Firefiles

Firefiles is an open source alternative to Dropbox that never holds your files. You connect a storage bucket you already pay for and the app wraps it in a file system interface, with several providers managed side by side from one dashboard.

The app is a Next.js, React and TypeScript project deployed on Vercel. A drive is created from credentials you supply, so files stay in your provider's bucket and the interface is the only layer Firefiles adds on top of them.

The project site sets out what the interface handles.

• Provider choice: Firebase, AWS, DigitalOcean, Backblaze, Wasabi and Scaleway work today, with Azure, Supabase, Cloudinary and Deta listed as coming.
• Multiple drives: several buckets are managed at once, and more drives can be added whenever you like.
• File previews: files are previewed in the browser without being downloaded first.
• Uploads and downloads: several files upload together and come back down in a single click.
• Tagging and filtering: files can be tagged and filtered where the provider supports it.
• Light and dark: the interface switches theme to match how you work.

The site also carries documentation, self-hosting instructions and desktop downloads for macOS, Windows and Linux. Firefiles fits someone who wants the file manager experience of a consumer cloud drive while the storage, the bill and the data stay with a provider they chose. The project accepts sponsorship and lists Foss United among its supporters.