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YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Post by adamm255 »

blacklight wrote: post #7

Before trying it in my lab, could the author elaborate on what's its killer feature? The README mentions that it's an alternative to both Dropbox and WeTransfer. My current alternative to Dropbox is Nextcloud, and my current alternative to WeTransfer is (formerly Mozilla) Send. What's the added value of YouTransfer compared to this solution? I'm also put off by the fact that the README has a big "looking for a new ma…

Used this in the past, imagine WeTransfer, but you run it yourself. That’s it.

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Post by skottenborg »

causi wrote: post #4
moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

I can recommend PicoShare which I've been self-hosting for a while. It's a couple of years old now and still maintained. Also, it's very simple and allows for guests too.

https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare

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Post by [deleted] »

ckcheng wrote: post #6
causi wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

PairDrop works: https://pairdrop.net/ https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop Other alternatives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38915909

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Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Post by savrajsingh »

causi wrote: post #4
moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

Sharedrop.io ?

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Post by ajsnigrutin »

causi wrote: post #4
moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

Apache is still maintaned, so is nginx... just throw the file into a folder accessible by the webserver (within documentroot), and you're done :)

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Post by scrlk »

causi wrote: post #4
moontear wrote: post #2

Last checkin four years ago and README says „looking for a new maintainer“. Is this abandonware?

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

Re: YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution

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Post by quesera »

scrlk wrote: post #18
causi wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've seen probably four or five different brilliant file transfer solutions that totally solved the person to person file transfer problem posted to HN and every dang one of them was shut down or abandoned.

For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

> "getting an FTP account"

There are myriad options if you get a server of some kind. A webserver is even easier to get, and to share, than an FTP server.

That's not the challenge these projects attempt to meet.

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