SkyFolder

Easily share your files & folders online with minimal configuration BS. It's like your own personal Google Drive!

SkyFolder is a self-contained HTTP/Bittorrent server for sharing files with friends & colleagues. Made for busy people that want to share files NOW, and don't want to remember how to configure stuff. Ships with good defaults and includes a built-in management graphical interface.

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Features:

• Downloads & uploads
• Create, Delete, Rename directories
• Sort the list by multiple parameters
• Password and ACL policy on folders
• No third party services. Runs completely on your PC or server
• Multiple views: list view, icon view, gallery view
• In-browser file-viewer and streaming with real-time transcoding
• Built in search engine
• Low resource footprint (~10mb DRAM when idle, suitable for running 24/7 in background)
• Run on GNU/Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac
• TLS cert support with built-in automatic Let's Encrypt client!
• Bittorrent tracker (incomplete, in research)
• OS toast notification when someone downloads a file from you
• Run for years without restart if needed
• No telemetry, the SkyFolder makes no outgoing connections, only serves clients connecting to it
• Secure to expose to the open internet
• Management GUI that generates Gura markup for you in the background (not required, you can edit the Gura yourself)
• Multiple download methods: HTTP GET, HTTP JS managed File System Access API based download, built in bittorrent tracker that supports downloading via torrent magnet.
• Utilizes all CPU cores and available bandwidth, supports partial files and retries, generates thumbnails, supports directories with thousands of files

Help needed:

• Mobile version
• Dark mode
• General testing
• Penetration Testing
• Automated tests
• Implementing Bittorrent
• Polish and improve UI, more clever thoughtfulness towards the UI is always desired
• Your feedback (there's no such thing as a stupid/trite question/comment here)
• Test if it works on a 32bit computer

How to install:

Coming soon.

Security notice

If you plan to use the management features from outside your LAN (over the internet) it's important to use a TLS cert otherwise your management credentials can be sniffed.