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Shared folders

Your Shared Folders for Phones and Apps

StorageLibrePortalWorks with 3 apps

Serves the shared Music, Photos and Video folders to phones and apps, each person seeing only what is shared with them

On this page
  1. At a glance
  2. Addresses and ports
  3. Settings
  4. In its config file
  5. Works with
  6. Privacy and security
  7. What leaves this server
  8. What LibrePortal turns off
  9. Sources
  10. Under the hood

At a glance#

What it is
Your Shared Folders for Phones and Apps Storage · made by the LibrePortal project
Where it opens
No web page It works in the background
Updates
When you choose New versions wait for you to press Update
Backups
Included Part of the daily backup when that's switched on
Copies
One per server

There's no step-by-step guide for Shared folders here yet. Everything below comes straight from the app catalogue, so it's what LibrePortal really does when you install it. For using Shared folders itself, its own documentation is the place to go: github.com/drakkan/sftpgo.

Addresses and ports#

Shared folders has 2 ports. LibrePortal picks a free port number for each when you install, so yours will differ from anyone else's. The Config tab's Network section shows them, and the app's Open button uses the right one.

What it isWho can reach itWith a domain
Shared folders for phones (WebDAV) TCP Trusted places only Port only
LibrePortal's own access TCP local Port only

Settings#

In its config file#

Shared folders's own settings aren't on the Config tab yet. They live in the app's config file, described here so you know they exist. How to change them.

SettingWhat it doesStarts as
Name
CFG_FILES_DISPLAY_NAME		 What this app is called on your dashboards. Leave empty to use its usual name Empty
Detailed logs
CFG_FILES_VERBOSE_LOGS		 Whether Files writes its normal, chattier logs, including who connected, instead of only warnings and errors.
Choices: true, false		 false
Debug logging for 24 hours
CFG_FILES_DEBUG_LOGS		 Turn on to see everything Files is doing while you look for a problem; it turns itself off after 24 hours.
Choices: true, false		 false

Works with#

These are the other apps Shared folders knows how to work with. Once it's installed, its page shows the same list with whether each one is connected. How this works.

  • Grafana: Shows dashboards for the apps that have one. works with every app
  • Prometheus: Collects metrics from the apps that can export them. works with every app
  • Uptime Kuma: Watches your apps and shows when one goes down. works with every app

Privacy and security#

All clear Files (SFTPGo) keeps everything on your server and does not phone home. LibrePortal turns off its web admin and its extra listeners.

What leaves this server#

  • Cloud storage back ends, only if you add one

What LibrePortal turns off#

Nothing needed switching off.

Licence: AGPL-3.0. Audited: 21 October 2026. See the privacy of every app and the Promise.

Sources#

Under the hood#

  • It runs this image: docker.io/drakkan/sftpgo:v2.7.6-alpine@sha256:484f430b2115ec8e015644b1a5e54a5f5b8568f883cb5146e9043885f691d8f7. The version is pinned, and moves only when you update it.
  • It can sit behind Authelia's sign-in once Authelia is installed.
  • Its own project and documentation: github.com/drakkan/sftpgo

Ports, settings, tools and connections on this page are read from LibrePortal v0.10.97's app catalogue each time the guide is built.

Next steps

Every appAll the apps in the App Center, with search and categories.App settingsEvery app page has the same tabs for settings, tools and backups.Apps working togetherWhich apps connect to each other, and how to tell that they do.