{"slug": "seafile", "name": "Seafile", "category": "selfhosted", "category_name": "Self-hosted and home server", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 0, "score": 3.227, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2026-02-02", "latest": "2026-10-09", "why": "It\u2019s by far the best open source alternative to Google Drive and Google Docs!", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "It\u2019s by far the best open source alternative to Google Drive and Google Docs!", "icon": true, "domain": "seafile.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.seafile.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Seafile"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 795971410, "item_id": 49748213, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748213", "by": "recvonline", "date": "2026-09-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Seafile: Hosting my private files", "excerpt": "* Kavita: eBooks and Comics * Jellyfin: Movies and TV Shows * Seafile: Hosting my private files * AdGuard Home: DNS/Ad blocking for all my devices * Vaultwarden: Passwords * Immich: For my photos * Plausible: Analytics * Audiobookshelf: Audiobooks * Radarr/Sonarr/Prowlarr + Transmission * Radicale: Calendar + Contacts * HedgeDoc: For my Markdown files LLMs made it REALLY easy to setup a self hosting server and mainta", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "private file hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?"}, {"id": 785275744, "item_id": 49079734, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49079734", "by": "wcallahan", "date": "2026-07-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It\u2019s by far the best open source alternative to Google Drive and Google Docs!", "excerpt": "Hey @Daniel-Pan, I\u2019m a big fan of your work with Seafile. It\u2019s by far the best open source alternative to Google Drive and Google Docs! I love the idea of this as well. Do you plan to make it available as open source software also? I think it goes a long way towards trust in the platform/software.", "context": "", "use_case": "file sync and docs", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: SeaTicket \u2013 AI agent that resolve GitHub and Discord issues"}, {"id": 749703952, "item_id": 46856497, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46856497", "by": "ktm5j", "date": "2026-02-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Super fast and dependable, highly recommend.", "excerpt": "I really like SeaFile for this kind of thing. It follows the \"do one thing and do it well\" philosophy. It's just file sync with some basic document editing features (markdown, .doc I think). Super fast and dependable, highly recommend. https://www.seafile.com/en/home/", "context": "", "use_case": "file sync", "switched_from": "", "story": "Termux"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "recvonline", "context": "self-hoster", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748213", "date": "2026-09-17"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["file sync", "private file hosting", "file sync and docs", "file storage and sync"], "compared": [{"slug": "jellyfin", "name": "Jellyfin", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985548", "title": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746527", "title": "Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078625", "title": "Show HN: SeaTicket \u2013 AI agent that resolve GitHub and Discord issues", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47673394", "title": "Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46854642", "title": "Termux", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"compare": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 800375040, "item_id": 50023440, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50023440", "by": "Semaphor", "date": "2026-10-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "mainly seafile (file sync) and prosody (jabber/xmpp)", "excerpt": "Cheap Vps: mainly seafile (file sync) and prosody (jabber/xmpp). 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It\u2019s by far the best open source alternative to Google Drive and Google Docs! I love the idea of this as well. Do you plan to make it available as open source software also? I think it goes a long way towards trust in the platform/software.", "context": "", "use_case": "file sync and docs", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: SeaTicket \u2013 AI agent that resolve GitHub and Discord issues"}, {"id": 762831409, "item_id": 47676963, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47676963", "by": "conradev", "date": "2026-04-07", "stance": "compare", "quote": "existing OSS products in the space like Filestash or Seafile?", "excerpt": "I love it! How would you position yourself relative to existing OSS products in the space like Filestash or Seafile? 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