Files Sharing

!!! FILES SHARING VERSION 2 JUST RELEASED !!!

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Description

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 and french translations for now. You're welcome to help translating the app.

It comes with a droplet. You may drag and drop some files or directories into the droplet, your files will be uploaded to the server as a bundle.

A bundle is like a package containing a various number of files. You may choose the expiration date of the bundle.

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, can download one given file only or the entire bundle.
• 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. However it is different for the deletion link for obvious reasons.

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.

Sorry about the design, I'm not very good at this, you're welcome to help and participate.

Features

• creation of a new bundle
• define settings : title, description, expiration date, number max of downloads, password...
• upload one or more files via drag and drop or via browsing your computer
• ability to keep adding files to the bundle days later
• sharing link with bundle content preview
• 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
• upload limitation based on client IP filtering
• secured by tokens, authentication codes and non-publicly-accessible files

Requirements

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+)

The application also uses:

• http://www.dropzonejs.com/
• https://alpinejs.dev/
• https://tailwindcss.com/
• https://momentjs.com/
• https://axios-http.com/
• https://lodash.com/

Installation

• 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 composer install
• run yarn --production (or npm install --production)
• run yarn build (or npm run build)
• make sure that the PHP process has write permission on the ./storage folder
• generate the Laravel KEY: php artisan key:generate
• run cp .env.example .env and edit .env to fit your needs
• start the Laravel scheduler (it will delete expired bundles of the storage). For example 0 * * * * /usr/bin/php /path-to-your-project/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Use your browser to navigate to your domain name (example: files.yourdomain.com) and that's it.

Configuration

In order to configure your application, copy the .env.example file into .env. Then edit the .env file.

Configuration	Description
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" or "en"
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.
APP_NAME	the title of the application

Development

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 dev in order to recompile the assets when changed

Roadmap / Ideas / Improvements

There are many ideas to come. You are welcome to participate.

• limit upload permission by a password (or passwords)
• add PHP unit testing
• more testing on heavy files
• customizable / white labeling (logo, name, terms of service, footer ...)

Licence

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/

Welcome on board

If you are willing to participate or if you just want to talk with me : axel@mabox.eu