FILES SHARING VERSION 2 JUST RELEASED
This PHP application based on Laravel 10.9 allows to share files like Wetransfer. You may install it on your own server. It does not require any database system, it works with JSON files into the storage folder. It is multilingual and comes with english, french and korean translations for now. You're welcome to help translating the app.
This application provides two links per bundle :
- a bundle preview link : you can send this link to your recipients who will see the bundle content. For example: http://yourdomain/bundle/dda2d646b6746b96ea9b?auth=965242. The recipient can see all the files of the bundle and download the bundle as a ZIP archive.
- a bundle download link : you can send this link yo your recipients who will download all the files of the bundle at once (without any preview). For example: http://yourdomain/bundle/dda2d646b6746b96ea9b/download?auth=965242.
Each of these links comes with an authorization code. This code is the same for the preview and the download links.
The application also comes with a Laravel Artisan command as a background task who will physically remove expired bundle files of the storage disk. This command is configured to run every five minutes among the Laravel scheduled commands.
- uploader access permission: IP based or login/password
- bundle's settings: title, description, expiration date, number max of downloads, password...
- upload one or more files via drag and drop or via browsing your filesystem
- ability to keep adding files to the bundle days later
- sharing link with bundle content preview
- download rate limiter
- ability to download the entire bundle as ZIP archive (password protected when applicable)
- direct download link (doesn't preview the bundle content)
- garbage collector which removes the expired bundles as a background task
- multilingual (EN and FR)
- easy installation, no database required
- secured by tokens, authentication codes and non-publicly-accessible files
You may visit my Online Demo
A video demo is available on Youtube
Basically, nothing more than Laravel itself:
- PHP >= 8.1
- Ctype PHP Extension
- OpenSSL PHP Extension
- PDO PHP Extension
- Mbstring PHP Extension
- Tokenizer PHP Extension
- XML PHP Extension
Plus:
- JSON PHP Extension (included after PHP 5.2+)
- ZipArchive PHP Extension (included after PHP 5.3+)
- SQLite
The application also uses:
- http://www.dropzonejs.com/
- https://alpinejs.dev/
- https://tailwindcss.com/
- https://momentjs.com/
- https://axios-http.com/
- https://lodash.com/
You may now install FileSharing via Docker. See https://hub.docker.com/r/axeloz/filesharing
docker run -d \
-p 8080:80 \
-v <local_path>:/app/storage/content \
--name filesharing \
-e APP_NAME="FileSharing" \
-e APP_URL="<your_url>" \
-e ASSET_URL="<your_asset_url>" \
-e UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE="1G" \
-e APP_TIMEZONE="Europe/Paris" \
-e UPLOAD_PREVENT_DUPLICATES=true \
-e HASH_MAX_FILESIZE="1G" \
-e UPLOAD_MAX_FILES=100 \
-e LIMIT_DOWNLOAD_RATE="100K" \
axeloz/filesharing:latest
- use the
-voption to bind your local storage to the docker instance (persisting data) - adapt the
-poption to listen to the port you need - you may pass env variables with the
-eoption - you can use a reverse proxy for SSL termination (example: nginx)
Simple config for Nginx:
server {
server_name filesharing.box.webinno.fr;
charset utf-8;
location / {
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
}
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
listen 443 ssl http2;
ssl_certificate [...]
ssl_certificate_key [...]
}
You can also use in docker compose with the following template:
version: '3'
services:
app:
image: axeloz/filesharing:latest
environment:
UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE: "1G"
UPLOAD_MAX_FILES: "100"
UPLOAD_LIMIT_IPS: "127.0.0.1"
UPLOAD_PREVENT_DUPLICATES: true
HASH_MAX_FILESIZE: "1G"
LIMIT_DOWNLOAD_RATE: "1M"
volumes:
- files_v:/app/storage/content
ports:
- 8080:80
volumes:
files_v:
driver: local- configure your domain name. For example: files.yourdomain.com
- clone the repo or download the sources into the webroot folder
- configure your webserver to point your domain name to the
./publicfolder - run
composer install - run
yarn --production(ornpm install --production) - run
yarn build(ornpm run build) - make sure that the PHP process has write permission on the
./storagefolder - generate the Laravel KEY:
php artisan key:generate - run
cp .env.example .envand edit.envto fit your needs - (optional) you may create your first user
php artisan fs:user:create - start the Laravel scheduler (it will delete expired bundles of the storage). For example
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /path-to-your-project/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1 - (optional) to purge bundles manually, run
php artisan fs:bundle:purge
Use your browser to navigate to your domain name (example: files.yourdomain.com) and that's it.
In order to configure your application, copy the .env.example file into .env. Then edit the .env file.
| Configuration | Description |
|---|---|
APP_NAME |
the title of the application |
APP_ENV |
change this to production when in production (local otherwise) |
APP_DEBUG |
change this to false when in production (true otherwise) |
APP_TIMEZONE |
change this to your current timezone |
APP_LOCALE |
change this to "fr", "en" or "kr" |
UPLOAD_PREVENT_DUPLICATES |
Should the app block duplicate files (true / false) |
HASH_MAX_FILESIZE |
max size for hashing file to check for duplicate files. If files are bigger than limit, they will not be hashed. Find the best value for better cpu / memory consumption |
UPLOAD_MAX_FILES |
(optional) maximal number of files per bundle |
UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE |
(optional) change this to the value you want (K, M, G, T, ...). Attention : you must configure your PHP settings too (post_max_size, upload_max_filesize and memory_limit). When missing, using PHP lowest configuration |
UPLOAD_LIMIT_IPS |
(optional) a comma separated list of IPs from which you may upload files. Different formats are supported : Full IP address (192.168.10.2), Wildcard format (192.168.10.*), CIDR Format (192.168.10/24 or 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or Start-end IP (192.168.10.0-192.168.10.10). When missing, filtering is disabled. |
LIMIT_DOWNLOAD_RATE |
(optional) if set, limit the download rate. For instance, you may set LIMIT_DOWNLOAD_RATE=100K to limit download rate to 100Ko/s |
You may provide a list of IPs to limit access to the upload feature.
Or you can create users with login/password credentials.
You can also mix the two methods.
Warning: if your leave the
UPLOAD_LIMIT_IPSempty and you don't create users, the upload will be publicly accessible
If you are using Nginx, you might be required to do additional setup in order to increase the upload max size. Check the Nginx's documentation for client_max_body_size.
If your want to modify the sources, you can use the Laravel Mix features:
- configure your domain name. For example: files.yourdomain.com
- clone the repo or download the sources into the webroot folder
- configure your webserver to point your domain name to the public/ folder
- run a
composer install - run a
yarn install - run a
yarn devin order to recompile the assets when changed
There are many ideas to come. You are welcome to participate.
- add PHP unit testing
- more testing on heavy files
- background process for creating Zips asynchronously after completion of the bundle
- invitation to external users to upload file into existing bundle
- customizable / white labeling (logo, name, terms of service, footer ...)
GPLv3
| Permissions | Conditions | Limitations |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial use | Disclose source | Liability |
| Distribution | License and copyright notice | Warranty |
| Modification | Same license | |
| Patent use | State changes | |
| Private use |
https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-3.0/
If you are willing to participate or if you just want to talk with me : axel@mabox.eu
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