Self-Hosted File Sharing Apps

All apps in Self-Hosted File Sharing Apps category. Use the filters below to narrow down your search. 

Popular filters:

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
  1. Send icon
     77 likes

    Send lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires. So you can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn’t stay online forever.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    Send screenshot 1
    101 alternatives
    4.9
    Excellent10 reviews
  2. IPFS icon
     175 likes

    IPFS is a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem. It combines ideas from Git, BitTorrent, Kademlia, SFS, and the web. It is like a single bittorrent swarm, exchanging git objects. IPFS provides an interface as simple as the HTTP web, but with permanence built in.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Firefox
    IPFS screenshot 1
    IPFS screenshot 1
    IPFS Peers Map
    +1
    IPFS Status Page
    69 alternatives
  3. openmediavault icon
     105 likes

    openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. It can be enhanced via plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    openmediavault screenshot 1
    openmediavault screenshot 1
    openmediavault screenshot 2
    +1
    openmediavault screenshot 3
    17 alternatives
  4. copyparty icon
     11 likes

    Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • FreeBSD
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
    • Termux
    The browser
    Uploading
    Thumbnails
    +4
    Searching
    72 alternatives
  5. Lidarr icon
     28 likes

    Lidarr is a music collection manager for downloading and organizing music libraries. It is a fork of Sonarr designed for music.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Lidarr screenshot 1
    Lidarr screenshot 1
    Lidarr screenshot 2
    +4
    Lidarr screenshot 3
    12 alternatives
  6. FilePizza icon
     68 likes

    Using WebRTC, FilePizza eliminates the initial upload step required by other web-based file sharing services. When senders initialize a transfer, they receive a "tempalink" they can distribute to recipients.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    FilePizza screenshot 1
    FilePizza screenshot 1
    FilePizza screenshot 2
    +5
    FilePizza screenshot 3
  7. Squid icon
     59 likes

    Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
    Squid screenshot 1
    Squid screenshot 1
    24 alternatives
  8. Gemini is a new application-level internet protocol for the distribution of arbitrary files, with some special consideration for serving a lightweight hypertext format which facilitates linking between files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Screenshot of official Project Gemini page from Castor browser.
    3 alternatives
  9. XigmaNAS icon
     25 likes

    XigmaNAS (formerly NAS4Free) is an embedded Open Source Storage NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD. This project is a continuation of TrueNAS 7 series project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    XigmaNAS screenshot 1
    XigmaNAS screenshot 1
    XigmaNAS screenshot 2
    +2
    XigmaNAS screenshot 3
    14 alternatives
  10. Blaze is a file sharing progressive web app(PWA) that allows users to transfer files between multiple devices. It works similar to SHAREit or the Files app by Google but uses web technologies to eliminate the process of installing native apps for different devices and operating...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Blaze File Sharing screenshot 1
    Blaze File Sharing screenshot 1
    Blaze File Sharing screenshot 2
    74 alternatives
  11. YouTransfer icon
     3 likes

    YouTransfer is a simple but elegant self-hosted file transfer & sharing solution. It is an alternative to paid services like Dropbox and WeTransfer by offering similar features but without limitations, price plans and a lengthy privacy policy.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    YouTransfer screenshot 1
    72 alternatives
  12. Instant.io icon
     17 likes

    Download/upload files using the WebTorrent protocol (BitTorrent over WebRTC). This is a beta.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Instant.io screenshot 1
    57 alternatives
  13. Hypercore Protocol is a peer-to-peer data network built on the Hypercore logs. Hypercores are signed, append-only logs. They're like lightweight blockchains without the consensus algorithm. As with BitTorrent, as more people "seed" a dataset it will increase the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Electron / Atom Shell
    • JavaScript
    Hypercore Protocol screenshot 1
    Hypercore Protocol screenshot 1
    Hypercore Protocol screenshot 2
    +2
    Hypercore Protocol screenshot 3
    15 alternatives
  14. Pingvin Share icon
     3 likes

    A self-hosted file sharing platform that combines lightness and beauty, perfect for seamless and efficient file sharing.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Pingvin Share screenshot 1
    Pingvin Share screenshot 1
    Pingvin Share screenshot 2
    +1
    Pingvin Share screenshot 3
    58 alternatives
  15. IPFS Share icon
     3 likes

    Add files to share them directly from your device over the IPFS network. Because you're sharing directly from your device, it's important to keep this page open until the recipient downloads the files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    22 alternatives