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I made a video about copyparty, the selfhosted fileserver I've been making for the past 5 years.

The main focus of the video is the features, but it also touches upon configuration. Was hoping it would be easier to follow than the readme on github... not sure how well that went, but hey :D

This video is also available to watch on the copyparty demo server, as a high-quality AV1 file and a lower-quality h264.

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[–] SilentKnightOwl@slrpnk.net 1 points 7 hours ago

Does anyone know if you can manage multiple devices from a single interface? If I had it on a couple of old phones and a laptop, for example.

[–] No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

This is incredible! I'm going to play around with this in my docker stack.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Wow.

This works crazy fast and performant. Keep up the incredible work!

[–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Put out some in-depth docker instructions and this will be common use in a month. Good work.

[–] TehNomad@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The docker compose file worked great for me.

[–] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

They may have patched it. I'll check it out thanks.

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Yup, I tried to run the docker image with the suggested docker command and it errored out for lack of a config file (though it did offer a fix in the logs for mounting the current directory as read/write)

[–] Pall@piefed.social 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Is there a way to help translate the UI.

I would like to help translate it into Danish.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago

Would also be willing to help translate the UI.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I bumped into copyparty the other month when looking for a software that could let me transfer files to a friend with the ability to pause/resume. Didn't bother with it, tried another software instead. Never really got it to work so I gave up on it.

Bumped into the YouTube video today, decided to give copyparty a shot, damn sir you've written a fine piece of software. It's so easy to get up and configure. The UI is a bit janky, but charming at the same time. Thanks for all the hard work!

"It's janky. It's charming. It works. It's Copyparty." ®

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit this is so unbelievably full featured it's not even funny. This is going to rattle some big names. I wonder how long till they try to shut it down because it's better than anything commercially available.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I haven't even tried it yet, but just from the video you can tell it's going to be insanely good. I'm so impressed.

It's the first bit of software I've seen in a long time where I took one look and immediately thought "Fuck me, I need that!"

I use Unraid for my NAS server and just on the off-chance I checked the Unraid community 'app store' and someone's already created a Docker definition for it, published just today! The hype is real

I'll be giving this a shot

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 days ago

This is insane. I think I'd use ten different applications and still not cover these features. And I can host this. Using a single python file.

[–] theorangeninja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I played around with copyparty and I have to say it is just awesome! The config is just fun to mess around with and everything feels snappy.

But I ran into an issue with FTP (probably just something I configured incorrectly) and could not find a discussion for that. I should probably start an issue on Github but as a non-developer I'm not sure how to do that in the correct way.

Edit: I managed to "solve" the problem. Apparently the user uploading to a subfolder over FTP needs the move permission for the folder above said subfolder.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

Thanks for making the video but also for providing non Youtube link. Maybe there is a PeerTube server that would enjoy hosting it.

[–] shiftymccool@programming.dev 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ho... Ly... Shit... This is great! The UI is a bit confusing at first but doesn't take long to get what's going on. I might even be disappointed with a UI revamp 😁 I can't believe how much functionality this has. It's already replacing some processes I have for mounting drives and backing up files. Maybe I missed something, but my only complaint would be the lack of an automatic one-way folder sync in the Party UP! app.

I'm blown away, great job!

That "functional but charming" UI reminds me of audiobookshelf with the soundleaf app - same vibe where it dosn't look fancy but gets the job done better than most polished alternatives!

[–] jhoward@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 6 days ago

Well done! This is exactly what I've been looking for! And it's fun to use and has an aesthetic that reminds me of browsing ftp servers back in the day. And these themes?! I love the whimsy mixed with actual usability.

And its a damn good file server so far: fast, easy to use, makes reasonable security choices, and accessible in the ways I want (rclone mount)

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Everyone loves CP. Tell all your friends about CP.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 3 points 6 days ago

Every single time I have seen one of your comments, you have disappointed me

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Are China Parties like Tupperware Parties, where friends get together and one shills a pyramid scheme? That's what CP is, right?

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

no, CP is copypasta, the thing you put into your China.

[–] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 days ago

Don't believe it. This is easily too good to be true.

[–] sun@slrpnk.net 7 points 6 days ago

The video are amazing. It's entertaining and explains everything so it's easily understood.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Elderly raspberry pi B [✓]

Large portable drive gathering dust [✓]

Guess I'm setting up a locally hosted file server in the near future.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Thank you so very much. I needed to transfer some files locally yesterday and didn't have a NAS set up. So I thought I would quickly set up a samba share on my pop-os media server so my spouse (windows) and I (mint) could swap/store files on the fly in the future. It took me 25 minutes and I almost gave up because my config file was having issues.

This looks sooooo much nicer. May every road rise up to meet you

[–] cravl@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I would add PairDrop to your list to have bookmarked. It's completely web-based so no download required and thus fully cross-platform. It also works across different networks (i.e. over the internet) by pairing devices or creating a room. Basically Apple AirDrop, but universal and on steroids.

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[–] not@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For such operations we use LocalSend.

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[–] doostee@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

I see flake.nix, i install.

[–] sun@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago

Have been playing around with it for a bit and it's AMAZING.

[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is cool. Idk if it’s just me but the h.264 version of your video has no sound!

[–] tripflag@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

man... that's really unexpected, I went with h264+mp3 which should be the most conservative / broadly-supported combination you could possibly use, yet still (ノ ゚ヮ゚)ノ ~┻━┻

what webbrowser / device / player are you using?

[–] LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This is me browsing slrpnk.net using the voyager app,on iOS latest version on iPhone 14 Pro, it then opens it in whatever built in player the app uses. Other versions work fine though. This app has me excited as I consider starting self hosting!

[–] tripflag@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

awesome thanks, should be able to reproduce it then :>

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago

Ok this is too damn cool. Will be checking it out soon, but moving to a new apartment this week so I probably shouldn't dive into new distractions just yet...

nice project! I'll check it out! I've also really enjoyed your replies here. it's obvious you really know your stuff. thanks!

[–] nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 days ago

this looks amazing! (from the youtube video. also the controls/features seem to be well thought-through) i'll give it a shot tomorrow

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