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3 self-hosted Papermark alternatives

Papermark is a cloud document-sharing and data-room service for securely sending PDFs and pitch decks via branded links, with access controls, viewer tracking, download restrictions, and analytics to monitor recipient engagement.

Alternatives to Papermark

Self-hosted, client-side encrypted note and file sharing service inspired by PrivNote, with view/time limits and an optional CLI client.

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1.5k stars153 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

#2

Self-hosted one-time secret sharing service that encrypts secrets in the browser with AES-256 and deletes them after the first read.

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783 stars99 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

#3

Self-hosted temporary file and text sharing platform with chunked uploads, frontend hash-based instant transfers, image processing, previews, JWT download tokens, and Redis-backed queueing.

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397 stars42 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

What replacing Papermark actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 3 of 3 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, Apache-2.0, AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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