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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 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

recommendations

  • kodbox (review) 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 (review) and nextcloud (review) could be decent alternatives if you need something heavier than copyparty
    • but their license is problematic
    • 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 (review) and dufs (review) 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,

some softwares not in the matrixes,

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 █ • █ █ █ • █ █ █
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, but only the iPad will offer sufficient multitasking i think
    • android app is for uploading only
    • no iOS app but has 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
  • i/sftpgo must be launched with a command
  • 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") █
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 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

  • 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

  • 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 or mimetype

  • 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 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)
  • 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: 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 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, 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 (discord, desktop) inspired by filebrowser, as well as the more complex media parser alternative
    • upload history can be visualized using partyjournal
  • 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

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 or media hotkeys 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
  • c/hfs3 remarks:
    • audio playback does not continue into next song
  • f/rclone can do some file management (mkdir, rename, delete) when hosting througn webdav
  • j/filebrowser remarks:
    • audio playback does not continue into next song
    • 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 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
    • discord » announce uploads available as a plugin
  • 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

reviews

  • ✅ are advantages over copyparty
    • 💾 are what copyparty offers as an alternative
  • 🔵 are similarities
  • ⚠️ are disadvantages (something copyparty does "better")
  • 🔥 are hazards

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

  • the OG, the legend (now replaced by hfs3)
  • 🔥 hfs2 is dead and dangerous! unfixed RCE: info, info, info
  • ⚠️ 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

  • nodejs; cross-platform
  • vfs with gui config, per-volume permissions
  • tested locally, v0.53.2 on archlinux
  • 🔵 uploads are resumable
  • ⚠️ uploads are not segmented; max upload size 100 MiB on cloudflare
  • ⚠️ uploads are not accelerated (copyparty is 3x faster across the atlantic)
  • ⚠️ uploads are not integrity-checked
  • ⚠️ copies the file after upload; need twice filesize free disk space
  • ⚠️ 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

  • php, mariadb
  • tested locally, 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
    • ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
  • ⚠️ 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

  • c, mariadb
  • tested locally, official container v11.0.13
  • ⚠️ isolated on-disk file hierarchy, 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)
  • ⚠️ 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
  • ✅ token auth (api keys)

kodbox

  • this thing is insane (but is getting competition from arozos)
  • php; docker
  • 🔵 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 hilighting
  • ✅ wysiwyg editor for openoffice files

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

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

  • go; cross-platform (windows, linux, mac)
  • ⚠️ http uploads not resumable / accelerated / integrity-checked
    • ⚠️ on cloudflare: max upload size 100 MiB
    • ⚠️ across the atlantic, copyparty is 2.5x faster
    • 🔵 sftp uploads are resumable
  • ⚠️ web UI is very minimal + a bit slow
    • ⚠️ no thumbnails / image viewer / audio player
    • ⚠️ basic file manager (no cut/paste/move)
  • ⚠️ no filesystem indexing / search
  • ⚠️ doesn't run on phones, tablets
  • ⚠️ 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

  • big suite of applications similar to 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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
  • ✅ discord integration (custom embeds, upload webhook)
  • ✅ reject uploads by mimetype
  • ✅ can use S3 as storage backend
    • 💾 relies on rclone-mount
  • ✅ custom 404 pages

linx

  • originally 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)
  • ✅ can use S3 as storage backend
    • 💾 relies on rclone-mount

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

  • ⚠️ 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

  • 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

  • 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
  • ✅ probably more than one person who understands the code

briefly considered

  • pydio: python/agpl3, looks great, fantastic ux -- but needs mariadb, systemwide install
  • 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