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CloudHostsFilesharing

Problems with various cloud hosts and filesharing

Minixed

• https://github.com/lorenzos/Minixed/tree/master
• very pretty minimal index script
• has parent link
• only 2 level
• breadcrumb breaks

Tiny Web Gallery

• https://www.tinywebgallery.com/en/overview.php
• "The TinyWebGallery is a free php photo gallery / album that is very easy to install, extremely user friendly, does not need a database - it uses xml files."
• you can upload a nested folders (to "pictures") and it indexes and creates the needed glue files
• files/folders can contain spaces and other special characters

Piwigo

• excellent photo gallery
• wp style upload file storage method by default
• you can upload a directory and then sync to it
  • https://doc.piwigo.org/self-hosting-piwigo/importing-and-synchronizing-ftp-photos
  • https://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26887
  • file/folders cannot contain spaces or any specials other than - or _

Lychee

• excellent instant photo gallery
• completely obscure file storage method
  • hashed filenames placed in hashed folder tree similar to SurgeMail account storage
• only supports picture formats - cannot be used for PDFs
• no anonymous upload, but you can create isolated accounts, so one per event, for instance

Chevereto

• similar to Lychee
• almost all features require "pro" paid version
• as a result, unable to test

Box

• need business account for anonymous upload

Dropbox

• rubbish - but getting better
• file request does not need business account
• free is limited to a total of 2GB
• sends email notification of uploads
• allows anonymous uploads
• may autologin people with Dropbox accounts

OneDrive

• upload to shared folder needs login by uploader
• "naked" file request needs business account
• has excellent previews and album creation
• may autologin people with OneDrive accounts

Google Drive

• uploader needs google account

FileRun --- use for as long as possible

• Superb, but personal FREE version discontinued late 2023
  • 5 user accounts (commercial usage) with one year of updates 99 Euros (approx $150)
  • 5 user accounts Non-commercial/Family use with lifetime updates 99 Euros
• gold standard
• could not get to run under Windows

Aurora Files --- best choice for sharing with known users

• great interface
• resolves file changes on backend
• no self registration
• no file requests
• cannot play or preview audio or video files
• no forgotten password reset
• very obscure distributed config files
• no email notifications
• set thumbnail limit size in D:\AuroraFiles\data\settings\config.json

Filegator --- best choice for blind uploads

• difficult to customize
• blind uploads allowed
• allows nested folders and replicates them
• figures out backend changes
• does not provide thumbnails or previews or online viewing

NextCloud

• overkill
• self registration needs plugin but works
• file requests use cludgy public uploads
• backend is a mess
  • user names are random strings
  • does not resolve backend changes
• no windows server version
• requires PHP 8

OwnCloud

• overkill
• self registration needs plugin and has no install instructions
• file requests use cludgy public uploads
• backend is a mess???
  • user names are random strings
  • does not resolve backend changes
• no windows server version

Seafile

• complex setup

Pydio

• now called/is Pydio Cells
• needs root access

FileStash

• Docker only

Filecloud

• Community edition at https://ce.filecloud.com/
• free
• Windows install is a full Xampp stack
  • insanely large number of files
  • massive overkill for a bit of private sharing
  • test install on Surface7 took ages and requires a ton of management

Project Send

• sends email notifications
• allows self registration
• available from softaculous
• prefixes filename with random string
• orphan files can be added. The list only shows the files allowed according to security settings. Nedd to upload to particular folder.
• no folder structure

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