box5

A personal Dropbox-like app with Client (desktop sync), Server (cloud storage), and Website (web UI).

Quick Start

Start All Services (box5)

./run.sh

• Server: http://localhost:3111
• Website: http://localhost:3112

Start K8s Version (multi-tenant with Docker)

cd k8s
./k8s_run.sh

• Web UI: http://localhost:8000

Start K8s with SSH Access (box5-k8s)

cd k8s
./ccc_server.sh

• Web UI: http://localhost:8000
• SSH: ssh ccc@localhost -p XXXXX (port shown in output)
• SCP: scp -P XXXXX file.txt ccc@localhost:/tmp/
• Default: ccc / cccpass

Manual Start (box5)

# Server (port 3111)
cd Server && uvicorn main:app --port 3111

# Website (port 3112)
cd Website && uvicorn main:app --port 3112

# Client Sync
python -m Client.main --username ccc --password cccpass --folder ./sync

Features

File Sync

• Place files in ./sync/ folder to auto-upload
• Changes detected and synced automatically
• Use ./sync/public/ for public files (accessible without login)

Folder Navigation (ls-style)

• Root shows subfolders: subdir/, public/
• Click folder to enter
• In subfolder shows ../ to go back
• Breadcrumb shows current path

File Version History

• Same filename shows only latest version on homepage
• Click "History" to see all versions (v1, v2, v3...)

File Viewer (v1.0 Static Rendering)

• Files view natively via absolute path routes like /view/public/ccc.md
• .md → Markdown rendered with true relative-link support layout (e.g., ./img/ccc.jpg)
• .txt → Plain text display
• .html/.css/.js → Direct static site web response execution
• .jpg/.png/.gif → Native image display streaming
• Other files → Download

Public Files

• Files in sync/public/ are uploaded as public
• Access via /api/public/files or Website /public

Web Editor

• Web-based code editor similar to VSCode (access at /editor)
• Monaco Editor for multi-tab code editing
• Integrated Terminal with real-time multiplexed PTY

Run Tests

./test.sh

Tech Stack

• Python + FastAPI + sql5
• sql5 source: /Users/Shared/ccc/project/sql5

Project Structure

• Server/ — FastAPI server with sql5 database
• Client/ — Desktop sync client using watchdog
• Website/ — Web UI with Jinja2 templates
• tests/ — pytest unit tests
• _doc/ — planning docs and version notes