copyparty

Portable file server.

Runs as copyparty, copyparty-sfx.py|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 5 fields

Start copyparty sharing one or more folders with accounts and file indexing. Hundreds of other options (FTP, TFTP, SMB, thumbnails, TLS) are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui copyparty

Start a file serverExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Volumes*

string

Accounts

string

Ports

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Share a folder

volumesaccountsports

Music library with indexing

volumesaccountsindex_allindex_tags

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Volumes

SRC:DST:PERMS[,USER...], for example /mnt/music:/music:r:rw,foo. Leave empty to share the current folder with everyone.
string · repeatable

-v

Accounts

USER:PASSWORD. The password ends up in shell history.
string · repeatable

-a

Ports

Comma-separated, for example 80,443.
string

-p

Index all volumes

Scan every mounted volume, read-only ones included, at startup (-e2dsa).
boolean

-e2dsa

Index audio tags

Needs FFprobe or Mutagen (-e2ts).
boolean

-e2ts

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

running copyparty without arguments (for example doubleclicking it on Windows) will give everyone read/write access to the current folder * `-e2dsa` enables general file indexing * `-e2ts` enables audio metadata indexing (needs either FFprobe or Mutagen) * `-v /mnt/music:/music:r:rw,foo -a foo:bar` shares `/mnt/music` as `/music`, `r`eadable by anyone, and r…

manual2026-10-27

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed copyparty against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.