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Hi there,

Filerun will stop exisiting as a free version and since I use it like once a month for some small files I was wondering what similar selfhostable and free alternatives are out there that you know.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I keep not getting around to trying it, but KaraDAV looks great. Lightweight WebDAV server which supports Next/OwnCloud clients for syncing.

[–] sneakyninjapants 1 points 1 year ago

Filerun will stop exisiting as a free version

I suspected that was going to happen eventually. Being closed-source is part of the reason I dropped it.

  • Filerun
    • Worked well while I was using it, not a fan of the closed-source nature and just didn't feel the need to redeploy when I retooled my infrastructure.

Probably the most direct replacement I can think of is Filebrowser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am in the exact same situation. Nextcloud is what I went with. I can securely share files and albums easily. It seems pretty good so far and installing as a docker image was easy.

One thing tripped me us is that you should use your external domain name for first login so it writes the configuration properly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you're looking for just filesharing capabilities, OwnCloud might be a good alternative. It's recently been rewritten in Go and its supposedly quite fast. I must say that I haven't used it myself.

Another alternative could be Nextcloud, but that comes with a whole suite of other software such as calendar, contacts, ...

I've also heard some good things about seafile, but never used it myself either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can disable the majority of the extra apps on Nextcloud to strip it down. It runs fine on lower end devices once tuned properly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

After a while I found https://github.com/stonith404/pingvin-share/tree/main which does all I need. So if you are still in search of a filerun alternative give Pingvin-share a try.

[–] Nulubez 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Might I suggest a Synology NAS. They're a network attached storage, sure, but they have a suite of apps including DS files, DS photos, etc. It also can act as a VPN too. Just a thought

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have a Synology NAS and for me filerun was just a personal substitute for wetransfer or similar stuff. I had it on my Server that was not at home so I was able to share files with clients.

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