dufs - A Simple File Server

Need a minimal file sharing server? dufs would be the perfect tool for that. Here is my setup.

Get dufs#

cargo install dufs (with Cargo), or you can install with brew or docker (see the github repo for details).

Configure the server#

dufs -p <port> --allow-upload -a <username>:<password>@/:rw <data-path>

This serves data from <data-path> (which can be a directory or file) on port <port>. Upload is allowed and the server is protected with the given creds. There are various settings for different use cases but this is what I need for my server.

Expose the server to public#

Use free cloud flare tunnel.

Alternatives#

dufs is written in Rust, and is super minimalist and fast. It's exactly what I needed for my use case but there are other heavier and fancier tools (excluding the giant dropbox-like apps such as nextcloud) for consideration.

• FileGater: written in PHP, it's too heavy for my taste and for the job.
• FileBrowser: written in Go and Vue.js. Though it's a bit more modern, it is still over engineered.
• simple-http-server: this looks pretty close to dufs.