Self-hosted File Transfer - Web-based File Managers software

Web-based file managers.

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

Alternatives to Dropbox

copyparty

Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV, FTP, zeroconf, media indexer, video thumbnails, audio transcoding, and write-only folders, in a single file with no mandatory dependencies.

Actively maintained ★ 47.2k MIT ~$5/mo

Filestash

Web file manager that lets you manage your data anywhere it is located: FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Git, S3, Minio, Dropbox, or Google Drive.

Actively maintained ★ 14.9k AGPL-3.0 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

miniserve

CLI tool to serve files and dirs over HTTP.

Actively maintained ★ 8.1k MIT ~$3.5/mo

TagSpaces

Offline, cross-platform file manager and organiser that also can function as a note taking app. The WebDAV version of the application can be installed on top of a WebDAV servers such as Nextcloud or ownCloud.

Actively maintained ★ 5.4k AGPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

FileGator

Powerful multi-user file manager with a single page front-end.

Actively maintained ★ 3.1k MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Directory Lister

Simple PHP based directory lister that lists a directory and all its sub-directories and allows you to navigate there within.

Actively maintained ★ 2.5k MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/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

Tiny File Manager

Web based File Manager in PHP, simple, fast and small file manager with a single file.

Maintained ★ 6k GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

FileRise

Web file manager with uploads, tagging, share links, gallery/table views, and an in-browser editor.

Actively maintained ★ 1k MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

mikochi

Browse remote folders, upload files, delete, rename, download and stream files to VLC/mpv.

Actively maintained ★ 379 MIT 🐳 Docker~$20/mo

IFM

Single script file manager.

Actively maintained ★ 370 MIT ~$5/mo

Flare

Nonbloated, modern, and highly configurable file/screenshot vault server with support for ShareX, Flameshot, and Spectacle. Offers OCR search and more.

Maintained ★ 138 MIT 🐳 Docker~$5/mo

Apaxy

Theme built to enhance the experience of browsing web directories, using the mod_autoindex Apache module and some CSS to override the default style of a directory listing.

Possibly unmaintained ★ 1.9k GPL-3.0 ~$5/mo

ClyoCloud

Personal cloud storage and media management application built for privacy, efficiency, and aesthetics.

Health unknown AGPL-3.0 ~$20/mo

ResourceSpace

Simple, fast, and free way to organise your digital assets.

Health unknown BSD-4-Clause ~$5/mo

slcl

Simple and lightweight web cloud storage.

Health unknown AGPL-3.0 ~$3.5/mo

Surfer

Simple static file server with webui to manage files.

Health unknown MIT ~$5/mo

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