Remote File Server
Self-hostable cloud file server built with React & FastAPI for secure file storage, browsing, uploads, downloads, and remote access.
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Self-Hostable File Server (React + FastAPI)
A modern, self-hosted file server designed for homelabs, personal cloud storage, and remote file management. This project combines a responsive React frontend with a FastAPI backend to provide a fast and intuitive interface for accessing files from anywhere on your local network or through secure remote access.
Whether you’re looking to replace traditional cloud storage or build your own private file management system, this project offers a clean, lightweight, and extensible solution.
Features
- Modern React-based responsive interface
- FastAPI backend with high-performance APIs
- Browse folders and files seamlessly
- Upload and download files
- Image preview support
- Video streaming support
- Built-in file search
- Secure API-based communication
- Mobile and desktop friendly
- Easy deployment on Linux servers, Raspberry Pi, or homelab machines
- Lightweight architecture with minimal resource usage
- Clean, modular, and well-structured source code
Technologies Used
- React
- FastAPI
- Python
- JavaScript
- HTML5
- CSS3
- REST APIs
Ideal For
- College students
- Homelab enthusiasts
- Personal cloud storage
- NAS-style file management
- Learning React + FastAPI architecture
- Portfolio projects
- Backend API development practice
The project includes clean source code that is easy to understand, modify, and extend with additional features such as authentication, user management, file sharing, or cloud synchronization.
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Go to frontend folder:
- npm install
- npm run build
Frontend starts
Go to backend folder:
- pip install -r requirements.txt
- uvicorn main:app —host 0.0.0.0 —port 8000
Usage
After starting backend and frontend, you can start managing your files in the web apps, it is preferable to run this app in a obsolete device you dont use anymore, like an old android phone, laptop etc to use its storage device as your remote cloud.
Go to localhost:8000 or <laptop-ip>:8000 , here you can register using a name and password and then login, then you can start uploading, modifying, deleting files and folders in this ui using upload or drag-n-drop.
Can also play music, movies, videos.
Images can also be opened.
System Requirements
Any os
React, Python, fastapi, node
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