gossa is a fast and simple webserver for your files, that’s dependency-free and with under 250 lines of code, easy to review.
It comes with a simple UI.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Files/directories browser & handler.
- Drag-and-drop uploader.
- 90s web UI that prints in milliseconds.
- Video streaming, picture browser, pdf viewer.
- Simple note editor.
- Keyboard navigation.
- Lightweight and dependency free codebase.
- >95% test coverage and reproducible builds.
- Fast golang static server.
- Easy multi account setup, read-only mode.
- PWA-able.
- Multi-platform support.
Website: github.com/pldubouilh/gossa
Support:
Developer: Pierre Dubouilh
License: MIT License

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