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introducing copyparty, the FOSS file server

tripflag · 613.6K views · 2025-07-26 · 15:39

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Overview

The author of copyparty introduces the FOSS file server he has built over five years, demoing its features such as resumable uploads, WebDAV and deduplication. The video itself is shown running on a demo server.

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HN commenters call it a model demo video and the quickest way to see how much one developer packed into a self-hosted file server.

Recommended by 7 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2025–2026

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Cloud, DevOps & reliabilityDatabases & storageLinux & open-source ecosystems
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What people said

haunter · 2026-02 · Strong recommendation

One of my favorite piece of software was made by the guy with Termux on his phone [0], absolute insane [LINK] 0, [VIDEO]

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nucleardog · 2025-11 · Strong recommendation

I think "people" deserves clarification: Almost the entire thing was written by a single person and with a _seriously_ impressive feature set. The launch video is well worth a quick watch: [VIDEO] I don't say this to diminish anyone else's contribution or criticize the software, just to call out the absolutely herculean feat this one person accomplished.

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akk0 · 2025-07 · Strong recommendation

Copyparty is an amazing piece of software. I recommend watching the recent YouTube video for an overview[0]. The developer is a personal friend and my household is proud to own one of 20 limited edition copyparty disc releases. [0] [VIDEO]

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