Seafile Server for Raspberry Pi

Seafile Server for Raspberry Pi is the server part, the interactive daemon of the open source and cross-platform Seafile project, a cloud storage service that features next-generation file synchronization, privacy protection and remote collaboration.

The Raspberry Pi edition of Seafile Server is similar in functionality with the PC version, comprised the Seafile server (seaf-server) data service daemon, the FileServer (fileserver) components that provides download functionality for Seahuband and handles raw file upload, as well as the Ccnet server (ccnet-server) component, a networking service daemon.

What is Seafile?

Seafile is a personal cloud storage service and provides both client and server components. It allows users to synchronize their files with portable devices, discuss with team members around files, as well as to share files with friends, colleagues and family.

What is Seafile Server?

Like any other cloud storage system, Seafile comprises of client and server components. While the client is usually deployed on the user’s computer, allowing him/her to easily interact with the files stored in the cloud system, the server is the most important component, as it manages the core of the cloud storage system, making sure that everything runs smoothly and the user can interact with his/her files without interruption.

Supported operating systems

Seafile is a cross-platform software, which means that it has been designed from the groun up to work on all mainstream operating system, including Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X (both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware architectures are supported at this time). Besides Raspberry Pi, Seafile is also supported on the Android and iOS (iPad and iPhone) mobile operating systems.

What is new in this release:

• [security] Check validity of file object id to avoid a potential attack
• [fix] Check the validity of system default library template, if it is broken, recreate a new one.
• [fix] After transfer a library, remove original sharing information
• [security] Fix possibility to bypass Captcha check
• [security] More security fixes.

What is new in version 4.3.0:

• Usability Improvement:
• [UI] Improve ui for file view page
• [UI] Improve ui for sorting files and libraries
• Redesign sharing dialog
• Enable generating random password for sharing link
• Remove private message module
• Remove direct file sharing between users (You can use sharing link instead)
• Change "Quit" to "Leave group" in group members page
• Others:
• Improve user management for LDAP
• [fix] Fix a bug that client can't detect a library has been deleted in the server
• [security] Improve permission check in image thumbnail
• [security] Regenerate Seahub secret key, the old secret key lack enough randomness
• Remove the support of ".seaf" format
• [API] Add API for generating sharing link with password and expiration
• [API] Add API for generating uploading link
• [API] Add API for link files in sharing link
• Add an option to disable sync with any folder feature in clients

What is new in version 4.1.2:

• [fix] Fix several packaging related bugs (missing some python libraries)
• [fix] Fix webdav issue
• [fix] Fix image thumbnail in sharing link
• [fix] Fix permission mode of seaf-gc.sh
• Show detailed time when mouse over a relative time

What is new in version 4.0.6:

• Important:
• [fix] Fix transfer library error in sysadmin page
• [fix] Fix showing of space used in sysadmin page for LDAP users
• Improved trash listing performance
• Small:
• [webdav] list organisation public libraries
• Disable non-shibboleth login for shibboleth users
• [fix] Fix wrong timestamp in file view page for files in sub-library
• Add Web API for thumbnail
• Add languages for Thai and Turkish, update a few translations

What is new in version 3.1.7:

• [fix] Fixed performance problem in WebDAV extension
• [fix] Fixed quota check in WebDAV extension
• [fix] Fixed showing libraries with same name in WebDAV extension
• Add "clear" button in a library's trash
• Support upload a folder in web interface when using Chrome
• [fix] Improve small errors when upload files via Web interface
• [fix] Fix moving/coping files when the select all file checkbox is checked

What is new in version 2.1.3:

• [api] Add more web APIs
• Incorporate Viewer.js to display opendocument formats
• [fix] Add user email validation to avoid SQL injection
• [fix] Only allow , , and a few other html elements in markdown to avoid XSS attack.
• Return sub-libraries to the client when the feature is enabled.