FileDrop is now Nostr-native.
Set your NPUB and your node keeps your media, no matter where it was uploaded.
Own your media. This is real decentralization.
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FileDrop is now Nostr native nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
Looks very good. nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
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This looks a bit good
Decentralize into 2026 🚀 nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
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thank you
New project out there 🤩
stay humble, stack zaps! nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
stay humble, stack zaps!
LFG nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
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Decentralization over here 😎 nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
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Thanks for the sats
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Needed
Filedrop
Filedrop nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
Epic! Any chance we can set up more tgan one npub?? 👀
maybe in future, lets see how much we can do without making it too heavy on CPU
bro that makes me dizzy
Not yet available on the umbrel version, right?
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Thank you so much 🔥
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Thank you, excellent.
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Awesome, I'm gonna try on my umbrel tomorrow
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Cool
Nice 😎 nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
Good job 🤝
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Ésto es muy bueno nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
Espectacular
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Bien descentralizado 🫡
It is a cool project nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
Thank you
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Keep grafting 👀
Own your media nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
thanks for building
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dunno what this is but sounds good
This is awesome nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
FileDrop real decentralization nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
This is so good
You did a wonderful job explaining the important points about the subject. Ty
thats cool
Really a very useful tool, thank you.
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Nice job! Any chance this could be available on StartOS as well?
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thanks
Dont mean to tear down something potentially pretty cool, but I dont get IPFS. What's the incentive for someone else to host your data?
You're right to ask—IPFS does lack a built-in economic incentive like blockchains often have, which is a common point of confusion.
But think of it this way: unused storage is wasted storage. If you’ve got 100 GB of disk space and you’re only using 1 GB, that remaining 99 GB is just sitting idle. Why not let it do something useful?
In practice, people often host content they care about—like files from people they follow on Nostr or communities they’re part of. When you pin (i.e., intentionally store) someone’s content, you’re helping keep it online. And because IPFS is content-addressed and peer-to-peer, your node automatically shares those files with others who request them. It’s like a collaborative spiderweb: everyone contributes a little, and in return, everyone can access what they need.
Plus, if you store your own files on IPFS, other nodes can serve them on your behalf when you're offline—as long as someone has pinned or cached them. So the more people participate, the more resilient the whole network become
Why would someone pin my encrypted files that they don’t know what is in it? It’s not like the 2gb wikileaks thing that everyone downloaded some years ago.
Thanks for this answer. I imagine there are some files with 0 redundancy and some with hundreds of people pinning?
No, usually, as long as you're accessing a file, it's moved back to the top. This means that only purged files are the ones least accessed.
There is a common misunderstanding between pinning and redundancy. While pinning does provide protection against garbage collection, it doesn't automatically make the pinned files more accessible. Instead, files that are frequently accessed are typically cached on multinodes and generally have better availability than files pinned to a single node that might happen to be offline.
so IPFS as a network favours active files
But files that are important but not accessed often run the risk of being lost?
this is why you mark them with PIN.
Can I pin everything?
it automatically does, all you need is to post the media on your NOSTR.
my example node : https://filedrop.besoeasy.com/admin.html
Can I track how many nodes carry my files?
Simply enter your NPUB and it handles all the details automatically—you don't even have to monitor your node, just set it up and let it run on its own.
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We are getting there ...
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Interesting. nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
Cool !
Own your media! nostr:note1wuzugzl74lyt66r8kpe3pjj5c6a9xvhqche7d86jnaz7mjv4pp3qtz7wnm
Nice app that leverages IPFS, thank you!
Very cool. Is IPFS blossom server possible?
I dropped it because it wasn't optimized, and I don't like Blossom servers. The technology is completely different here; once you try this, it renders Blossom servers obsolete. Best of all, it works independently, without requiring any special Nostr events.
Love this
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Thanks for sharing
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Interesting
I am interested in this, seems like a great move in the right direction for IP protected media. But it still seems like you need to be running your own node to use this? - Start 9 or Umbrel - Is that right? I understand the benefit of having a node but most musicians don't have the money to buy one of these machines. Thanks for pushing the needle forward for helping content creators protect their media. 👏🏻
you don't need your own node, just like blossom you can use public nodes
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well you do me a favour, don't be confused install 0xchat and pick our file-drop server at
It's free : https://filedrop.besoeasy.com
then you run your own on your laptop or pc or mac or raspberry pi - it will backup your media automatically on your computer
so even if https://filedrop.besoeasy.com deletes your media, as soon as your laptop turn on, it will repopulate your media to https://filedrop.besoeasy.com
What is the group link for OX chat?
the pinned friends / follow / WoT integration is cool, what's to stop me from just running this node, putting in your npub, and uploading media? i don't have to sign any type of nostr authentication for this, so what's to stop anyone from using anyone's node? it's a cool concept. keep working on it.
Since IPFS is a public network, if you need something private, you'll need to encrypt it, convert it to a blob, and then upload it. This is similar to how 0xChat works for file drops.
If you're interested in a simpler, blossom-based alternative to IPFS:
https://files.iris.to/#/npub1xndmdgymsf4a34rzr7346vp8qcptxf75pjqweh8naa8rklgxpfqqmfjtce/hashtree-ts
https://files.iris.to/#/npub1xndmdgymsf4a34rzr7346vp8qcptxf75pjqweh8naa8rklgxpfqqmfjtce/hashtree-rs
WebRTC poses privacy concerns, though I appreciate the concept.
i will explore this as well
I already managed to run it and host it, but I'm honest! I have no idea how it works nor do I know what I'm doing☺️
I congratulate and thank you for your contribution to the decentralised and distributed community. I'm running File-Drop with my Npub set up. How does the "Automatically fetches your notes, extracts IPFS CIDs, and pins them"?
Navigate to your /admin.html page. It should display something similar to this.
If I change the self-hosted files my ssd btrfs to another folder or another ssd what happens? and how to safely backup the _date directory, use cp or rsync?
Good question! I recommend setting up two nodes using an affordable Raspberry Pi 4 or 5. I've equipped my Raspberry Pi 5 with a 2TB SSD, which allows me to upload 4K films and share them with my friends for viewing.
Although running it yourself has its drawbacks, IPFS overloads most home routers.