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Seafile

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Seafile is a professional open source cloud storage platform for organizations. It has complete file syncing and sharing features, reliable file storage and advanced privacy protection feature.

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License model

  • FreemiumOpen Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Online  Hosted Pro Edition is free for 3 users and has a yearly subscription for more users
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Self-Hosted  The Community Edition is Free and Open Source
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Features

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  1.  File Sync
  2.  File Versioning
  3.  Multi Platform
  4.  Isolated file libraries
  5.  Team Collaboration
  6.  Support for Amazon S3
  7.  Virtual hard drive
  8.  Install Syslinux
  9.  Sync Network Drive
  10.  Development API
  11.  Encrypted sync

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Seafile information

  • Developed by

    Seafile Ltd.
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription that costs $0 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4
  • Alternatives

    116 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Catalan; Valencian
    • Czech
    • French
    • German
    • Hungarian
    • Icelandic
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Norwegian Bokmål
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Turkish

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Our users have written 9 comments and reviews about Seafile, and it has gotten 181 likes

Seafile was added to AlternativeTo by seafile on Nov 22, 2012 and this page was last updated May 3, 2021.

Comments and Reviews

   
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John Fastman
  
Top positive commentMar 5, 2017

Please note:

  1. Seafile was a company with two branches - one in Germany (Seafile.de) and one in China (Seafile.com). In the summer of 2016, the two parted company.
  2. Since then until now (March 2017), Seafile.de continued to provide a service syncing people's files using the open source Seafile client. Very good prices, very nice service, and an excellent client - one of the very few I've found able to deal with (literally) hundreds of thousands of small data files without breaking down. Great upload/download speeds. (I live in the EU, but not in Germany.)
  3. As of March 2017 I noticed a rebranding of Seafile.de to Syncwerk.com (they Seafile.de redirects there now). I think Seafile GmbH (the German company) are seemingly going for a rebrand to move towards a new future. Good luck to them. I'm on board as a paying customer. Let's see where it leads. I hope they maintain the open source nature of their client.

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.

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Appelido
  
Positive commentMar 10, 2020

Generous free version. Has some bugs in the iOS app.

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INSIDE
  
ReviewMar 14, 2019

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.

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kiminariyamamoto
  
Positive commentMar 25, 2018

Unlike Nextcloud it doesn't provide additional functionality like Calendars, Contacts and Notes. It does file sharing much better and faster though!

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914ian914
  
Positive commentMar 1, 2018

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.

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arnolem
CommentMay 31, 2017

Very clean, good desktop integration, free and open source (self-hosted).

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John Fastman
CommentDec 17, 2016

Seafile should be congratulated for offering optional client-side encryption of a folder you might want to sync. This is good because the files are encrypted on your computer before they are uploaded, which means that they are not readable to Seafile or anyone who might access their servers (legally or illegally). This makes your data more secure and private than you get with Dropbox, GoogleDrive, Box or OneDrive.

However...

You should know that the encryption the Seafile software provides encrypts the file contents only and not the name, file size, folder structure or the date any particular file was modified. This is a limitation if you want to prevent anyone learning what files you have, even if they can't read the contents.

Therefore...

A good solution is to pair Seafile's service with an open-source encryption program like Cryptomator. The reason for this is that Cryptomator provides a very simple way to encrypt your data on your computer before it syncs, but it does encrypt the file names, folder structure and other metadata. Cryptomator is also preferable for this purpose over competitors like BoxCryptor because it is free and open source, and therefore its code can be inspected to ensure that the encryption is implemented correctly.

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What is Seafile?

Seafile is a file hosting software system. Files are stored on a central server and can by synchronized with personal computers and mobile devices via the Seafile client. Files can also be accessed via the server's web interface. Seafile's functionality is similar to other popular services such as Dropbox and Google Drive, with the primary difference being that Seafile is free and open-source, enabling users to host their own Seafile servers without artificially imposed limits on storage space or client connections.

You can deploy Seafile on your own server for free using the Community Edition, which is opensource, or choose the Professional Edition, that is free for 3 users and has a yearly subscription for more users.

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