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features which should be good to go: * user groups * assigning permissions by group * dynamically created volumes based on username/groupname * rebuild vfs when new users/groups appear but several important features still pending; * detect dangerous configurations * dynamic vol below readable path * remember volumes created during previous runs * helps prevent unintended access * correct filesystem-scan on startup
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# alternatives to copyparty
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copyparty compared against all similar software i've bumped into
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there is probably some unintentional bias so please submit corrections
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currently up to date with [awesome-selfhosted](https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted) but that probably won't last
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## symbol legends
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### ...in feature matrices:
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* `█` = absolutely
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* `╱` = partially
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* `•` = maybe?
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* ` ` = nope
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### ...in reviews:
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* ✅ = advantages over copyparty
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* 💾 = what copyparty offers as an alternative
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* 🔵 = similarities
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* ⚠️ = disadvantages (something copyparty does "better")
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## toc
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* top
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* [recommendations](#recommendations)
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* [feature comparisons](#feature-comparisons)
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* [general](#general)
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* [file transfer](#file-transfer)
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* [protocols and client support](#protocols-and-client-support)
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* [server configuration](#server-configuration)
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* [server capabilities](#server-capabilities)
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* [client features](#client-features)
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* [integration](#integration)
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* [another matrix](#another-matrix)
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* [reviews](#reviews)
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* [copyparty](#copyparty)
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* [hfs2](#hfs2)
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* [hfs3](#hfs3)
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* [nextcloud](#nextcloud)
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* [seafile](#seafile)
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* [rclone](#rclone)
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* [dufs](#dufs)
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* [chibisafe](#chibisafe)
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* [kodbox](#kodbox)
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* [filebrowser](#filebrowser)
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* [filegator](#filegator)
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* [sftpgo](#sftpgo)
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* [updog](#updog)
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* [goshs](#goshs)
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* [gimme-that](#gimme-that)
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* [ass](#ass)
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* [linx](#linx)
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* [h5ai](#h5ai)
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* [autoindex](#autoindex)
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* [miniserve](#miniserve)
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* [briefly considered](#briefly-considered)
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# recommendations
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* [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
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* but anything you want to share must be moved into the kodbox filesystem
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* [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
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* but their [license](https://snyk.io/learn/agpl-license/) is [problematic](https://opensource.google/documentation/reference/using/agpl-policy)
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* and copyparty is way better at uploads in particular (resumable, accelerated)
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* and anything you want to share must be moved into the respective filesystems
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* [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
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* has some of the same strengths of copyparty, being portable and able to work with an existing folder structure
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* ...but copyparty is better at uploads + some other things
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# feature comparisons
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```
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<&Kethsar> copyparty is very much bloat ed, so yeah
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```
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the table headers in the matrixes below are the different softwares, with a quick review of each software in the next section
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the softwares,
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* `a` = [copyparty](https://github.com/9001/copyparty)
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* `b` = [hfs2](https://rejetto.com/hfs/)
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* `c` = [hfs3](https://github.com/rejetto/hfs)
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* `d` = [nextcloud](https://github.com/nextcloud/server)
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* `e` = [seafile](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile)
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* `f` = [rclone](https://github.com/rclone/rclone), specifically `rclone serve webdav .`
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* `g` = [dufs](https://github.com/sigoden/dufs)
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* `h` = [chibisafe](https://github.com/chibisafe/chibisafe)
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* `i` = [kodbox](https://github.com/kalcaddle/kodbox)
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* `j` = [filebrowser](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser)
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* `k` = [filegator](https://github.com/filegator/filegator)
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* `l` = [sftpgo](https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo)
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some softwares not in the matrixes,
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* [updog](#updog)
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* [goshs](#goshs)
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* [gimme-that](#gimmethat)
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* [ass](#ass)
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* [linx](#linx)
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* [h5ai](#h5ai)
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* [autoindex](#autoindex)
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* [miniserve](#miniserve)
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symbol legend,
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* `█` = absolutely
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* `╱` = partially
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* `•` = maybe?
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* ` ` = nope
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## general
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| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
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| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| intuitive UX | | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
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| config GUI | | █ | █ | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | | █ |
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| good documentation | | | | █ | █ | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | ╱ |
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| runs on iOS | ╱ | | | | | ╱ | | | | | | |
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| runs on Android | █ | | | | | █ | | | | | | |
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| runs on WinXP | █ | █ | | | | █ | | | | | | |
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| runs on Windows | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
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| runs on Linux | █ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
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| runs on Macos | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
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| runs on FreeBSD | █ | | | • | █ | █ | █ | • | █ | █ | | █ |
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| portable binary | █ | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | | | █ | | █ |
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| zero setup, just go | █ | █ | █ | | | ╱ | █ | | | █ | | ╱ |
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| android app | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | | | | | | |
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| iOS app | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | | | | | | |
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* `zero setup` = you can get a mostly working setup by just launching the app, without having to install any software or configure whatever
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* `a`/copyparty remarks:
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* no gui for server settings; only for client-side stuff
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* can theoretically run on iOS / iPads using [iSH](https://ish.app/), but only the iPad will offer sufficient multitasking i think
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* [android app](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/me.ocv.partyup/) is for uploading only
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* no iOS app but has [shortcuts](https://github.com/9001/copyparty#ios-shortcuts) for easy uploading
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* `b`/hfs2 runs on linux through wine
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* `f`/rclone must be started with the command `rclone serve webdav .` or similar
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* `h`/chibisafe has undocumented windows support
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* `i`/sftpgo must be launched with a command
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## file transfer
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*the thing that copyparty is actually kinda good at*
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| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
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| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| download folder as zip | █ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | | █ | | █ | █ | ╱ | █ |
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| download folder as tar | █ | | | | | | | | | █ | | |
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| upload | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
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| parallel uploads | █ | | | █ | █ | | • | | █ | | █ | |
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| resumable uploads | █ | | | | | | | | █ | | █ | ╱ |
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| upload segmenting | █ | | | | | | | █ | █ | | █ | ╱ |
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| upload acceleration | █ | | | | | | | | █ | | █ | |
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| upload verification | █ | | | █ | █ | | | | █ | | | |
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| upload deduplication | █ | | | | █ | | | | █ | | | |
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| upload a 999 TiB file | █ | | | | █ | █ | • | | █ | | █ | ╱ |
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| keep last-modified time | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | | | | | | █ |
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| upload rules | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | | | ╱ | ╱ | | ╱ | ╱ |
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| ┗ max disk usage | █ | █ | | | █ | | | | █ | | | █ |
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| ┗ max filesize | █ | | | | | | | █ | | | █ | █ |
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| ┗ max items in folder | █ | | | | | | | | | | | ╱ |
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| ┗ max file age | █ | | | | | | | | █ | | | |
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| ┗ max uploads over time | █ | | | | | | | | | | | ╱ |
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| ┗ compress before write | █ | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| ┗ randomize filename | █ | | | | | | | █ | █ | | | |
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| ┗ mimetype reject-list | ╱ | | | | | | | | • | ╱ | | ╱ |
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| ┗ extension reject-list | ╱ | | | | | | | █ | • | ╱ | | ╱ |
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| checksums provided | | | | █ | █ | | | | █ | ╱ | | |
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| cloud storage backend | ╱ | ╱ | ╱ | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | | | ╱ | █ | █ |
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* `upload segmenting` = files are sliced into chunks, making it possible to upload files larger than 100 MiB on cloudflare for example
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* `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
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* `upload verification` = uploads are checksummed or otherwise confirmed to have been transferred correctly
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* `checksums provided` = when downloading a file from the server, the file's checksum is provided for verification client-side
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* `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
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* `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)
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* `e`/seafile download-as-zip is not streaming; it creates the full zipfile before download can start, and fails on big folders
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* `j`/filebrowser remarks:
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* can provide checksums for single files on request
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* can probably do extension/mimetype rejection similar to copyparty
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* `k`/filegator download-as-zip is not streaming; it creates the full zipfile before download can start
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* `l`/sftpgo:
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* resumable/segmented uploads only over SFTP, not over HTTP
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* upload rules are totals only, not over time
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* can probably do extension/mimetype rejection similar to copyparty
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## protocols and client support
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| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
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| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| serve https | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
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| serve webdav | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | █ | | █ | | | █ |
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| serve ftp | █ | | | | | █ | | | | | | █ |
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| serve ftps | █ | | | | | █ | | | | | | █ |
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| serve sftp | | | | | | █ | | | | | | █ |
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| serve smb/cifs | ╱ | | | | | █ | | | | | | |
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| serve dlna | | | | | | █ | | | | | | |
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| listen on unix-socket | | | | █ | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | █ | █ |
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| zeroconf | █ | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| supports netscape 4 | ╱ | | | | | █ | | | | | • | |
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| ...internet explorer 6 | ╱ | █ | | █ | | █ | | | | | • | |
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| mojibake filenames | █ | | | • | • | █ | █ | • | • | • | | ╱ |
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| undecodable filenames | █ | | | • | • | █ | | • | • | | | ╱ |
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* `webdav` = protocol convenient for mounting a remote server as a local filesystem; see zeroconf:
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* `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
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* `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`
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* `undecodable filenames` = pure binary garbage which cannot be parsed as utf-8
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* you can successfully play `$'\355\221'` with mpv through mounting a remote copyparty server with rclone, pog
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* `a`/copyparty remarks:
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* extremely minimal samba/cifs server
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* 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))
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* `l`/sftpgo translates mojibake filenames into valid utf-8 (information loss)
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## server configuration
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| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
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| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| config from cmd args | █ | | | | | █ | █ | | | █ | | ╱ |
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| config files | █ | █ | █ | ╱ | ╱ | █ | | █ | | █ | • | ╱ |
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| runtime config reload | █ | █ | █ | | | | | █ | █ | █ | █ | |
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| same-port http / https | █ | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| listen multiple ports | █ | | | | | | | | | | | █ |
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| virtual file system | █ | █ | █ | | | | █ | | | | | █ |
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| reverse-proxy ok | █ | | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | • | • | • | █ |
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| folder-rproxy ok | █ | | | | █ | █ | | • | • | • | • | |
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* `folder-rproxy` = reverse-proxying without dedicating an entire (sub)domain, using a subfolder instead
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* `l`/sftpgo:
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* config: users must be added through gui / api calls
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## server capabilities
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| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
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| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| accounts | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ |
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| per-account chroot | | | | | | | | | | | | █ |
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| single-sign-on | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | | | • | | | |
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| token auth | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | | █ | | | | |
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| 2fa | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | | | | | | █ |
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| per-volume permissions | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | | █ | █ | ╱ | █ |
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| per-folder permissions | ╱ | | | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | █ | ╱ | █ |
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| per-file permissions | | | | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | | | |
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| per-file passwords | █ | | | █ | █ | | █ | | █ | | | |
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| unmap subfolders | █ | | | | | | █ | | | █ | ╱ | • |
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| index.html blocks list | ╱ | | | | | | █ | | | • | | |
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| write-only folders | █ | | | | | | | | | | █ | █ |
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| files stored as-is | █ | █ | █ | █ | | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | █ |
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| file versioning | | | | █ | █ | | | | | | | |
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| file encryption | | | | █ | █ | █ | | | | | | █ |
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| file indexing | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | | |
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| ┗ per-volume db | █ | | • | • | • | | | • | • | | | |
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| ┗ db stored in folder | █ | | | | | | | • | • | █ | | |
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| ┗ db stored out-of-tree | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | | • | • | █ | | |
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| ┗ existing file tree | █ | | █ | | | | | | | █ | | |
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| file action event hooks | █ | | | | | | | | | █ | | █ |
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| one-way folder sync | █ | | | █ | █ | █ | | | | | | |
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| full sync | | | | █ | █ | | | | | | | |
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| speed throttle | | █ | █ | | | █ | | | █ | | | █ |
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| anti-bruteforce | █ | █ | █ | █ | █ | | | | • | | | █ |
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| dyndns updater | | █ | | | | | | | | | | |
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| self-updater | | | █ | | | | | | | | | |
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| log rotation | █ | | █ | █ | █ | | | • | █ | | | █ |
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| upload tracking / log | █ | █ | • | █ | █ | | | █ | █ | | | ╱ |
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| curl-friendly ls | █ | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| curl-friendly upload | █ | | | | | █ | █ | • | | | | |
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* `unmap subfolders` = "shadowing"; mounting a local folder in the middle of an existing filesystem tree in order to disable access below that path
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* `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
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* `db stored in folder` = filesystem index can be written to a database file inside the folder itself
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* `db stored out-of-tree` = filesystem index can be stored some place else, not necessarily inside the shared folders
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* `existing file tree` = will index any existing files it finds
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* `file action event hooks` = run script before/after upload, move, rename, ...
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* `one-way folder sync` = like rsync, optionally deleting unexpected files at target
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* `full sync` = stateful, dropbox-like sync
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* `curl-friendly ls` = returns a [sortable plaintext folder listing](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/241032/215322619-ea5fd606-3654-40ad-94ee-2bc058647bb2.png) when curled
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* `curl-friendly upload` = uploading with curl is just `curl -T some.bin http://.../`
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* `a`/copyparty remarks:
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* single-sign-on, token-auth, and 2fa is possible through authelia/authentik or similar; see TODO:example
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* 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
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* can hot-reload config files (with just a few exceptions)
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* can set per-folder permissions if that folder is made into a separate volume, so there is configuration overhead
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* `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
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* [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
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* upload history can be visualized using [partyjournal](https://github.com/9001/copyparty/blob/hovudstraum/bin/partyjournal.py)
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* `k`/filegator remarks:
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* `per-* permissions` -- can limit a user to one folder and its subfolders
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* `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
|
||
|
||
|
||
## client features
|
||
|
||
| feature / software | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l |
|
||
| ---------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
||
| 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 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 | l |
|
||
| ----------------------- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
||
| 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 |
|
||
| 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](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")
|
||
|
||
## [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://rejetto.com/hfs/)
|
||
* 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://github.com/rejetto/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
|
||
* ⚠️ uploading small files is slow; `2.2` files per sec (copyparty does `87`/sec), tested locally with [linuxserver/nextcloud](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/nextcloud) (sqlite)
|
||
* ⚠️ 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
|
||
* ⚠️ [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; `2.7` files per sec (copyparty does `87`/sec), tested locally with [official container](https://manual.seafile.com/docker/deploy_seafile_with_docker/)
|
||
* ⚠️ no write-only / upload-only folders
|
||
* ⚠️ 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)
|
||
* ⚠️ 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
|
||
* 💾 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
|
||
* ⚠️ no directory tree nav
|
||
* ⚠️ limited file search
|
||
* ✅ settings gui
|
||
* ✅ good ui/ux
|
||
* ⚠️ but no directory tree for navigation
|
||
* ✅ user signup
|
||
* ✅ command runner / remote shell
|
||
* 🔵 supposed to have write-only folders but couldn't get it to work
|
||
|
||
## [filegator](https://github.com/filegator/filegator)
|
||
* go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
|
||
* 🔵 *it has upload segmenting and acceleration*
|
||
* ⚠️ but uploads are still not integrity-checked
|
||
* ⚠️ 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
|
||
* 🔵 sftp uploads are resumable
|
||
* ⚠️ web UI is very minimal + a bit slow
|
||
* ⚠️ no thumbnails / image viewer / audio player
|
||
* ⚠️ basic file manager (no cut/paste/move)
|
||
* ⚠️ no filesystem indexing / search
|
||
* ⚠️ doesn't run on phones, tablets
|
||
* ⚠️ no zeroconf (mdns/ssdp)
|
||
* ⚠️ AGPL licensed
|
||
* 🔵 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
|
||
|
||
## [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)
|
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* rust; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
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* ⚠️ uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
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* ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
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* ⚠️ no thumbnails / image viewer / audio player / file manager
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* ⚠️ no filesystem indexing / search
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* 🔵 upload, tar/zip download, qr-code
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* ✅ faster at loading huge folders
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# briefly considered
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* [pydio](https://github.com/pydio/cells): python/agpl3, looks great, fantastic ux -- but needs mariadb, systemwide install
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* [gossa](https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa): go/mit, minimalistic, basic file upload, text editor, mkdir and rename (no delete/move)
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