![]() In addition to simple file versioning, Seafile takes a snapshot of your entire library whenever you make a change to that library. Versioning is also useful just for accessing earlier drafts of your work. If you become a victim to a ransomware attack, you can simply restore pre-attack versions of your files. The original file is kept and can be accessed whenever you want. Whenever you change a file in a synced library, a new file is created. These can seamlessly link to files stored inside a library, thus removing the bane of many traditional Wiki systems – attachment size limitations. You can save and edit Wiki documents inside a library using the built-in WYSIWIG Markdown editor. This doesn’t add any core functionality over the regular sync client (which does not automatically sync files locally, either), but it does provide a convenient alternative method for accessing your files. Rather than accessing uploaded files via the desktop sync client, the SeaDrive app for Windows, macOS, and Linux mounts your SeaDrive folder as a drive for easy access. ![]() A command-line client is also available for all flavors of Linux. In Linux, GUI versions of these apps (which are basically identical to their Windows and macOS counterparts) are available for Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, and Fedora. Sync and SeaDrive (see below) apps are available for Windows, macOS and Linux systems. Unlike Nextcloud (we have yet to review Owncloud at time of writing), Seafile is self-hosted only - be it on your own or a third party server) There are no partner companies offering fully-hosted pre-configured instances of the platform. If you need contact and calendar syncing then Radicale or Calendarserver can be used alongside Seafile to provide this. Nextcloud, which does support this and other features not supported by Seafile, is regarded as over-bloated by Seafile fans. ![]() Notably missing from Seafile is contact and calendar syncing, although many consider Seafile maintaining its purity as file-syncing software to be a feature. File locking to prevent concurrent editing of files from generating conflicts.Cross-platform syncing with full support for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.If you host Seafile on a third-party server then there will, of course, be associated server rental costs. There is also a proprietary Linux-only Professional Edition which includes email support and some additional features aimed enterprise environments. This is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3, with community support provided by the Seafile forum. This review deals with the 100% free and open-source community edition of Seafile. ![]()
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