Windows Folder sharing like "Google Drive" style
reddit / selfhosted

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paxxx84 · 2023-10-29 14:31

hi everyone,

i want to make the switch moving from Google Drive to selfhosted,

and currenly I got a windows server up and running with a big hard
drive which I want to make accessible like "Google Drive",

so on phone by an App,

on Windows like a mounted drive,

etc.

What do you guys use for that usecase?

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thekrautboy · 2023-10-29 14:36

Look through the awesome-selfhosted list in the subreddit sidebar and
simply use the search function for the subreddit.

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MediocreMachine3543 · 2023-10-29 15:03

NextCloud seems to be a good option for this. I haven’t deployed
myself, but it’s on my list of todo’s after I receive a shipment of
HDDs from Amazon.

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tech2but1 · 2023-10-29 15:03

I think we've missed a few steps here.

> currenly I got a windows server up and running with a big hard drive

What is the Windows Server doing? Sounds almost completely unnecessary
if what you want is Google Drive.

> so on phone by an App

No need for anything else here other than a shared drive. Plenty of
apps for browsing remote file shares.

> on Windows like a mounted drive,

Just... mount a drive.

Not really sure what you're doing or that you really have the concept
of servers/hosting/file sharing down. Hard to suggest where to go
without knowing what you are actually looking to achieve.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-29 15:10

SMB.

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nk316 · 2023-10-29 15:11

Nextcloud

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AnApexBread · 2023-10-29 16:31

Nextcloud or OwnCloud answer the mail for most of these except
mounting them as a shared drive.

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Vokasak · 2023-10-29 17:33

I'm currently using nextcloud but I kind of hate it, and would love to
switch to something else...

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tech2but1 · 2023-10-29 21:08

I switched to Seafile when I got fed up spending my weekends fixing
Nextcloud.

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iC0nk3r · 2023-10-29 23:18

Synology Drive. Integrates with File Explorer like OneDrive,
Sharepoint, Google Drive.

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mnopw · 2023-10-30 00:20

Seafile with SeaDrive, unfortunately I wouldn't say SeaDrive is very
stable so far. Seafile and Seafile Client are - although the product
lags proper patch management.

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GeneMoody-Action1 · 2023-10-30 00:32

[https://syncthing.net/](https://syncthing.net/)

[https://www.turnkeylinux.org/syncthing](https://www.turnkeylinux.org/
syncthing)

OR possible FileVista
[https://www.gleamtech.com/filevista](https://www.gleamtech.com/filevi
sta)


I use filevista in several systems, they have a full live demo online
no registration.

https://demos.gleamtech.com/filevista/login.aspx

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linkthepirate · 2023-10-30 01:22

There is filebrowser

https://hub.docker.com/r/filebrowser/filebrowser/

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Accomplished-Lack721 · 2023-10-30 04:13

You can access them via Webdav, though I find that slower than it
should be for large files.

You can also use the NextCloud Desktop app for the "shared drive"-like
experience, similar to the Google Drive desktop app.

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tech2but1 · 2023-10-30 09:30

> unfortunately I wouldn't say SeaDrive is very stable so far.

What issues are you having with it? I have it running on half a dozen
machines and don't find any reliability issues, arguably more stable
than Google Drive on some and certainly better than OneDrive on all of
them (which I've given up with as it just won't sync anything like
what you expect).

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mnopw · 2023-10-30 19:53

Unreliable caching behavior. Edge cases. Issues when opening files
with applications.

Google Drive has so far been stable. It is just a little bit slow when
using it in the browser and when navigating folders in general. Also
lacks Linux support. Search is awesome.

OneDrive is a peace of shit. Don't know why Microsoft is wasting
everyones money instead of hiring a competent team building a solid
file sync software from the ground up.