http-share

A Rust app that shares the files of the folder it's put in via HTTP (on port 8080).

Features

• Memory-efficient video streaming (thanks to contributor linuskmr).
• Protect the server with a custom username and password (HTTP Basic Authentication).
• View the files in a folder in 3 different views/layouts: a basic List View, Table View (sortable columns!) and Grid View (pictures shown, thumbnails for videos).
• ffmpeg-generated thumbnails for .mp4 files in Grid View.
• All (HTTP) requests, wrong password attempts and errors are logged to console with timestamp and IP address (the latter two in red color for emphasis).
• Unicode/UTF-8 support for file/folder names.
• Tested on iOS (support for HTTP range requests).

Installation

0. If you haven't installed Rust / rustup yet, go to https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install and follow the instructions for your operating system.
1. rustup update
2. cargo install --git https://github.com/k-gruenberg/http-share

Screenshots

A folder with some files and the http_share binary:

The terminal output of the started http_share binary: all HTTP requests are logged to console with timestamp and IP address:

List View (default):

Table View:

Sorting by a column in Table View, e.g. ascending by size:

Grid View:

Viewing a text file:

Playing a video file:

Subfolders work too, of course, the current location/directory is shown at the very top:

HTTP Basic Authentication: