Self-hosted projects tagged “File Transfer”

LocalSend is a free, open-source app for fast, encrypted file and text sharing between nearby devices over a local network, available on desktop and mobile.

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Apple AirDrop+6

Open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization with TLS encryption, no central server, and a browser-based UI.

MPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Resilio Sync+6

rclone is a CLI tool to sync, copy, mount, and serve files across cloud storage providers and standard protocols like S3, WebDAV, FTP, and SFTP.

MITActively maintained

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GoodSync+8

Snapdrop is a progressive web app for peer-to-peer local file sharing between nearby devices in the browser, inspired by AirDrop, with optional self-hosting.

GPL-3.0Likely dormant

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Apple AirDrop+5

transfer.sh is a lightweight Go server for sharing files via curl, generating shareable links with optional expiry, download limits, and pluggable storage backends.

MITActively maintained

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WeTransfer+7

AirDrop-like P2P file and text transfer in the browser with device pairing and temporary public rooms for internet transfers.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Apple AirDrop+5

Self-hostable web app for fast, private peer-to-peer file sharing in the browser using WebRTC, with optional passwords, multi-file ZIP downloads, and TURN/STUN support.

Slowing down

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WeTransfer+9

Open-source tool to share files, host websites, and chat privately over the Tor network; available as desktop GUI, CLI, and mobile apps.

Actively maintained

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Send Anywhere+8

OpenMediaVault is a Debian-based network-attached storage (NAS) solution with a web UI, built-in file sharing services, and a modular plugin system for home and small office use.

Actively maintained

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QNAP QTS+2

Unison is a cross-platform, bidirectional file synchronization tool that keeps two directory replicas in sync over SSH or TCP, with conflict detection and offline support.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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GoodSync+13

slskd is a modern Soulseek client-server daemon with a web UI for searching, downloading, and managing transfers, chats, and user shares from a browser.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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SoulseekQt

Open-source PicoShare lets users upload and share files of any type and size via direct download links, preserving originals and offering easy deployment via Docker or from source.

Actively maintained

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WeTransfer+18

Open-source browser-based peer-to-peer chat with E2E encryption, ephemeral messages, video/audio, screen sharing, direct file transfer, and iframe embedding.

GPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Zoom+15

Self-hosted, secure platform for file sharing, collaboration, and document management with no vendor lock-in.

AGPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Dropbox+19

Self-hosted open-source file sharing server with resumable uploads (tus), large-file streaming, expiry/one-time downloads, Docker packaging and a Vue frontend.

BSD-2-ClauseActively maintained

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WeTransfer+11

Lightweight clipboard sync tool for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android with end-to-end encryption, multi-user support, and optional self-hosted server or P2P mode.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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Pushbullet+6

Open-source, self-hostable file transfer service with resumable uploads, S3 or disk storage, transfer requests, and end-to-end encrypted WebRTC quick transfers.

AGPL-3.0Slowing down

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WeTransfer+9

Daemon that monitors download folders and Radarr/Sonarr/Lidarr/Readarr to automatically extract archives, move files for import, and remove extracted artifacts.

MITActively maintained

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WinRAR+3

Lightweight PHP file manager with ShareX support, multi-user UI, and multiple backends (local, S3, Google Cloud, Azure, Dropbox, FTP).

Apache-2.0Actively maintained

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Dropbox+11

Reaparr is a cross-platform Plex downloader that copies media from other Plex servers into your own library, with a web UI and resilient multi-threaded downloads.

GPL-3.0Actively maintained

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put.io+8

Open-source platform to stream torrent media, generate direct-download links and on-the-fly ZIP archives; distributed as an all-in-one Docker image.

MITSlowing down

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Webtor.io+8

GoMFT is a web-based managed file transfer (MFT) app that uses rclone to schedule, run, and monitor transfers across cloud and on-prem storage providers.

MITSlowing down

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MOVEit Transfer+9

FTPGrab is a Go-based CLI and Dockerized scheduler that periodically downloads files from remote FTP/SFTP servers to your NAS, server, or computer with filtering and notifications.

MITActively maintained

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GoodSync+1

Open-source, self-hostable file sharing app that encrypts files and filenames in the browser before upload; Rust backend, SQLite metadata, Docker-ready.

MITSlowing down

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WeTransfer+7

Automates retrieval of missing books tracked by Readarr by searching Library Genesis and downloading matched files into a configured downloads path.

MPL-2.0Actively maintained

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Scribd

A small Python-based ephemeral file upload server (CLI + optional GUI) that accepts one-time uploads and stops automatically after a transfer.

MITLikely dormant

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WeTransfer+6

The sftp-server subsystem in OpenSSH provides SFTP file-transfer services over SSH with support for internal-sftp, chroot jails, public-key and certificate authentication, and protocol extensions.

Activity unknown

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Files.com+12

Self-hosted music download manager that fetches Spotify content and falls back to Deezer for lossless sources; FastAPI backend, Celery tasks and Redis caching.

Command-line tool that manages large files with Git by keeping file contents out of commits, providing sync, backup, encryption and many storage backends.

Activity unknown

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Git Large File Storage (Git LFS)