Personal & homelab
Your own file cloud, on hardware you already have.
A self-hosted file server for home: run the free Personal Node on your computer or homelab box, attach an external drive, and share with family and friends on your terms.
For households, hobbyists and homelabbers.
Free personal node
The Community edition is free and runs on your own machine.
Use your own drives
Attach an external drive; we never bill for storage you own.
Works on your LAN
Keeps working on your local network, with no telemetry or trackers.
How it works
From spare drive to private cloud.
Install the node
Run WONEFILES on a desktop, mini PC or homelab server.
Attach storage
Point it at an external drive or S3-compatible storage.
Add your people
Local accounts for family, guest links for everyone else.
Install the app
Add it to phones and laptops as a progressive web app.
Capabilities
Everything a private file server should do.
The features you would expect from a paid cloud, running under your roof.
Accounts without email
Issue local accounts to family members.
Share links
View, upload or edit, with expiry.
Version history and snapshots
Bring back the photo album you overwrote.
No telemetry
Nothing phones home in ordinary operation.
Grow when you need to
Move up to Pro ($119/yr) for more users and features.
Recovery drills
Prove a restore works before you need it.
Questions
Planning a homelab setup? Ask us.
- Is the personal node really free?
- Yes. The Community edition is free and self-hosted, for up to 3 users.
- Does it need internet access?
- It keeps working on your local network. Internet access is only needed for sharing outside your home.
- What hardware do I need?
- A computer or small server that stays on, and the drive you want to store files on. Ask the assistant or the team about your setup.