Self-host drive
v0.25.3Team file sharing and document collaboration platform
- Stars
- 480
- Ports
- 3000 (Frontend development server), 8000 (Backend development server), 8071 (Django admin), 80 (HTTP ingress), 443 (HTTPS ingress)
- Requires
- OIDC provider, PostgreSQL, Redis, S3-compatible Object Storage
What is drive?
LaSuite Drive is a self-hosted platform for team file sharing and document collaboration. It runs on Django and React, letting users store files centrally, preview many formats in the browser, and edit documents online through WOPI with Collabora or OnlyOffice. Access control is granular — permissions can be set per file or folder, and outsiders can be invited without accounts. Other features include a trash bin with restore, malware scanning on uploads, a file-picker SDK for embedding, customizable UI themes, storage quotas, and workspaces for organizing team resources. Authentication relies on any OIDC provider. The stack requires PostgreSQL, Redis, and S3-compatible object storage. Production deployments use Kubernetes (Helm charts provided), while local development runs via Docker Compose and Make. The code is MIT-licensed and maintained by the French public-sector team DINUM.
Should you self-host drive?
drive scores 49/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #19 of 27 in File Sharing & Collaboration. It has 480 GitHub stars.
It shipped 15 stable releases in the past year. The latest, v0.25.3, came out on 23 October 2026. New versions land roughly every 5 days.
Setup is advanced: plan for several services and some ongoing maintenance. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Python.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Nextcloud (86/100, 37 325 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See drive vs Nextcloud side by side.
Features
- Customizable frontend style
- Django Admin interface
- External user invitations
- File Picker SDK
- File Preview
- File storage and sharing
- Granular Access Control
- Malware detection
- OIDC Authentication
- Online document editing (WOPI)
- Powerful Search
- Storage Quotas
- Trash bin with restore
- Workspaces
drive README
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