A Developer Built an Open-Source Dropbox on a Dare. Here's How to Self-Host It.

A few weeks ago, @swyx nerd-sniped @zachmeyer into building an open-source Dropbox. Zach took it seriously, and the result is Locker : a self-hostable file storage platform that covers most of what you'd actually use Dropbox or Google Drive for, without the subscription or lock-in. I came across the thread on X, spent some time getting Locker running on Railway , and figured the deployment notes were worth writing up — especially since the setup has a few non-obvious pieces that trip you up if y