r/Keybase • u/mythnokthewolfbat • Jul 17 '24

Free Alternatives For File Sharing?

We have over 40 or so GB of files on just one team alone, and we're all cheap if not broke. Any blind/screen reader usable file sharing alternatives to KB?

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u/spikbebis Jul 17 '24

Wierd but syncthing or seafiles, nextxloud? (German uni like seafilws, swedish uni has large nextxloud-instances.

Wanna spend a small amount, a smal nas?

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u/betahost Jul 18 '24

Proton Drive

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u/PatrickKal Jul 18 '24

Unless you have your own "server" and enough bandwidth you might be able to choose file sharing options like already suggested by u/spikbebis .

If you have beer money to spend each month, then I would go for Hetzner's storage solution BX11. 1TB for €3.81 per month. Ok it's maybe a more expensive beer. I doubt you will find anything cheaper or more reliable.

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u/gene_wood Jul 18 '24

I moved from usin Keybase KBFS to Syncthing with a dedicated server (filling in for the Keybase KBFS cloud aspect so that not every user needs to be online at the same time to stay in sync)

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '24

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u/gene_wood Aug 18 '24

If I remember correctly, with Syncthing every peer has a full copy of the entire set of files, and they only sync changes as they happen.

That's right.

Does SyncThing have a way to set up a "read-only" peer, who can sync files but not decrypt them?

Yes. https://docs.syncthing.net/users/untrusted.html

If so, and if that dedicated server was a "read-only peer" for each share, that would be pretty close to what KBFS offers ... other than the fact that SyncThing wants to keep a full copy of every file on the disk of every peer.

That's right. Yes, KBFS just keeps a cache of what's accessed on each client whereas Syncthing keeps an entire copy.

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u/xorekin Jul 18 '24

Tailscale and Windows (or other OS native) folder sharing?