Dufs (Old Name: Duf)

Dufs is a distinctive utility file server that supports static serving, uploading, searching, accessing control, webdav...

Features

• Serve static files
• Download folder as zip file
• Upload files and folders (Drag & Drop)
• Search files
• Partial responses (Parallel/Resume download)
• Path level access control
• Support https
• Support webdav
• Easy to use with curl

Install

With cargo

cargo install dufs

With docker

docker run -v `pwd`:/data -p 5000:5000 --rm -it sigoden/dufs /data

Binaries on macOS, Linux, Windows

Download from Github Releases, unzip and add dufs to your $PATH.

CLI

Dufs is a distinctive utility file server - https://github.com/sigoden/dufs

USAGE:
    dufs [OPTIONS] [--] [path]

ARGS:
    <path>    Specific path to serve [default: .]

OPTIONS:
    -b, --bind <addr>...         Specify bind address
    -p, --port <port>            Specify port to listen on [default: 5000]
        --path-prefix <path>     Specify an path prefix
    -a, --auth <rule>...         Add auth for path
        --auth-method <value>    Select auth method [default: digest] [possible values: basic, digest]
    -A, --allow-all              Allow all operations
        --allow-upload           Allow upload files/folders
        --allow-delete           Allow delete files/folders
        --allow-search           Allow search files/folders
        --allow-symlink          Allow symlink to files/folders outside root directory
        --enable-cors            Enable CORS, sets `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *`
        --render-index           Serve index.html when requesting a directory, returns 404 if not found index.html
        --render-try-index       Serve index.html when requesting a directory, returns file listing if not found index.html
        --render-spa             Serve SPA(Single Page Application)
        --tls-cert <path>        Path to an SSL/TLS certificate to serve with HTTPS
        --tls-key <path>         Path to the SSL/TLS certificate's private key
    -h, --help                   Print help information
    -V, --version                Print version information

Examples

Serve current working directory

dufs

Explicitly allow all operations including upload/delete

dufs -A

Only allow upload operation

dufs --allow-upload

Serve a directory

dufs Downloads

Serve a single file

dufs linux-distro.iso

Serve index.html when requesting a directory

dufs --render-index

Serve SPA(Single Page Application)

dufs --render-spa

Require username/password

dufs -a /@admin:123

Listen on a specific port

dufs -p 80

Use https

dufs --tls-cert my.crt --tls-key my.key

API

Download a file

curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/path-to-file

Download a folder as zip file

curl -o path-to-folder.zip http://127.0.0.1:5000/path-to-folder?zip

Upload a file

curl --upload-file path-to-file http://127.0.0.1:5000/path-to-file

Delete a file/folder

curl -X DELETE http://127.0.0.1:5000/path-to-file

Access Control

Dufs supports path level access control. You can control who can do what on which path with --auth/-a.

dufs -a <path>@<readwrite>[@<readonly>]

• <path>: Path to protected
• <readwrite>: Account with readwrite permission, required
• <readonly>: Account with readonly permission, optional

<readonly> can be * means <path> is public, everyone can access/download it.

For example:

dufs -a /@admin:pass@* -a /ui@designer:pass1 -A

• All files/folders are public to access/download.
• Account admin:pass can upload/delete/download any files/folders.
• Account designer:pass1 can upload/delete/download any files/folders in the ui folder.

License

Copyright (c) 2022 dufs-developers.

dufs is made available under the terms of either the MIT License or the Apache License 2.0, at your option.

See the LICENSE-APACHE and LICENSE-MIT files for license details.