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Windows Folder sharing like "Google Drive" style (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by paxxx84@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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hi everyone,

i want to make the switch moving from Google Drive to selfhosted,

and currenly I got a windows server up and running with a big hard drive which I want to make accessible like "Google Drive",

so on phone by an App,

on Windows like a mounted drive,

etc.

What do you guys use for that usecase?

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[–] ElevenNotes@alien.top 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

SMB.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've heard of nextcloud, haven't used it myself.

[–] snowe@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I’ve also heard of nextcloud being used. Definitely don’t use windows anything.

[–] nk316@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Nextcloud