Google Drive alternative?

Submitted ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨paequ2@lemmy.today⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

Hello! How are folks self-hosting online storage, similar to Google Drive?

Some options I’ve found:

filebrowser.org (maintenance-only mode)
www.seafile.com/en/home/ (weird disk layout scares me)
tinyfilemanager.github.io (i like simple!)
github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash

A bunch more: github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted?…

I mainly just need basic file management features. I don’t plan to share files outside of my tailscale VPN. I do need to support multiple users though.

I’m not considering Nextcloud because that seems too big. I’m also not considering syncthing for this project because I don’t want copies on multiple devices.

I’m currently just using ssh+nautilus and that’s worked great for just me, but something similar to Google Drive would be easier to onboard my family.

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oranki@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Nextcloud, despite you're not considering it. You can disable or not install the apps you don't need, like Calendar, Contacts, Photos, Dashboard, Activity, etc.

There's also a fork of Filebrowser, called Filebrowser Quantum, which I've been interested in, though haven't tried yet: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser

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- sxan@midwest.social ⁨46⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  Have you ever used OwnCloud, before the fork?
  
  I hated administrating OwnCloud, and that’s kept me away from NextCloud. OwnCloud was a big, resource hogging, hot mess; did NextCloud do a huge refactor and clean it up?
  
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dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Nextcloud, hands down.

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MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
github.com/kd2org/karadav

Nextcloud client/app compatible WebDAV server with a lightweight file browser webUI, and multi-user support.

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aksdb@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Why does the storage layer of seafile scare you? Are you also scared of databases and prefer storing things in raw txt files? The difference is the same. You get certain features in return:

Versioning is possible (so each file can have a history you can roll back)

Sync is very fast

It can sync incremental changes even of big files

You still have access via:

Web

Synced locally using Seafile Client

WebDAV

Mounted as network filesystem anywhere using SeaDrive.
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- paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Are you also scared of databases and prefer storing things in raw txt files?
  
  Yes, actually. 😅 I can’t manage a database for more than a few weeks before I screw it up or want to easily edit something and stop using it.
  
  I don’t think databases are bad. I think I’m too much of a fuckup to manage one.
  
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  - aksdb@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    LOL, ok, fair 😁
    
    You should in any case consider your backup strategy. If you have reliable backups, your fuckups can’t be as bad anymore. If you don’t have reliable backups, a “raw” storage doesn’t help you either. Maybe even the contrary: you won’t notice, if individual files get corrupted or even lost until it’s too late. (Not talking about disk corruption, against which the right filesystem can guard you… but I am not sure you trust filesystems either 😛)
    
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HelloRoot@lemy.lol ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I personally really like sftpgo and I mount it via webdav

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- YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’m also using SFTPGo at home and it works well.
  
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- robber@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  SFTPGo is such an awesome project, never had any problems with it.
  
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wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
WebDAV would work. Mounts directly in the Finder in MacOS.

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Clearwater@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I use Nextcloud, but as you said it’s a bit big, and with each update it’s slowly turning into more of the entire G-Suite.

I’ve used filebrowser, but be aware that until just a few days ago, it gave out access to a shell. Even with that turned off, I’d be very weary of allowing access from out of the VPN. I had a server pwned with filebrowser appearing to be the vector, and to my memory console access was disabled for the account most likely breached.

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JuvenoiaAgent@piefed.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
FileBrowser has a fork under development: https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser

I currently use copyparty. It's not the prettiest, but it's fast and the documentation on GitHub is extensive. The maintainer is also very friendly and helpful.

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mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I selfhost Cryptpad, but it sounds like it may be more than you’re looking for.

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IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Self hosting backups for anything remotely critical is usually a terrible terrible idea. Carry on.

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alphapuggle@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There’s a new version (fork?) of filebrowser dubbed “quantum” if that’s your thing github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser

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lorentz@feddit.it ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I use filestash. I like it because it can connect with so many backends. In my setup it uses samba behind the scenes all the shares permissions are in a single configuration and I don’t have to worry about a different set of user credentials.

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nullpotential@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Zipline

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- paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There are several projects named zipline. I think you’re talking about this one though: github.com/diced/zipline
  
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