Convenient private cloud with Seafile
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Cloud storage is steadily gaining popularity. Data can be stored centrally and synchronized over multiple computers, shared with colleagues and friends, or made fully accessible to anyone. On the tail of the NSA wiretapping scandal, many users are asking themselves whether their cloud data is truly in good hands. Others consider what might happen to their data if a supplier goes bankrupt or is bought up. Others still, especially operators of their own servers, see no reason to pay for storage while they have enough of their own unused space.
The free alternatives ownCloud [1] and Seafile [2] are targeted to the latter group. While ownCloud overwhelms with tons of functionalities, Seafile concentrates only on storing, providing, and synchronizing data on the network.
Seafile was originally developed by the Chinese firm Seafile Ltd. The application is under GPLv3 licensing and is largely implemented in C and Python. The Seafile server is available as source code and binary download for Ubuntu. Together with a network daemon, it provides its own HTTP server and a Django 1.5-based Framework administration interface called Seahub. Seafile clients are available for Linux, Mac OS, X, Windows, Android, and iOS.
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