I maintain this and other Home Assistant add-ons in my free time: keeping up with upstream changes, HA changes, and testing on real hardware takes a lot of time (and some money). I use around 5-10 of my >110 addons so regularly I install test machines (and purchase some test services such as vpn) that I don't use myself to troubleshoot and improve the addons

If this add-on saves you time or makes your setup easier, I would be very grateful for your support!

Addon informations

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About

High performance file syncing and sharing, with also Markdown WYSIWYG editing, Wiki, file label and other knowledge management features.

This addon is based on the docker image https://hub.docker.com/r/franchetti/seafile-arm

Installation

The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other add-on.

Add my add-ons repository to your home assistant instance (in supervisor addons store at top right, or click button below if you have configured my HA)
Install this add-on.
Click the Save button to store your configuration.
Set the add-on options to your preferences
Start the add-on.
Check the logs of the add-on to see if everything went well.
Open the webUI and adapt the software options

Configuration

Use the add-on env_vars option to pass extra environment variables (uppercase or lowercase names). See https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add-Environment-variables-to-your-Addon-2 for details.

Webui can be found at http://homeassistant:8000 (Seahub) and http://homeassistant:8082 (File server).

Setup Steps

Default login: me@example.com / a_very_secret_password
Change admin credentials after first login
Configure database (SQLite default, MariaDB recommended for production)
Set proper file server root URL for external access

File server URL: The add-on now writes SERVICE_URL and FILE_SERVER_ROOT directly to conf/seahub_settings.py. SERVICE_URL uses the url option when set (otherwise SERVER_IP with port 8000), while FILE_SERVER_ROOT follows the FILE_SERVER_ROOT option (defaulting to http://<your host>:8082). Keep FILE_SERVER_ROOT aligned with your accessible file server endpoint so download links resolve correctly.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
`PGID`	int	`1000`	Group ID for file permissions
`PUID`	int	`1000`	User ID for file permissions
`TZ`	str	`Europe/Paris`	Timezone (e.g., `Europe/London`)
`SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL`	email	`me@example.com`	Admin email address
`SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD`	password	`a_very_secret_password`	Admin password
`SERVER_IP`	str	`homeassistant.local`	Server IP or hostname
`FILE_SERVER_ROOT`	str	`http://homeassistant.local:8082`	File server root URL
`PORT`	str	`8082`	File server port
`url`	str		External URL for Seafile
`database`	list	`sqlite`	Database type (sqlite/mariadb_addon)
`data_location`	str	`/share/seafile`	Data storage location
`CONFIG_LOCATION`	str		Custom config file location
`localdisks`	str		Local drives to mount (e.g., `sda1,sdb1`)
`networkdisks`	str		SMB shares to mount (e.g., `//SERVER/SHARE`)
`cifsusername`	str		SMB username for network shares
`cifspassword`	str		SMB password for network shares
`cifsdomain`	str		SMB domain for network shares

Example Configuration

PGID: 1000
PUID: 1000
TZ: "Europe/London"
SEAFILE_ADMIN_EMAIL: "admin@mydomain.com"
SEAFILE_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "SecurePassword123"
SERVER_IP: "192.168.1.100"
FILE_SERVER_ROOT: "https://seafile.mydomain.com:8082"
url: "seafile.mydomain.com"
database: "mariadb_addon"
data_location: "/share/seafile"
localdisks: "sda1,sdb1"
networkdisks: "//nas.local/seafile"
cifsusername: "seafileuser"
cifspassword: "password123"
cifsdomain: "workgroup"

Mounting Drives

This addon supports mounting both local drives and remote SMB shares:

Local drives: See Mounting Local Drives in Addons
Remote shares: See Mounting Remote Shares in Addons

Important: If storing database on mounted drive, ensure SQLite database is also hosted there to prevent data loss during mount issues.

Support

Create an issue on github

README.md

Home assistant add-on: seafile