Is there a FOSS alternative to gfycat for hosting short video clips? With gfycat shutting down, I’m looking for other options.
Technically - a webserver is all you need. And there’re a bunch of FOSS ones. Realistically storage and bandwidth will eat through your wallet if you keep it open to the public.
True. I personally wouldn’t want to host a public instance because of the chance that illegal content could be uploaded and because my isp would take issue with the data usage. I was wondering if someone had done the work in creating something similar. I’ve definitely got the horsepower for a private service share amongst friends and family.
Use pict-rs, it’s what Lemmy uses for image storage, it supports MP4s and GIFs too:
It’s honestly not that hard to make one yourself if it’s just for private use, with just a little google-fu you could have something barebones but usable within a day or two. That said, if you intend this to be publicly accessible, don’t bother unless you have tons of disposable income. Filehosting is expensive af.
I suggest giving a look at the options here, I like PictShare from that list but I also want tags and similar things which it intentionally doesn’t have, for your purpose though it should be perfect.
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