Self-hosted File Transfer & Synchronization software

File transfer, sharing and synchronization software software.

20 apps, ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.

Alternatives to DropboxAlternatives to Google Drive

Syncthing

Peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.

Actively maintained ★ 90k MPL-2.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Puter

Web-based operating system designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible.

Actively maintained ★ 44.1k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Nextcloud

Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and more from any device, on your terms.

Actively maintained ★ 37.4k AGPL-3.0 ~$10/mo

Cloudreve

File management and sharing system, supports multiple storage providers.

Actively maintained ★ 28.9k GPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

ownCloud

All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more.

Actively maintained ★ 8.8k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

OpenCloud

File Sharing and Collaboration Platform.

Actively maintained ★ 6.3k Apache-2.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Unison

File-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows.

Actively maintained ★ 5.6k GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Kinto

Minimalist JSON storage service with synchronisation and sharing abilities.

Actively maintained ★ 4.4k Apache-2.0 ~$5/mo

Peergos

Secure and private space online where you can store, share and view your photos, videos, music and documents. Also includes a calendar, news feed, task lists, chat and email client.

Actively maintained ★ 2.5k AGPL-3.0 ~$10/mo

Pydio

Turn any web server into a powerful file management system and an alternative to mainstream cloud storage providers.

Actively maintained ★ 2.3k AGPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Seafile

File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations.

Maintained ★ 15.4k GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0 ~$20/mo

Sync-in

File storage, syncing, sharing, and collaboration with real-time editing, permission management, and desktop/CLI clients.

Actively maintained ★ 2k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

Hoodik

End-to-end encrypted cloud storage server. Files are encrypted and decrypted in the browser, so the server only ever holds ciphertext. Runs on SQLite or PostgreSQL, stores chunks on local disk or any S3-compatible service.

Actively maintained ★ 1.5k CC-BY-NC-4.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

bewCloud

File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).

Actively maintained ★ 1.2k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

FileRun

Complete solution for your files with integration with Google and Office.

Health unknown ⊘ Proprietary ~$5/mo

Git Annex

File synchronization between computers, servers, external drives.

Health unknown GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Resilio Sync

Proprietary peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.

Health unknown ⊘ Proprietary ~$5/mo

Samba

Standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix. It provides secure, stable and fast file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol.

Health unknown GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

Yetishare

Powerful file hosting script with support for Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze, local, direct and SFTP storage.

Health unknown ⊘ Proprietary ~$5/mo

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