copyparty is 3x faster
* ⚠️ uploading small files is decent; `97` files per sec (copyparty does `670`/sec, 7x faster)
* ⚠️ 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
* 💾 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 (but is getting competition from [arozos](#arozos))
* 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
* ⚠️ uploading small files to copyparty is 16x faster
* ⚠️ uploading large files to copyparty is 3x faster
* ⚠️ 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 highlighting
* ✅ wysiwyg editor for openoffice files
## [filebrowser](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser)
* go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
* tested locally, v2.31.2 on archlinux (plain binary)
* 🔵 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
* ⚠️ uploading small files is decent; `69` files per sec (copyparty does `670`/sec, 9x faster)
* ⚠️ http only; no webdav / ftp / zeroconf
* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
* ⚠️ no directory tree nav
* ⚠️ limited file search
* ✅ settings gui
* ✅ good ui/ux
* ⚠️ but no directory tree for navigation
* ✅ user signup
* ✅ command runner / remote shell
* ✅ more efficient; can handle around twice as much simultaneous traffic
* note: keep an eye on [gtsteffaniak's fork](https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser)
## [filegator](https://github.com/filegator/filegator)
* 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
* ⚠️ doesn't support crazy filenames
* ⚠️ limited file search
## [sftpgo](https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo)
* 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
* ⚠️ no filesystem indexing / search
* ⚠️ no zeroconf (mdns/ssdp)
* ⚠️ impractical directory URLs
* ⚠️ AGPL licensed
* 🔵 uploading small files is fast; `340` files per sec (copyparty does `670`/sec)
* 🔵 ftp, ftps, webdav
* ✅ sftp server
* ✅ settings gui
* ✅ acme (automatic tls certs)
* 💾 relies on caddy/certbot/acme.sh
* ✅ at-rest encryption
* 💾 relies on LUKS/BitLocker
* ✅ can use S3/GCS as storage backend
* 💾 relies on rclone-mount
* ✅ on-download event hook (otherwise same as copyparty)
* ✅ more extensive permissions control
## [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)
* ⚠️ has an audio player, but supports less filetypes
* ⚠️ limited support for configuring real-ip detection
* ✅ sftp server
* ✅ settings gui
* ✅ good-looking gui
* ✅ an IDE, msoffice viewer, rich host integration, much more
## [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
* 💾 the markdown editor is an ok substitute
* 🔵 read-only and upload-only modes (same as copyparty's write-only)
* 🔵 https, webdav, but no ftp
## [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
* 💾 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
* 💾 possible with [a plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/mtag/image-noexif.py)
* ✅ discord integration (custom embeds, upload webhook)
* 💾 [upload webhook plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/discord-announce.py)
* ✅ reject uploads by mimetype
* 💾 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
* 💾 relies on rclone-mount
* ✅ 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
* 💾 password-protected folders + filekeys to skip the folder password seem to cover most usecases
* ✅ file deletion keys
* ✅ download files as torrents
* ✅ remote uploads (send a link to the server and it downloads it)
* 💾 available as [a plugin](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/hooks/wget.py)
* ✅ can use S3 as storage backend
* 💾 relies on rclone-mount
## [h5ai](https://larsjung.de/h5ai/)
* ⚠️ read only; no upload/move/delete
* ⚠️ search hits the filesystem directly; not indexed/cached
* ✅ slick ui
* ✅ in-browser qr generator to share URLs
* 🔵 directory tree, image viewer, thumbnails, download-as-tar
## [autoindex](https://github.com/nielsAD/autoindex)
* ⚠️ read only; no upload/move/delete
* ✅ directory cache for faster browsing of cloud storage
* 💾 local index/cache for recursive search (names/attrs/tags), but not for browsing
## [miniserve](https://github.com/svenstaro/miniserve)
* rust; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
* ⚠️ no thumbnails / image viewer / audio player / file manager
* ⚠️ no filesystem indexing / search
* 🔵 upload, tar/zip download, qr-code
* ✅ faster at loading huge folders
## [pingvin-share](https://github.com/stonith404/pingvin-share)
* node; linux (docker)
* mainly for uploads, not a general file server
* 🔵 uploads are segmented (avoids cloudflare size limit)
* 🔵 segments are written directly to target file (HDD-friendly)
* ⚠️ uploads not resumable after a browser or laptop crash
* ⚠️ uploads are not accelerated / integrity-checked
* ⚠️ across the atlantic, copyparty is 3x faster
* measured with chunksize 96 MiB; pingvin's default 10 MiB is much slower
* ⚠️ can't upload folders with subfolders
* ⚠️ no upload ETA
* 🔵 expiration times, shares, upload-undo
* ✅ config + user-registration gui
* ✅ built-in OpenID and LDAP support
* 💾 [IdP middleware](https://github.com/9001/copyparty#identity-providers) and config-files
* ✅ probably more than one person who understands the code
# 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)
# notes
* high-latency connections (cross-atlantic uploads) can be accurately simulated with `tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem delay 100ms`
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