Access via web your files directly from your disk.
- You be the server, share files fresh from your disk, with unlimited space and bandwidth.
- Fast! Try zipping 100GB, download starts immediately!
- Intelligent. HFS tries to detect problems and suggest solutions.
- Share even a single file with our virtual file system, even with a different name, all without touching the real file. Present things the way you want!
- Watch all activities in real-time.
- Control bandwidth, decide how much to give.
- No intermediaries, give a huge file to your friend without waiting for it to be uploaded on a server first.
This is a full rewrite of the Delphi version.
- run HFS on your computer, administration page automatically shows up
- select what files and folders you want to be accessible
- access those files from a phone or another computer just using a browser
- possibly create accounts and limit access to files
- https
- easy certificate generation
- unicode
- virtual file system
- mobile friendly
- search
- accounts
- resumable downloads & uploads
- download folders as zip archive
- delete, move and rename files
- simple website serving
- plug-ins
- real-time monitoring of connections
- show some files
- speed throttler
- geographic firewall
- admin web interface
- multi-language front-end
- virtual hosting
- anti-brute-force (plug-in)
- reverse-proxy support
- comments in file descript.ion
- integrated media player
- customizable with html, css and javascript
- dynamic-dns updater
For service installation instructions, see our wiki.
For Docker installation, see dedicated repo.
NB: minimum Windows version required is 8.1 , Windows Server 2012 R2 (because of Node.js 18)
- go to https://github.com/rejetto/hfs/releases
- click on
Assets - download the right version for your system, unzip and launch
hfsfile.- Mac: if you get "cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer",
you can hold
controlkey while clicking, then clickopen. - If you cannot find your system in the list, see next section Other systems.
- Mac: if you get "cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer",
you can hold
- the browser should automatically open on
localhostaddress, so you can configure the rest in the Admin-panel.-
if a browser cannot be opened on the computer where you are installing HFS, you should enter this command in the HFS console:
create-admin <PASSWORD> -
if you cannot access the console (like when you are running as a service), you can edit the config file to add your admin account
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if you don't want to use an editor you can create the file with this command:
echo "create-admin: PASSWORD" > config.yaml
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If you access Admin-panel via localhost, by default HFS won't require you to login.
If you don't like this behavior, disable it in the Admin-panel or enter this console command config localhost_admin false.
If your system is not Windows/Linux/Mac or you just don't want to run the binaries, you can try this alternative version:
- install node.js version 18
- execute at command line
npx hfs@latest
The @latest part is optional, and ensures that you are always up to date.
If this procedure fails, it may be that you are missing one of these requirements.
Configuration and other files will be stored in %HOME%/.vfs
If you have full access to HFS' console, you can enter commands. Start with help to have a full list.
For configuration please see file config.md.
Configuration is stored in the file config.yaml, exception made for custom HTML which is stored in custom.html.
These files are kept in the Current Working Directory (cwd), which is by default the same folder of hfs.exe
if you are using this kind of distribution on Windows, or USER_FOLDER/.hfs on other systems.
You can decide a different folder passing --cwd SOME_FOLDER parameter at command line.
Any relative path provided is relative to the cwd.
Check details about config file format.
It is possible to show the Front-end in other languages. Translation for some languages is already provided. If you find an error, consider reporting it or editing the source file.
In the Languages section of the Admin-panel you can install additional language files.
If your language is missing, please consider translating yourself.
Hidden features
- Appending
#LOGINto address will bring up the login dialog - Appending ?lang=CODE to address will force a specific language
- Right-click on toggle-all checkbox will invert each checkbox state
- Appending
?login=USER:PASSWORDwill automatically log in the browser - Appending
?overwriteon uploads, will override the dont_overwrite_uploading configuration, provided you also have delete permission - Appending
?search=PATTERNwill trigger search at start - Right-click on "check for updates" will let you input a URL of a version to install
- Shift+click on a file will show & play
- Type the name of a file/folder to focus it, and ctrl+backspace to go to parent folder
There are several ways to contribute
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It's very important to report bugs, and if you are not so sure about it, don't worry, we'll discuss it. If you find important security problems, please contact us privately so that we can publish a fix before the problem is disclosed, for the safety of other users.
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Use beta versions, and give feedback.
While betas have more problems, you'll get more features and give a huge help to the project.
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While the project should not become too complex, yours may be an idea for a plugin.
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Write guides or make videos for other users. We got a wiki!
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Submit your code
If you'd like to make a change yourself in the code, please first open an "issue" or "discussion" about it, so we'll try to cooperate and understand what's the best path for it.
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A plugin can change the look (a theme), and/or introduce a new functionality.
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