PirateBox is described as 'DIY anonymous offline file-sharing and communications system built with free software and inexpensive off-the-shelf hardware' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are seven alternatives to PirateBox for Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based and Raspberry Pi. The best PirateBox alternative is Cloudron, which is free. Other great apps like PirateBox are FreedomBox, LibraryBox, UBOS and Internet in Box.
Cloudron is a complete solution for managing apps & users on your own server. Easily deploy production ready apps from the app library and keep them automatically up-to-date. It even comes with a built-in email server and web clients!.
The FreedomBox Project is a community project to develop, design and promote personal servers running free software for private, personal, communications.
LibraryBox is an open source, portable digital file distribution tool based on inexpensive hardware that enables delivery of educational, healthcare, and other vital information to individuals off the grid.
UBOS is a Linux distro that aims to make it 10x easier to run server-side apps for yourself, or for your family, on hardware or cloud servers you own.
Offline community sharing. Useable for remote communities (kiwix), schools (kalite) and medical communities (there is a medical version).
ConnectBox is a media sharing device based on small form factor computers including the Raspberry Pi 3, Raspberry Pi Zero W, NanoPi NEO, Orange Pi Zero and Pine64.
The BibleBox is a portable wifi router which provides anyone with wifi enabled devices access to digital Bibles and any other digital resources made available on the attached USB drive.
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Piratebox is no longer maintained.