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introducing copyparty, the FOSS file server

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What it is

The author of copyparty introduces the FOSS file server he has built over five years, demoing its features such as resumable uploads, WebDAV and deduplication. The video itself is shown running on a demo server.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters call it a model demo video and the quickest way to see how much one developer packed into a self-hosted file server.

  • 7 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2025, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “I recommend watching the recent YouTube video for an overview”

    Overview of the file server software

    akk0, 2025-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file server”

  2. “This is astonishing tool, you have to watch the demo video”

    Demo reveals how capable the tool is

    vorgol, 2025-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file server”

  3. “The launch video is well worth a quick watch”

    Launch video showing an impressive single-author feature set

    nucleardog, 2025-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use”

  4. “One of my favorite piece of software was made by the guy with Termux on his phone”

    Favorite software built by a Termux-on-phone developer

    haunter, 2026-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Termux”

  5. “I found that particularly impressive.”

    Demo shows resumable upload with simultaneous download

    skibz, 2025-07 · Recommendation · in “Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file server”

  6. “Recent example of a great demo video that's gotten positive commentary on HN and in the YT comments”

    Cited as a great demo video example

    BLKNSLVR, 2025-07 · Recommendation

  7. “makes me want to give it a shot”

    Feature showcase made commenter want to try it

    lurker_jMckQT99, 2025-11 · Recommendation · in “Why Nextcloud feels slow to use”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: copyparty, file server, webdav, self-hosting, python

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