Simple document repository

Question

Please recommend me a simple web-based document repository for keeping my small company documents (.DOCs, .PDFs) so i can access them from everywhere. There are many available on the internet, but they are heavy and filled with unnecessary features and requirements.

I have little requirements: pleasant interface (AJAX feels nice), folders or tags, maybe versioning, maybe CIFS mounting or batch upload/download, preferably not written in Java (won't be able to host it).

Regards, Todor

Note - The question submitter is using a LAMP based environment.

Answer 1

Microsoft Office Live Workspace is free and integrates with office. (I know, your a LAMP shop, I just thought I would put the option out there.)

Save your documents to the Web—for free!
Access files from anywhere

View documents from almost any computer with a Web browser

No more flash drives—files are there when and where you need them

Password-protected document sharing; you control who views and edits

Simplified online collaboration; everyone works from the same documents

Work with programs you know

Save over 1,000 Microsoft Office documents in one online place

Manage documents in one convenient place

Open and save files from familiar programs like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Synchronize contact, task, and event lists with Outlook

Answer 2

Unfortunately Windows based solutions are not my strength. The setup is simple: a LAMP server in my office with publicly accessible IP address and three laptops running Windows XP with OpenOffice and MS Office.

Answer 3

The most simple, and probably easiest to set up, would be a Subversion repository, so you can actually store, delete, add, and modify documents from anywhere, and then add ViewVC on top of it so that you can see the different files from a web browser.

Another possible option, although it is a little bit more heavyweight, would be to install Trac. Again, this still uses Subversion, but it has a web-viewer for the repository nicely integrated, as well as a Wiki capability to allow for versioned shared editing of simpler documents. If you need it, Trac also has an issue tracking system, but you don't have to use it if you don't want to.

Also, in addition to the viewing interface being via a web browser, there are many clients for Linux, Mac, and Windows for the Subversion repository itself to allow manipulation of the files. For windows, the best Subversion Gui is TortoiseSVN.

Answer 4

The simplest solution is always one that someone else provides and you just get to use their service. NetDocs provides secure online hosting of documents and other collaborative files.

If you're convinced that you want to host a solution on a LAMPP stack yourself, then I would recommend setting up Subversion. Its open-source, free and pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it.

Answer 5

What about WSS (Windows SharePoint Services), all you need is SQL Express, and windows with an external connector license, that gives you all of the features you need (except the ajax)...

Alternatively try www.umbraco.org although this is a bit more involved to configure

Answer 6

Check out Dropbox: https://www.getdropbox.com/home. Multi-platform (win, mac, nix; and accessible on the web), free, and very good execution. EDIT: I forgot to mention secure.