Nextcloud VS filemanager

Nextcloud Dev (version 20230604): Synchronization client

My plan is to make a home-server by putting a Google Coral M.2 Accelerator in an m92p tiny thinkstation (after I've given it a Xeon E3-1265L V2 and 32gb of DDR3 RAM ofc, annnd once I connect the M.2(E) to the mini-PCIe socket and get past the BIOS whitelisting :facepalm: might take me a year to get around to, but heck when I do, I'll be the queen of 2015!). The only other things I want to serve are a 3-user Nextcloud instance, and a very basic home-assistant instance.

Nextcloud ( Alternative to Google Drive/Dropbox ) = https://nextcloud.com/ ( € 5/user/year )

Could dedicate 2 of them to home server stuff or smart home automations. Pihole, docker, plex, nextcloud etc.

Nextcloud Dev (version 20230527): Synchronization client

A couple additiona maybe?: - Piwigo great for photo management. Could be used as an alternative to Google Photos - Nexcloud for file sharing. Replacement for Google Drive.

If you want to risk it, you can download the rc (release candidate) source package from GitHub and upgrade manually.

While considering alternatives, I thought about DokuWiki, which looks like an unlikely solution, and Nextcloud, which I've already used in the past. Both seem a good option in their own right, though I favor Nextcloud because it's a more direct approach. However, I'm inclined towards a solution that's leaner and less bloated. Nevertheless, if any of those is the one that is most likely to solve my dilemma, I'm open towards using any of those two. I'm also investigating Anytype.io, which seems like the best option, but it seems it works with an invitation.

I can suggest 3 options. * Photoview - It is like a gallery with recursive folder structure (folders inside folders) support. You can create shareable links for the folders, with password protection. The UI is great. And your clients will be able to download the complete folder, also individual images at either full resolution or reduced. The issue is you cannot use the UI to add or delete photos, but it can be a great thing for security and stability. * Chevereto - It is more like imgur. You upload all the files using the UI and create albums and their sharable links. I do not think if it supports videos at all. * Nextcloud - Another great option if you want to give your clients a Google Drive or a Dropbox like experience. You can create custom links, like example .com/client-name, which can look more professional. For better videos experience you'll need hardware acceleration.

Filestash https://www.filestash.app/ Filebrowser https://filebrowser.org/ All behind nginx reverse proxy and you have it

File Browser is a good web file browser, but mainly for uploading to the server

For read-write access that one might want to share with friends & family over wireguard or similar, I think https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser is very good. It also supports multiple users & authentication.

I run btrfs, share on LAN with samba, share externally with https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser

Samba + https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser

Lastly file browser - Just in case I need to maintain the files. eg. moving the downloaded metube files into a folder.

I use Filebrowser to share files or folders with a link without having to copy them. You can even change the permissions of "guest" users (the ones who access from a share link) to choose if they can only read, add files, ...

As others said, Filebrowser is almost perfect for this scenario. I've been using it myself for almost a year and couldn't be happier.