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XBackBone is a simple, self-hosted, lightweight PHP file manager that support the instant sharing tool ShareX and *NIX systems. It supports uploading and displaying images, GIF, video, code, formatted text, and file downloading and uploading. Also have a web UI with multi user management, past uploads history and search support.
## Features
+ Supports every upload type from ShareX.
+ Config generator for ShareX.
+ Low memory footprint.
+ Multiple backends support: Local storage, AWS S3, Google Cloud, Dropbox, FTP(s).
+ Web file upload.
+ Code uploads syntax highlighting.
+ Video and audio uploads webplayer.
+ PDF viewer.
+ Files preview page.
+ Bootswatch themes support.
+ Responsive theme for mobile use.
+ Multi language support.
+ User management, multi user features and roles.
+ Public and private uploads.
+ Web UI for each user.
+ Logging system.
+ Share to Telegram.
+ Linux supported via a per-user custom generated script (server and desktop).
+ Direct downloads using curl or wget commands.
+ Direct images links support on Discord, Telegram, Facebook, etc.
+ System updates without FTP or CLI.
+ Easy web installer.
## How to Install
#### Prerequisites
XBackBone require PHP >= `7.1`, with installed the required extensions:
+ `php-sqlite3` for SQLite.
+ `php-mysql` for MariaDB/MySQL.
+ `php-gd` image manipualtion library.
+ `php-json` json file support.
+ `php-intl` internationalization functions.
+ `php-fileinfo` file related functions.
### Web installation
+ **[release, stable]** Download latest release from GitHub: [Latest Release](https://github.com/SergiX44/XBackBone/releases/latest)
+ Extract the release zip to your document root.
+ Navigate to the webspace root (ex. `http://example.com/xbackbone`, this should auto redirect your browser to the install page `http://example.com/xbackbone/install/`)
+ Follow the instructions.
### Manual installation
+ **[release, stable]** Download latest release from GitHub: [Latest Release](https://github.com/SergiX44/XBackBone/releases/latest)
+ Extract the release zip to your document root.
+ Copy and edit the config file:
```sh
cp config.example.php config.php && nano config.php
```
By default, XBackBone will use Sqlite3 as DB engine, and a `storage` dir in the main directory. You can leave these settings unchanged for a simple personal installation.
You must set the `base_url`, or remove it for get dynamically the url from request (not recommended).
```php
return [
'base_url' => 'https://example.com', // no trailing slash
'storage' => [
'driver' => 'local',
'path' => 'storage',
],
'db' => [
'connection' => 'sqlite', // current support for sqlite and mysql
'dsn' => 'resources/database/xbackbone.db',
'username' => null, // username and password not needed for sqlite
'password' => null,
]
];
```
+ Finally, run the migrate script to setup the database
```sh
php bin/migrate --install
```
+ Delete the `/install` directory.
+ Now just login with `admin/admin`, **be sure to change these credentials after your first login**.
## How to update
Self-update (since v2.5):
+ Navigate to the system page as admin.
+ Click the check for update button, and finally the upgrade button.
+ Wait until the browser redirect to the install page.
+ Click the update button.
+ Done.
Manual update:
+ Download and extract the release zip to your document root, overwriting any file.
+ Navigate to the `/install` path (es: `http://example.com/` -> `http://example.com/install/`)
+ Click the update button.
+ Done.
#### Docker deployment
+ [Docker container](https://hub.docker.com/r/pe46dro/xbackbone-docker)
## Translations
You can help translating the project on [Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/xbackbone/xbackbone/).
## Changing themes
XBackBone supports all [bootswatch.com](https://bootswatch.com/) themes.
From the web UI:
+ Navigate to the web interface as admin -> System Menu -> Choose a theme from the dropdown.
From the CLI:
+ Run the command `php bin/theme` to see the available themes.
+ Use the same command with the argument name (`php bin/theme `) to choose a theme.
+ If you want to revert back to the original bootstrap theme, run the command `php bin/theme default`.
*Clear the browser cache once you have applied.*
### Change app install name
Add to the `config.php` file an array element like this:
```php
return array(
'app_name' => 'This line will overwrite "XBackBone"',
...
);
```
## ShareX Configuration
Once you are logged in, just go in your profile settings and download the ShareX config file for your account.
## Linux Support
Since ShareX does not support Linux, XBackBone can generate a script that allows you to share an item from any tool:
+ Login into your account
+ Navigate to your profile and download the Linux script for your account.
+ Place the script where you want (ex. in your user home: `/home/`).
+ Add execution permissions (`chmod +x xbackbone_uploader_XXX.sh`)
+ Run the script for the first time to create the desktop entry: `./xbackbone_uploader_XXX.sh -desktop-entry`.
Now, to upload a media, just use the right click on the file > "Open with ..." > search XBackBone Uploader (XXX) in the app list.
You can use this feature in combination with tools like [Flameshot](https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot), just use the "Open with ..." button once you have done the screenshot.
The script requires `xclip`, `curl`, and `notify-send` on a desktop distribution.
*Note: XXX is the username of your XBackBone account.*
## Web server configuration notes
If you do not use Apache, or the Apache `.htaccess` is not enabled, set your web server so that the `static/` folder is the only one accessible from the outside, otherwise even private uploads and logs will be accessible!
You can find an example configuration `nginx.conf` in the project repository.
## Maintenance Mode
Maintenance mode is automatically enabled during an upgrade using the upgrade manager. You can activate it manually by adding in the configuration file this:
```php
return array(
...
'maintenance' => true,
);
```
## Animated Demo
## License
This software is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, available in this repository.
As a "copyright notice" it is sufficient to keep the small footer at the bottom of the page, also to help other people to learn about this project!
## Built with
+ Project logo by [@Sere](https://www.deviantart.com/serenaitalia)
+ Slim 3 since `v2.0`, and Slim 4 since `v3.0` (https://www.slimframework.com/) and some great PHP packages (Flysystem, Intervention Image, Twig, etc)
+ FlightPHP, up to `v1.x` (http://flightphp.com/)
+ Bootstrap 4 (https://getbootstrap.com/)
+ Font Awesome 5 (http://fontawesome.com)
+ ClipboardJS (https://clipboardjs.com/)
+ HighlightJS (https://highlightjs.org/)
+ JQuery (https://jquery.com/)
+ Plyr.io (https://plyr.io/)
+ Dropzone.js (https://www.dropzonejs.com/)