Self hosted dropbox [closed]

Does anyone know of a file sharing/syncing software that works like dropbox but is self hosted? It could be centralized with a live server that controls everything or decentralized.

Solution 1:

There are some similar freeware/Open Source projects:

• http://sparkleshare.org/
• http://owncloud.org/
• http://ifolder.com/ifolder

And probably more.

Solution 2:

I used Unison for years before I caved and went with Dropbox (it's the addiction to mobile devices that finally forced me off).

It's free, it syncs to your servers, it runs on any platforms, it has a ton of customization options. You can configure it to have a central server ("star-architecture") or just use it peer-to-peer.

• Unlike Dropbox: it actually does handle merge, which makes it great for programming or anything else that is text-based. Git/Mercurial could do that, but...
• Unlike full-blown source control, it doesn't force you to check anything in, or think about all the other complexity of a revision control. Rsync does that, but...
• Unlike rsync and friends, it understands moves/renames/deletes - so you're never trying to figure out which direction to sync in.

Give it a try!