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Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead

Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead

by Zm44·Apr 7, 2026·252 points·208 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSlickShip It

BYOB S3 storage beats Nextcloud's heavy infrastructure requirements for simple file hosting.

Strengths
  • •Provider agnostic storage lets you switch S3, R2, or local with one environment variable.
  • •Virtual Bash shell API offers unique programmatic access for developers.
Weaknesses
  • •Competing against mature giants like Nextcloud without a clear killer feature beyond storage flexibility.
Category
SaaS
Target Audience

Developers, self-hosters, small teams

Similar To

Nextcloud · OwnCloud · Filestash

Post Description

Last week SWYX nerd-sniped me into building an Open-source Dropbox.

Here is Locker: the ultimate open-source Google Drive/box/Dropbox alternative - Provider agnostic (S3, R2, vercel blob, local) - BYOB (Bring your own bucket) - Virtual file system - QMD Search plugin

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