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Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file

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Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file

Platform availability

Available on 5 of 6 install platforms

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

90/100 Excellent

Maintained
100last commit 8 days ago
Popular
9346,829 GitHub stars
Easy to install
654 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
How is this calculated?

A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 8 days ago

GitHub stars
46,829
Open issues
251
Last commit
2026-09-27
Latest release
v1.20.24
License
MIT
Activity
steady

Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (9001/copyparty)

Resources & Compatibility

Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Podman install: copy files and reload systemd If you use the provided Podman (Docker-like container tool) install, copy copyparty.container and copyparty.conf into /etc/containers/systemd and /etc/copyparty, then run sudo systemctl daemon-reload and sudo systemctl start copyparty; without those files or the reload, systemd (the Linux service manager) can't find the container. It should start at boot by itself, so you don't need to manually en source
  • Gentoo: install from the guru repo On Gentoo, run emerge www-servers/copyparty::guru; the ::guru part tells it to look in an extra package list, and skipping that can make the install fail to find copyparty. source
  • FreeBSD: add thumbnail/transcoding extras On FreeBSD, install py311-sqlite3, py311-pillow, and ffmpeg with pkg; without ffmpeg, live video transcoding and some preview features won't work, while the other packages support thumbnails and metadata. source

Fetched 6 days ago - each note links to its source

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Checked 4 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

How do I configure settings for only one shared folder?

Use volume-specific volflags, which are the options listed in copyparty's --help-flags output, while general options belong in the [global] section.

How should I set up user accounts?

Account configuration can be done in config files, or you can check the copyparty sfx helper with --help-accounts for the exact account options.

Why won't the provided Podman systemd service start?

Copy copyparty.container to /etc/containers/systemd and copyparty.conf to /etc/copyparty, run systemctl daemon-reload, then start the copyparty service. Without the files or reload, systemd cannot find the container.

What container security settings matter when running copyparty on TrueNAS?

Run copyparty in a container with a dedicated user and matching dataset permissions, and consider the security implications of how files are shared.

Answers sourced from forums.truenas.com, github.com, github.com, www.reddit.com

Community

Collected 7 days ago - public community threads