# How do you share your files?

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/how-do-you-share-your-files/2515
**Category:** User Stories
**Created:** [April 23, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/how-do-you-share-your-files/2515 "2015-04-23T17:38:23Z")
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### Author: ![xHN35RQ](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/50afbb/32.png) [@xHN35RQ](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/xHN35RQ)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/how-do-you-share-your-files/2515/10 "2015-05-02T03:11:17Z")

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> [@bilz](#):
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> I would suggest Seafile, which actually does what you want.

Except that Seafile (and Owncloud) takes a while to setup, is not easy to setup, and is over-kill for sharing a file or folder publicly. There’s no need to run an entire LAMP server stack just to share files, [nginx](http://nginx.org/en/) can handle this for you faster and with less system resources.

Just setup a folder with Syncthing, use [nginx Server Blocks](http://wiki.nginx.org/ServerBlockExample) to expose that folder publically and you’re done. nginx has [autoindex](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_autoindex_module.html) to display files in a folder, or you can install [fancyindex](https://github.com/aperezdc/ngx-fancyindex) for custom theming of your folder display.

So, Syncthing for syncing, nginx for serving. Simple, and much more efficient.

If you need a tutorial on how to set this up, PM me and I can help.

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