A Dropbox alternative: upload files to your hosting space - Hardware & Software

Hey there! I'm making this thread as a sort of poll and status report about this little project I'm attempting: a Dropbox "clone" which instead of uploading to their server, uploads to yours. This can be useful in many ways: first of all you have full control over what exists on your server. Secondly, you will probably have a bigger amount of space available. I'm going to be programming this in Python for the sake of cross-platform compatibility. I've been working on this for something like 30 minutes and I'm almost halfway through abstracting the standard Python FTP library. So yeah, first of all I'd like to hear who would be interested into this kind of thing.

I don't see why this is necessary If you need more than 2GB of storage you'll have a server or something like that. I only use Dropbox for homework and stuff

wasn't there something already like this

I'd be interested in using it

[QUOTE=Protocol7;29495121]I don't see why this is necessary If you need more than 2GB of storage you'll have a server or something like that. I only use Dropbox for homework and stuff[/QUOTE] Err. Isn't this what I said? The app would Sync a local folder's content with the server, just as Dropbox does.

Yes, if I had a sever...

Wrong section, and I also do believe their was already something like this.

There's loadsa services that can do similar things that dropbox do. Wuala for example, lets you donate space on your computer to their storage cloud, and in return you get some space in said storage cloud. Up to 100GB can be earned on one PC that's online 24/7 They also have clients for Android and iPhones more info here: [url]http://www.wuala.com/en/learn/features[/url] Wuala requires Java to run on computers though. DL link: [url]http://www.wuala.com/en/download/[/url]

Is this in response to garry's tweet? Also I would love to see this completed, I've been wanting something like this for a long time.

[QUOTE=Van-man;29495267]There's loadsa services that can do similar things that dropbox do. Wuala for example, lets you donate space on your computer to their storage cloud, and in return you get some space in said storage cloud. Up to 100GB can be earned on one PC that's online 24/7 They also have clients for Android and iPhones more info here: [url]http://www.wuala.com/en/learn/features[/url] Wuala requires Java to run on computers though. DL link: [url]http://www.wuala.com/en/download/[/url][/QUOTE] It's essentially different than what I'm proposing here. I don't think anyone would be pleased to have to keep their PC on. Shared servers are usually disjointed from your home set. [editline]28th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=noodleboy347;29495309]Is this in response to garry's tweet? Also I would love to see this completed, I've been wanting something like this for a long time.[/QUOTE] I've had the idea for a long time, but garry's tweet convinced me to get working on it. I even replied to his tweet but he didn't seem to notice that.

I've decided I'll host the project on google code for now. It'll be open source.

Man Tera, you've made quickfire, now a dropbox alternative? You're a genius and you need to be known.

thanks tera

[QUOTE=kidkiller745;29502858]Man Tera, you've made quickfire, now a dropbox alternative? You're a genius and you need to be known.[/QUOTE] Thank you. Your support is very motivating.

Will it synchronize whole files when a change is made, or will it only synchronize the changes like Dropbox? I find that feature nice when dealing with large files.

[QUOTE=the_grul;29503827]Will it synchronize whole files when a change is made, or will it only synchronize the changes like Dropbox? I find that feature nice when dealing with large files.[/QUOTE] Large files are usually encoded and change significantly when edited, so uploading a diff could save just a little bunch of bytes. But yeah, might try implementing it. Actually, as far as I know you can't store parts of a file via FTP, you have to send it all.

Will it have versioning like dropbox? And the ability to share folders with others and have it appear in their folder? And an android client? Those are the things I use dropbox for. If it didn't have those I'd be using ftp. [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=TerabyteS;29504605] Actually, as far as I know you can't store parts of a file via FTP, you have to send it all.[/QUOTE] sftp clients tend to upload bits and then execute a command at the end to rename/merge them. [editline]29th April 2011[/editline] I think

Make this now, I always hated the 2gb limit, and since I have hosting, why not, it will make it a lot easier than starting up my FTP program then uploading the files, I change a lot of things.

[QUOTE=Van-man;29495267]There's loadsa services that can do similar things that dropbox do. Wuala for example, lets you donate space on your computer to their storage cloud, and in return you get some space in said storage cloud. Up to 100GB can be earned on one PC that's online 24/7 They also have clients for Android and iPhones more info here: [url]http://www.wuala.com/en/learn/features[/url] Wuala requires Java to run on computers though. DL link: [url]http://www.wuala.com/en/download/[/url][/QUOTE] Wouldn't that take alot of outcoming traffic from your connection in the long time?

[QUOTE=Loures;29506355]Wouldn't that take alot of outcoming traffic from your connection in the long time?[/QUOTE] yes but some of us live in lucky land where there are no usage caps

This would be very useful for editing files on a website without using an actual client like FTP or SCP.

[QUOTE=Catdaemon;29506439]yes but some of us live in lucky land where there are no usage caps[/QUOTE] My connection might be shitty, but it's stable, and with no bandwidth caps. :denmark:

I am currently using Dropbox Pro which gives me 50 GB of storage. If it would be as convenient as Dropbox is, I would most definitely use this instead.

I'd be interested, I get some FTP space from my ISP, so I'd be nice to use it. Though I Might use it along side my dropbox.