Oracle recently changed their free VPS allowances, taking down my Nextcloud instance. I’m moving my file sync to a local machine but was wondering if anyone had any experience with alternatives, as Nextcloud AIO was a major pain in the ass to set up last time.
I used it for sharing WIP music projects so having a web interface where I can listen to audio files from a browser was really convenient. It seems however, that all apps offering this feature are just as heavy as NC.
I tried installing cloudreve, but the web media player seems borked on firefox.
Does anyone know any good alternatives, preferably ones which can run off a single docker compose file?
ultra minimal but might do everything you need
copyparty + syncthing
Their requirements line up so well with what copyparty can do
This comment led me to investigating copyparty for myself. It looks good.
Do you know if you can specify existing folders?
what do you mean?
i use it in the most basic way… when I need to quickly access a folder on one my servers I cd into it, copy party, access it on my PCs browser and go, then I quit copy party
I was just wondering if I could point it to folders that already exist on my server. In particular, my Syncthing folder.
Ah yes sure you can do that.
If you install it as a simple package you just cd into the folder you want and run the command ‘copyparty’ otherwise you can simply use docker compose and set it up that way: https://jaredheinrichs.substack.com/p/how-to-setup-copyparty-using-docker
there you can just point the path of your syncthing folder into the /media directory inside the docker container
Excellent, thanks!
Owncloud, Opencloud, Sync-in, and Seafile are some lighter-weight options I know of with docker builds.
Owncloud is very handy for sending things to people in a pinch. I have it running in Yunohost on my VPS.
Opencloud is pretty decent no extras just file sync with a web UI and android app.
File Browser Quantum is AWESOME, I’m shocked I don’t hear about it more often.
Copyparty. It’s not pretty but it’s lightweight and does a lot. Including the “single docker compose” setup you’re after.
i find the phi95 dark theme actually very pleasing :D
Haha, I actually use the regular phi95 theme, mostly because it is a little nostalgic. :)
I use OwnCloud, which was forked into NextCloud ages ago. I originally intended it as a temporary measure, but it has turned out to be a very reliable, no-frills but adequately featured fileserver. For example, it has file versioning, and companion apps on major OSs that help with managing local and cloud stored files.
If you want a dead simple option, CopyParty is amazing. It’s a 1MB Python file that is basically a Swiss Army knife of file hosting. FTP, web interface, WebDAV, SMB, etc., etc. It wont have system integrations or file versioning, but it’s impressive what it can do.
Edit: worth mentioning CopyParty has an in-browser media player, which is perfectly adequate for previews.
For example, it has file versioning, and companion apps on major OSs that help with managing local and cloud stored files.
Nextcloud also got both.
Yes? OP is specifically looking for something other than NextCloud. OwnCloud has basically zero bloat and in my experience is easier to set up than NextCloud.
And the previous commenter mentioned ownCloud, I just wanted to point out that feature isn’t unique to that. I wasn’t talking to OP.
Migrated from NC to FileBrowser Quantum and its super light weight. https://github.com/gtsteffaniak/filebrowser
I tried all of them over a few months and ended up with Immich + Syncthing.
It turns out that without photos (in immich), my filesync requirements are much smaller and I could get away with a cheap cloud storage offering.
Still using sync thing for obsidian notes and pc <-> phone stuff.
Been using Seafile for years, it’s fantastic.
As always, I want to note that seafile is not compatible with existing files, you can’t just point it at a directory, you have to upload them to seafile, and then you can only access them via seafile (at least that’s how I understand it, correct me if I’m way off base).
Completely correct.
Strong recommend for Seafile. It’s way faster than nextcloud, it has a good web ui, and nice clients on all platforms.
I can not express how much faster than nextcloud it is.
Obviously open source too.
Try setting Nextcloud up with https://coopcloud.tech/. Matter of minutes.
Not web based but you could always use Samba
Proxmox has a backup server if that’s what you looking for.