Alternatives

Products that do what Orbital, a video file browser for digital hoarders (like me) does

1. 1PS
   Pocket Stream Archive – A personal Way-Back Machine▲217

   2017 · github.com

2. 2YF
   YouTube Filesystem – YTFS▲185

   2015 · github.com

3. 3FI
   Framebase.io, Video for Developers▲205

   2013 · framebase.io

4. 4AR
   A remote browser product, open-sourced▲253

   2019 · github.com

5. 5XA
   Xplr – A hackable, minimal, fast TUI file explorer▲205

   2021 · github.com

6. 6RT
   Real-time file sharing site▲218

   2013 · volafile.io

7. 7OS
   Open-Source Memex – Alternative Approach to Roam/Obsidian▲188

   2020 · steveliu.co

8. 8
   TinyStorage▲178

   A Modern GUI For S3

   2025

9. 9FI
   File.io – Ephemeral file sharing▲155

   2015 · file.io

10. 10JA
    Jetpack, a FreeBSD Jail/ZFS-based container runtime▲96

    2015 · github.com

11. 11
    Wipster▲96

    A workflow and collaboration tool for video creatives

    2015

12. 12MF
    Mementō – File browser for local and cloud storage▲5

    2023 · ionspin.com

13. 13TI
    Tux.io – a (now working) Linux desktop in your browser▲64

    2017 · tux.io

14. 14PA
    PicoTorrent, a tiny BitTorrent client for Windows▲58

    2015 · picotorrent.org

15. 15AS
    A simple browser based video editor (desktop only)▲25

    2021 · bwasti.github.io

16. 16II
    immut.io – an immutable blob store▲22

    2015 · immut.io

17. 17FA
    FSSB – A filesystem sandbox for Linux▲43

    2016 · github.com

18. 18PD
    pan.do/ra - a free, open source platform for video archives▲20

    2012 · pan.do

19. 19PA
    Pancake – a CLI/Emacs web/gopher/file browser▲22

    2017 · defanor.uberspace.net

20. 20AW
    A web video player for local files▲7

    2021 · webvideoplayer.org

21. 21OS
    Open-source, local-first video file browser like YouTube▲8

    2021 · github.com

22. 22IM
    I made a small tool to download photos and videos from social media▲22

    2020 · loot.photo

23. 23TM
    The missing filesystem for the web▲8

    2018 · historysearch.net

24. 24AA
    Anchorage: a CLI to bulk archive you bookmark collection▲13

    2021 · github.com

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