# DrizzleTime/Foxel

A highly extensible private cloud storage solution for individuals and teams, featuring AI-powered semantic search.

Repository: https://github.com/DrizzleTime/Foxel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/foxel
Homepage: https://foxel.cc
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, image, react, photo-gallery, photos, typescript, filesystem, python, cloud, video
Last push: 2026-08-01T07:35:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 83, longevity 33
- inputs: {"age_days": 472, "days_push": 32, "days_rel": 115, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 49}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1050, forks 91 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:22.637279+00:00)

## What it is
Foxel is a self-hosted private cloud storage application that unifies file management across pluggable storage backends (S3, WebDAV, cloud drives, Telegram, etc.) with built-in previews and sharing. It adds AI-powered semantic search over images and documents using configurable embedding providers and vector databases like Milvus and Qdrant.

## Use cases
- self-host a private cloud drive for personal files and photos
- manage files spread across S3, WebDAV, and cloud drives from one interface
- search photos and documents by natural language description
- share files with password-protected expiring links
- set fine-grained permissions for team file access
- preview images, videos, and PDFs in the browser without downloading

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted alternative to cloud drives with unified multi-backend storage
- you need semantic search over your personal photo and document archive
- you need RBAC and audit logging for team file sharing
- you want an extensible drive with a plugin system

## When to avoid
- you only need simple single-backend file hosting without search
- you need enterprise-grade scale or compliance certifications
- you want a fully managed hosted solution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, vector-database, file-system, object-storage, web-framework, plugin-system, auth, authorization, rag, machine-learning
- domain: self-hosted, cloud-computing, files, artificial-intelligence, web-development, privacy
- platform: self-hosted, python, cross-platform
- tags: cloud-drive, semantic-search, file-management, storage-backends, rbac, file-sharing, photo-gallery, docker-compose, search, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- DrizzleTime/Foxel (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.637279+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:00:15.204203+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DrizzleTime/Foxel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:22.637279+00:00, sha a52c0412a57a)
  - homepage: https://foxel.cc (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:48.760145+00:00, sha 8fb11f20acd9)
  - site_page: https://foxel.cc/doc (fetched 2026-08-29T13:01:48.769231+00:00, sha f1f197f57e9c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.