Seafile
Open source cloud platform for organizations with self-hosting, device file synchronization, sharing, versioning, secure encrypted storage, admin controls, web access, audit logging, and support for desktop and mobile clients for secure collaboration.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
Features
- File Sync
- File Versioning
- Multi Platform
- File Storage
- Cloud Sync
- Kanban Board
- File Tagging
- End-to-End Encryption
- Two-factor Authentication
- Automatic Backup
- Ad-free
- Support for MarkDown
- Shared Folders
- Selective Synchronization
- Real time collaboration
- Full-Text Search
- Team Collaboration
- Self-hosted
- Encrypted sync
- Virtual hard drive
- Integrated File Sharing
Seafile News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
POX added Seafile as alternative to Safebucket- rettousei reviewed Seafile
Seafile Server v13 file library got corrupted because of black out. The seaf-fsck.sh tool for fixing this issue, has a segmentation fault bug and not sure is it going to fix the issue when they fixed the bug. Only deploy Seafile server if you have an UPS and reliable machine.
- danielpan updated Seafile
- macrohard added Privacy focused as a feature to Seafile
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What is Seafile?
Seafile is an open-source file management and collaboration platform designed for teams. It offers a secure and efficient way to store, sync, and share files across devices, while providing advanced tools to organize and collaborate on information.
Beyond traditional sync and share, Seafile introduces a new way to organize your files. With extensible file metadata, users can define and manage custom properties such as owner, status, or due date. Multi-level tagging enables structured categorization, allowing teams to classify and find files more easily.
Seafile also provides flexible file views — including table, gallery, kanban, map, and statistics views — all based on file metadata. These views help you sort, filter, and visualize your files from different perspectives, transforming file management into a more organized and data-driven process.
AI-powered features further enhance file organization by automatically extracting file details, generating summaries, and suggesting tags. Extracted information can be saved as metadata or tags, reducing manual effort and improving accuracy.
In addition to smart file organization, Seafile includes built-in productivity tools such as SeaDoc, a collaborative document editor with AI assistance and embedded whiteboards (powered by Excalidraw). You can also build and publish knowledge bases to manage and share structured content within your team or externally.
Seafile offers both cloud-based and self-hosted deployment options, making it suitable for teams that prioritize data privacy and control.
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Open Source and Freemium product.Pricing
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Comments and Reviews
Please note:
If you don't know: Seafile.de (now SyncWerk.com) are a very reliable, low-price alternative for file syncing of the Dropbox type. Additionally, their client allows encryptions of the files you store. And the files are stored on EU territory. All of that is hugely important. By contrast, Dropbox are closed source, unencrypted (they encrypt only server-side, which is to say they can read your data) and they are US-based, which means they must hand over data at the NSA's behest without even telling you (see National Security Letter). So go with Seafile/SyncWerk. Or Tresorit. Or SpiderOak. But at least someone who treats your data with the decency and privacy you deserve.
Seafile Server v13 file library got corrupted because of black out. The seaf-fsck.sh tool for fixing this issue, has a segmentation fault bug and not sure is it going to fix the issue when they fixed the bug. Only deploy Seafile server if you have an UPS and reliable machine.
Generous free version. Has some bugs in the iOS app.
Not a bad program for storing files. Utilities for this PC software product are not bad enough. Has a bunch of bugs and problems that I have not been able to solve personally. If you're a technically savvy person, try it out, you might like it. I didn't like this product, so I went to other analogs.
Unlike Nextcloud it doesn't provide additional functionality like Calendars, Contacts and Notes. It does file sharing much better and faster though!
I can connect to Amazon S3 for cheap storage, access my files as if they were on an external drive, and access my files on Android.
Very clean, good desktop integration, free and open source (self-hosted).