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Google Drive alternative? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 year ago by paequ2@lemmy.today to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hello! How are folks self-hosting online storage, similar to Google Drive?

Some options I've found:

A bunch more: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted?tab=readme-ov-file#file-transfer---web-based-file-managers

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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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not OP and am a dev, but also prefer flat files. Here's my reasoning:

  • versioning - I use snapshots in my filesystem (BTRFS), which is more than enough, and have a git hosting solution for things I care about more
  • sync is plenty fast on OCIS and Samba, it's just kinda slow on Nextcloud; I'm sure Seafile is better, but it's not something I do frequently anyway, especially since backups from devices is automatic and uses a different, fast system
  • incremental - not my use case, most of my files either never change (movies) or are small (text flees)

My main concerns with Seafile specifically are:

  • developed by a Chinese company and doesn't seem particularly open to contributions
  • mostly written in C, so there's a good chance of security vulnerabilities
  • documentation about the disk format isn't very open, so third party tools don't really exist
  • main target is larger orgs, so I'm unlikely to get very good support

With flat files, I can easily switch to a different service if my needs change.