Flare

Flare is a modern file sharing platform designed for self-hosted deployments. It provides fast uploads, universal previewing, and first-class integrations with popular screenshot tools to streamline sharing workflows.

Key Features

• Universal screenshot integration with ShareX, Flameshot, KDE Spectacle and script upload support
• Role-based permissions, private files, and password protection for access control
• Flexible storage backends: local filesystem and S3-compatible object storage
• Universal preview for images, videos, PDFs and code with syntax highlighting
• Smart search supporting filename and OCR-extracted text, with date filters
• Built-in admin dashboard for usage metrics, user management and system settings
• URL shortener with custom short URLs and click tracking
• Pastebin-style code/text sharing with syntax highlighting
• Theme customization, custom CSS/HTML injection, and configurable user quotas
• OCR processing to extract text from uploaded images

Use Cases

• Team or personal screenshot and file sharing server integrated with desktop tools
• Hosting quick pastes, code snippets and media previews for internal collaboration
• Private short-link service with tracking and role-based access for controlled sharing

Limitations and Considerations

• Requires a PostgreSQL database as the supported relational backend
• OCR processing and rich previews may increase resource usage and require additional runtime resources
• Storage backends are local filesystem or S3-compatible; advanced CDN or multi-backend orchestration is not provided out of the box

Flare provides a polished, performant experience for self-hosted file sharing with tight screenshot-tool integrations and administrative controls. It is well suited for individuals and teams that need private, searchable file and paste hosting with flexible storage options.