Seafile
High-performance file sync and share with client-side encryption
Overview
Seafile is a self-hosted file sync and share platform built for performance and reliability, using a Git-like block-based storage model. It offers fast, reliable desktop and mobile sync, client-side encrypted libraries, and selective sync, making it a strong Dropbox alternative. The community edition is open source while the professional edition adds enterprise features.
Where it falls short of Dropbox
- Community edition lacks features (file roles, full-text search, advanced audit) reserved for the paid Pro edition
- Document/office collaboration is weaker than Google Drive without add-on integrations
- Block-based storage is efficient but makes direct filesystem access to stored data non-trivial
- Initial setup with database, memcached, and reverse proxy is fairly involved
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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