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services:alist [2025/07/02 13:15] – willyservices:alist [2025/07/25 07:34] (current) – willy
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-====== AList  ======+====== OpenList  ======
  
-**Note:** AList has been sold and it's enshittifying quickly (it seems). There is already a valid fork for you to use, i will update this page later on. +[[https://doc.oplist.org/|OpenList]] is a nice tool to make your shares accessible online. Initially developed as //AList//, around mid 2025 it has then beed forked by the OpenListTeam, because //AList// has been sold/moved to a new company that has been cought doing shady stuff on the sources.
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-[[https://alist.nn.ci/|AList]] is a nice tool to make your shares accessible online. +
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-Overall documentation can be reached [[https://alist.nn.ci/guide/|here]], somehow the direct link is a bit hidden in the overall mix of Chinese and English.+
  
 The funny thing is that this is a Chinese devleoped open source app. You can see it by the quality of the translations, somehow this make it more interesting to me, as non-English Open Source community needs to be helped and supported as much as possible for a richer and more diverse ecosystem. I am not bothered by //security// since i trust China not less nor more than the US (or whatever other country...). The funny thing is that this is a Chinese devleoped open source app. You can see it by the quality of the translations, somehow this make it more interesting to me, as non-English Open Source community needs to be helped and supported as much as possible for a richer and more diverse ecosystem. I am not bothered by //security// since i trust China not less nor more than the US (or whatever other country...).
  
-I admire how AList guys are trying hard to provide english documentation, and it's another positive point toward the project, which is also actively maintained.+I admire how OpenList guys are trying hard to provide english documentation, and it's another positive point toward the project, which is also actively maintained.
  
 +The fuss around the AList/OpenList migration also proved how resillient can Open Source be.
  
  
 ===== Installation ===== ===== Installation =====
  
-Very simple to host without containers, the porject releases binary packages on GitHub. Download your preferred release [[https://github.com/AlistGo/alist/releases|here]], grab the appropriate binary (linux, amd64, or whatever your self hosting architecture is).+Since i installed AList then migrated to OpenList, i will keep the older paths references to AList in the following, to match my setup. Feel free to rename any AList reference to OpenList. 
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 +Very simple to host without containers, the porject releases binary packages on GitHub. Download your preferred release [[https://github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/releases|here]], grab the appropriate binary (linux, amd64, or whatever your self hosting architecture is).
  
-The AList will need to be installed as user //fileserver// and group //users//, see [[selfhost:fileserver|this page]] for more details.+The OpenList will need to be installed as user //fileserver// and group //users//, see [[selfhost:fileserver|this page]] for more details.
  
 The daemon itself will be stored under **/dada/daemons/fileserver**, while it's data will be split between: The daemon itself will be stored under **/dada/daemons/fileserver**, while it's data will be split between:
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 chown fileserver /data/shares/alist_data chown fileserver /data/shares/alist_data
 su - fileserver su - fileserver
-wget https://github.com/AlistGo/alist/releases/download/<< version >>/alist-linux-amd64.tar.gz+wgethttps://github.com/OpenListTeam/OpenList/releases/download/<< version >>/alist-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 mkdir bin mkdir bin
 cd bin cd bin
-tar xvf ../alist-linux-amd64.tar.gz+tar xvf ../openlist-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 </code> </code>
  
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 </code> </code>
  
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 +===== Update =====
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 +Just replace the binary with a new one and restart the service.