AfterClaw — Unified control center for home & studio servers

File browsing, transfer visibility, service control, DDNS, and lightweight clipboard sharing — one operational surface instead of scattered scripts and panels.

Install in one line

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EinProfispieler/afterclaw/main/install.sh | sudo bash

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Why AfterClaw

Mini NUCs, Mac minis, retired laptops — once the tinkering stops, they end up idle in a drawer. AfterClaw was built to put those machines back to work as a quiet, always-on home server you actually use.

Revive idle machines

Turn a spare NUC, Mac mini, or old laptop into a real always-on server with a single install.

Useful from minute one

File transfer, service control, and monitoring work out of the box — no scattered scripts to stitch together.

Light on old hardware

Runs comfortably on low-power mini PCs and aging laptops, so there's nothing new to buy.

Built for netdisk media libraries

POPCorn (爆米花), VidHub and similar apps stream movies and TV straight from netdisk — but getting the media there is the painful part. The netdisk client throttles upload ratio and needs a browser tab held open the whole time. AfterClaw is the server-side uploader that does it for you.

1 · Clean the names

The naming module tidies messy movie and TV filenames so your library stays consistent.

2 · Stream-upload to netdisk

The HTTP transfer pipeline pushes large files to the netdisk with resume support — no throttled client, no browser tab to babysit.

3 · Play from netdisk

POPCorn and VidHub read the uploaded library straight from the netdisk. Watch per-process upload speed on the process-net page.

Core capabilities

Unified dashboard

System health, live transfer activity, and service status at a glance.

Directory service

Browse STORAGE_ROOT and generate shareable file links.

HTTP transfer pipeline

Large-file streaming with resume support.

Service operations

Control qBittorrent, DDNS, and HTTP services from the page.

Web terminal

Remote maintenance with key-file management built in.

ShareClip

Lightweight clipboard-style content sharing.

LAN-first safety

Local-network access by default; public transfer toggled on demand.

Inside the dashboard

AfterClaw control dashboard — Control — system status, services, and live throughput.

AfterClaw HTTP connections view — Connections — per-source HTTP transfer monitoring.

AfterClaw configuration page — Configuration — module toggles and auto-update.

Quick Start

Launch

WEB_PORT=1288 STORAGE_ROOT=/srv/Storage PUBLIC_HOST=example.com:1288 PUBLIC_SCHEME=http python3 -m fcc

Install (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EinProfispieler/afterclaw/main/install.sh | sudo bash

Platform installers

scripts/install_ubuntu.sh
scripts/install_mint.sh
scripts/install_macos.sh
scripts/install_windows.ps1

GitHub Actions builds packaged installers for Linux, macOS, and Windows on every push.