Use case
An FTP replacement moves files between you and other people, without an FTP client.
FileRun does it on the same server and the same folders.
FTP sends the password and the files unencrypted. SFTP corrects that, and keeps every other problem.
Each person needs a client program and instructions, a password is the only protection, and the record of who took which file is a text file that nobody reads.
People avoid FTP. They send the files through a free transfer website or a private cloud account instead.
The company's files leave the company, and nobody knows where they went.
Every item below is a standard feature, included in every plan.
For the people who use it
For the administrator
Each FileRun account is given a folder that already exists on the server.
Point it at the folders your FTP server uses now. Files are never stored in the database, and nothing is imported.
FileRun and the FTP server can work on the same folders at the same time, for as long as you want.
A file uploaded in the browser can be downloaded over FTP, and a file that arrives over FTP appears in FileRun. Move people across one at a time, or keep both.
An automatic job that sent files over FTP can send them over WebDAV, with rclone or curl, or through the REST API.
Each job gets its own named password, which you can revoke without changing anything else.
A scanner, a camera or an old machine that can send files only over FTP still needs an FTP server.
Let that FTP server write into a folder that FileRun also uses.
The files then appear in FileRun for everybody else.
No. FileRun streams each file to the server instead of cutting it into pieces, so there is no limit to raise in the server configuration. An administrator can set a maximum upload size for an account on purpose.
Yes. Create a link on a folder and give it the Uploader role. Anybody who has the link can add files. They cannot open or download the files that are already in the folder.
Yes. A file that was placed on the server without FileRun is indexed when its folder is next opened. It can then be previewed, shared and searched like any other file. The other direction works too: a file uploaded in FileRun is an ordinary file in the folder, and an FTP client can download it or replace it.
A Linux or a Windows server with PHP and MySQL, or Docker. It also runs on a NAS and on shared hosting. With Docker the installation takes about one minute.
Put FileRun on the same server with a free trial license, and point it at one of your FTP folders.
Or open the live demo, where you are signed in as the administrator with no sign-up.
Other uses: a client portal and document management.
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