Recommendations for a Self-Hosted, Multi-User File Sharing Service
with SSO and URL Shortening Features
reddit / selfhosted

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royaldunlin · 2023-12-19 13:46

I'm on the hunt for a self-hosted file-sharing solution that offers
both ease of use and a robust set of features. Here's what I'm ideally
looking for:

* **Multi-User Support**: The service should cater to multiple users,
facilitating seamless file sharing among a group.
* **Anonymous File Pickup**: It should allow anonymous users to pick
up files without needing an account.
* **Anonymous/Invite-Based File Dropoff**: Either completely anonymous
or invite-based file dropoff capabilities would be a plus.
* **SSO Integration**: Compatibility with SSO is a must, and I
currently utilize
[Authentik](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik) for
authentication purposes.
* **API Integration with a URL Shortener**: Ideally, it should have an
API tie-in with a URL shortener, like
[Shlink](https://github.com/shlinkio/shlink), for convenient link
management.

As for my current setup, I'm using
[Gokapi](https://github.com/Forceu/Gokapi). While it's a decent tool
for single-user file sharing, it falls short in terms of multi-user
functionality and lacks automated URL shortening, which are key
features I'm missing.

Thanks for any suggestions you may have.

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clericc-- · 2023-12-19 19:06

Apart from the last point, Nextcloud offers all of them. Maybe there
is an "app" inside nextcloud to integrate shortening

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shiftyduck86 · 2023-12-19 20:13

Have you had a look at Pingvin share?

It's very lightweight let's you add "reverse" shares for drop off.
Files can be shared with a just a link no account needed. They can be
time restricted and/or password restricted.

As of October, it can integrate with many SSO providers including
OpenID Connect (so authentik should work.

More details on their github: https://github.com/stonith404/pingvin-
share

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royaldunlin · 2023-12-20 02:09

Thanks for the recommendation. It sure looks like it checks all the
boxes. I’ll have to spin up an instance and try it out.