Zipline VS CustomUploaders

Compare Zipline vs CustomUploaders and see what are their differences.

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Zipline CustomUploaders
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Zipline

Posts with mentions or reviews of Zipline. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-07.

CustomUploaders

Posts with mentions or reviews of CustomUploaders. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-05.
  • Tell HN: Please Stop Using Imgur
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jun 2022
    Dear HN, please stop using imgur to share images in the posts and comments.

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    Why?

    I'll admit that first and foremost I have selfish reasons for this. I often read HN on mobile. I also use Firefox on desktop and mobile, as should you[1]. When I tap on a seemingly direct i.imgur.com/yaddayadda.jpg link, I get the imgur UI loading animation, and it never loads. I have not found a way around this, other than using a Chrome based browser.

    But my personal reasons aside, I want you to realize that imgur has become the exact kind of service its creator hated[2], and you probably hate too. One where you can't directly link to the image file, and the polar opposite of "no nonsense" image hosting.

    Although the downhill started way before, I'll also note that imgur was bought by MediaLab in 2021[3]. If that doesn't ring any bells, have a listen to the episode 93 of Darknet Diaries[4]. If you don't have time for that, let me quote a comment[5] from the acquisition thread: "the general idea seems to buy declining brands for cheap and extract as much value as possible".

    I wish I could give you an alternative as good as the original imgur, but as you probably know, it is very difficult to host a no nonsense image hosting service. For context see the imgur IAmA thread[6].

    So instead I have some options that may fit at least the HN use case of occasionally sharing a screenshot or a photo.

    [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/goodbye-edge/

    [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/i/c07u7kr/

    [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28674883

    [4] https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/93/

    [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28677432

    [6] https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y81ju/i/

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    What to use instead?

    Option 1:

    Abuse a popular unrelated service that you already have an account for.

    For example Discord, Reddit, Twitter and GitHub all let you upload an image and link directly to it.

    In Discord start a personal "Notebook" group and upload your images there.

    In Reddit post images to "Your profile".

    In Twitter just tweet it, or reply tweet it to yourself if you want it more hidden.

    In GitHub drop images in a comment of your own gist for example.

    This may not be your favorite option, but it is my favorite option as a reader of your comment or post, because the probability of the link just working and directly opening the image in the future is higher than most other services.

    If you feel bad about abusing the service, you could throw some money at them. Discord has Nitro, Reddit has Gold, Twitter has Blue, GitHub has Team.

    Option 2:

    Take a look at actual imgur alternatives. I looked some up for you, but I can't personally vouch for any of them.

    put.re - I was going to recommend put.re, but apparently they're showing exactly why we can't have nice things https://gitlab.com/putre/frontend/-/issues/16 You can request access, but I haven't tried.

    upload.vaa.red - Can't tell what the retention time is, otherwise looks good.

    imgbb.com - Says direct linking is a paid feature, but seems to work either way, for now.

    cubeupload.com - They've had to remove anonymous uploads. See a pattern yet? Otherwise direct links seem to work, sometimes.

    You can also take a look at ShareX image uploaders https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX/tree/develop/ShareX.UploadersLib/ImageUploaders or custom uploaders https://github.com/ShareX/CustomUploaders

    Option 3:

    Host your own.

    I am not an expert on this, or any of the previous things for that matter, but one combination I saw recommended was Backblaze + Cloudflare.

    There are many many options here, and putting something like Cloudflare or any of its CDN competitors in front of whatever you feel like setting up will work fine and be cheap or even free.

    Maybe comment your favorite set up.

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    If you have better alternatives, or really any alternatives that work in 2022, please share.

    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jun 2022
  • ELI5: How do I add imgbb.com as my default uploader?
    2 projects | /r/sharex | 20 Sep 2021
    Get custom ShareX Custom Uploader preset file (imgbb.com.sxcu) for imgbb from ShareX/CustomUploaders repository (green "Code" button -> Download ZIP)
  • How to make ShareX give you the direct link to Gyazo's .png?
    2 projects | /r/sharex | 11 Aug 2021
    I followed the third comment of this link but it didn't work then I followed this one and it worked but it doesnt sent me to the direct .png like I want to.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Zipline and CustomUploaders you can also consider the following projects:

ProjectSend - ProjectSend is a free, open source software that lets you share files with your clients, focused on ease of use and privacy. It supports clients groups, system users roles, statistics, multiple languages, detailed logs... and much more!

Files Sharing - Self-hosted files sharing application, easy to setup, easy to use

YouTransfer - The simple but elegant self-hosted file transfer & sharing solution

FileShelter - FileShelter is a “one-click” file sharing web application

chibisafe - Blazing fast file uploader and awesome bunker written in node! 🚀

imgpush - Minimalist Self-hosted Image Service for user submitted images in your app

FireShare - Real-time file sharing system. Using NodeJS, ReactJS, SocketIO, MongoDB. Chai, WebdriverIO for testing.

web-file-uploader - A simple tool to let people upload and share images and files

XBackBone - A lightweight file manager with full ShareX support and more

Sharry - Sharry is a self-hosted file sharing web application.

Plik - Plik is a temporary file upload system (Wetransfer like) in Go.

lufi - Read-only mirror of https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lufi/