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Self-Hosted Dropbox Alternatives

by swedtrue on 11/2/19, 4:03 PM with 15 comments

  • by orev on 11/2/19, 5:18 PM

    Syncthing is fantastic, and is mostly private. With a little effort, you can make it completely private by setting up your own discovery and relay server (though the docs on how to do that could really be improved).
  • by Iolaum on 11/2/19, 4:52 PM

    If you want to try nextcloud use the nextcloudpi project. It takes care of everything you need to set it up.
  • by BrandoElFollito on 11/2/19, 8:34 PM

    I use seafile. The docs are so so, the support is not great but the product did not failed once for two years (with my server being on linux (docker) , clients on linux, windows and android)
  • by shreyshrey on 11/10/19, 2:19 PM

    If you are looking for a commercial (not opensource) self-hosted dropbox alternative, FileCloud (https://www.getfilecloud.com) is great. It comes with great support and has clients for windows, mac and linux.

    Full Disclosure: I work here.

  • by dvno42 on 11/2/19, 11:48 PM

    I have been a very happy user of Syncthing over Wireguard (connecting all my devices back home). Adding to that a VM of "OpenMediaVault" for NAS/Backup, PiHole to catch what Ublock misses, and music streaming via FunkWhale, I have managed to host a good majority of my own data.
  • by doomrobo on 11/2/19, 4:43 PM

    Is there anything that has a client for Linux, Mac, and iOS? Not just a website, but a dedicated app.
  • by rbritton on 11/2/19, 4:37 PM

    A Synology NAS + Synology Drive has replaced Dropbox for me. Drive isn’t quite as polished, but I have effectively unlimited space, and it’s more private.
  • by butz on 11/2/19, 5:18 PM

    What about not fully Dropbox alternatives, but simple solutions to have a backup of files online and sync those files with different computers?
  • by btschaegg on 11/2/19, 5:59 PM

    For those of us that have the same aversion to setting up an entire web server for a simple browser-based access to their files as I have, I recommend also having a look at https://filebrowser.xyz

    I have an instance running at home (reachable only via VPN) that simultaneously syncs the files via Syncthing, and the combination of the two is surprisingly effective.

  • by swedtrue on 11/2/19, 4:29 PM

    Adding to this this project currently in beta, a simple self-hosted private Dropbox with E2EE: https://www.duple.io/en/