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Please let me know of a free hosting service that will: - allow us to host hundreds of apps totaling 100s of GBs - handle millions of downloads totaling multi
by JohnTHaller 11y ago
Please let me know of a free hosting service that will:
- allow us to host hundreds of apps totaling 100s of GBs
- handle millions of downloads totaling multiple TBs per month
- allow downloads via browser and direct connection via wget/curl/windows networking components
- provide public stats of said downloads
- allow us to store dozens of versions of each app that will see fewer downloads dating back 10 years
- allow me to upload the thousands of files we have on SourceForge via FTP/SFTP just separated in sub-directories by app without using a clunky web interface or requiring me to manually create multiple entries via a clunky web ui before uploading
- be open source like SourceForge is
- be around for at least another 5 years (preferably longer) and has been around for at least 5 (preferably 10)
- not require me to manage another server box, ideally
There are a ton of free hosting options. Most of them are rather terrible. The smaller ones can't handle the amount of bandwidth we push on their "free" tier. Many of them are startups that crash and burn within a year or two. The larger, more reliable hosting providers aren't interested. I've asked.
Github isn't designed for this type of download hosting setup (it's really designed for libraries with really basic app downloading as a recent addition). Plus github is closed source, which isn't a dealbreaker but is less than ideal. And getting thousands of files for download across 100s of apps (separate repositories) would be prohibitive time-wise.