Dufs

Dufs is a file server written in Rust. It serves a directory (or a single file) over HTTP and provides a web UI for browsing, downloading, uploading (including drag and drop of files and folders), creating, editing, and searching files. It also supports WebDAV, HTTPS via --tls-cert/--tls-key, resumable uploads and downloads, and downloading a folder as a zip archive.

By default it serves read-only on port 5000. Write operations are enabled with flags such as --allow-upload, --allow-delete, --allow-search, --allow-archive, or all at once with -A. Access control is account based: -a user:pass@/dir:rw sets per-path read-write or read-only permissions, anonymous access uses an empty account (-a @/), and both basic and digest auth are supported. SHA-512 hashed passwords are accepted, though digest auth does not work with them. Global --allow-* flags cap what any account can do. Paths can be hidden from listings with --hidden globs.

The HTTP API works with plain curl: PUT-style upload with -T, ?zip for folder archives, ?hash for a file's sha256, ?q= for search, ?simple and ?json for listing formats, MKCOL, MOVE, and DELETE, plus a /dufs/health endpoint. Serving modes include --render-index, --render-try-index, and --render-spa for static sites and single-page apps. It can bind to an address or a unix socket, and supports a path prefix, CORS, and a customizable HTTP log format including JSON output. Every option can be set via a YAML config file or DUFS_-prefixed environment variables.

Typical users are developers and sysadmins who need to share or transfer files on a LAN, host a quick static site, or run a small WebDAV-capable file server. It is available as a cargo crate, Docker image, Homebrew formula, and prebuilt binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Installation

# via Homebrew
brew install dufs

# via Cargo
cargo install dufs

# via Docker
docker run -v `pwd`:/data -p 5000:5000 --rm sigoden/dufs /data -A