Upload files, get a share link, let it expire: PsiTransfer is a self-hosted WeTransfer with no accounts, no logins, and no third-party cloud with size caps and metadata harvesting. The engineering focus is large files over imperfect networks. Uploads use the tus.io resumable protocol, so a dropped connection on a multi-gigabyte video resumes exactly where it stopped once you're back online; downloads support HTTP range headers for the same resilience, and everything streams, so file size is bounded by your disk rather than memory. Files organize into upload buckets with retention you control: expire after a set time (up to weeks) or after a one-time download, with automatic cleanup when links lapse. Recipients need nothing installed - they open the link, preview files in modal views, and grab everything as a zip or tar.gz archive with one click. Buckets can be password-protected (AES-encrypted download lists), and security-through-obscurity is done properly: bucket URLs use hashed UUID tokens and stored filenames are replaced with UUIDs. An optional admin page (enabled by setting an admin password) lists bucket information and storage. The Vue.js frontend ships under 100 KB gzipped and is fully responsive. Honest caveat from the author: no end-to-end payload encryption yet. BSD-licensed, Docker-ready.

Plik lets you send big files the way WeTransfer does, except the server is yours: upload from the browser or one CLI command and get an expiring link to share. Files can delete themselves after the first download, stream straight from uploader to downloader without touching disk, or sit behind a password until their TTL runs out and cleanup removes them. End-to-end encryption with Age works between the CLI and the web interface, so the server only ever holds ciphertext. Recipients preview code with syntax highlighting, read rendered Markdown and Mermaid diagrams, and play media in the browser without downloading first. Storage lands on local disk, S3, OpenStack Swift, or Google Cloud Storage, with metadata in SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MySQL, and sign-in through local accounts, Google, GitHub, or OIDC. The web interface speaks twelve languages with light, dark, and custom themes, and Prometheus metrics plus an MCP server connect Plik to monitoring and AI assistants. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Pingvin Share X is your own WeTransfer, running on your server, with none of the transfer limits or expiring-link anxiety of the free tiers. Drop in a file of any size, get a link, and decide exactly how it behaves: an expiration date after which it vanishes, a password gate, a cap on how many visitors may open it, or all three. Email the link straight to recipients from the share dialog, and get notified when they download. Reverse shares flip the flow around: send someone a link and they upload files to you through it, which is perfect for collecting client deliverables, application documents, or the family photo archive without a single email attachment thread. Attachments can be scanned with ClamAV before anyone touches them, and storage lives on your disks or in S3-compatible buckets. Accounts connect through OIDC or LDAP single sign-on for teams, and an extensive admin panel tunes everything from password policy to upload chunk sizes. Registration rules decide whether your instance is a private family tool or an open drop point for your whole crew. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD-2-Clause licensed.

Upload a file, get a unique download link and a separate delete link - Jirafeau has done exactly this one thing since 2008. It is plain PHP with no database, no mail server, no JavaScript framework, and no external dependencies - files and metadata live on the filesystem, which is why it runs on nearly anything and why it has outlasted most of its imitators. Uploads use the HTML5 file API, so PHP's post_max_size ceiling does not constrain file size, with live progress showing speed, percentage, and time remaining. Every upload takes options: expiration from one minute to a year to unlimited, self-destruct after first download, and password protection with configurable policy - passwords can be optional, required, or server-generated with complexity rules. Server-side encryption (modern builds use XChaCha20-Poly1305) stores files encrypted at rest with the decrypt key embedded only in the download URL, never on the server, so a compromised host cannot read the contents. Unencrypted deployments get file-level deduplication - identical files stored once with multiple links. Upload access can be gated by password lists or IP allowlists, a small admin panel manages stored files, and a CLI cleanup script handles expired files via cron. Recipients can preview supported files in-browser.

Sharry moves files in both directions: you hand someone a download link, and they hand files back to you, without either side juggling accounts on a commercial transfer service. Upload a file and you get a public URL that is hard to guess but open to anyone who has it; add a password as a second secret, set how long the share lives, and cap how many times it may be downloaded. Expired shares clean themselves up on a schedule. Uploads run over the tus protocol, so a dropped connection in the middle of a two-gigabyte video is an inconvenience, not a restart: send the same file again and it resumes from the last received chunk. Downloads support caching and range requests, which means recipients can stream a video in the browser and scrub its timeline instead of waiting for the whole file. The reverse direction is what makes Sharry unusual: every registered user can maintain alias pages behind their own unguessable URLs, where clients, students, or family members upload files straight to that user, with an email notification when something arrives. Everything is scriptable through a documented REST API, and files can live in the database, on the filesystem, or in S3-compatible storage. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

QuickDrop functions as an ephemeral, self-hosted file distribution node and pastebin that eliminates account requirements for rapid data transfers. Users can drag individual files, paste plain text code snippets, or drop entire folder structures while preserving complete directory hierarchies through automated client manifests. Resumable chunked transfers split multi-gigabyte payloads into resilient blocks, ensuring dependable uploads over unstable network connections. Senders can protect sensitive documents with optional AES encryption at rest, individual passphrase requirements, and automatic metadata stripping that removes GPS coordinates and camera EXIF markers. Granular share token policies restrict access by enforce maximum download quotas, burn-after-reading limits, or strict calendar expiration timestamps. In-browser viewers generate instant previews for code syntax, Markdown documentation, PDF reports, audio tracks, and high-resolution images without downloading files locally. Built-in QR code generators allow mobile devices to retrieve shared payloads instantly across local wireless networks. System operators can govern storage lifecycles through an administrative control panel with configurable retention windows, automated background garbage collection, and custom storage caps. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Most file sharing leaves copies lying around forever; Tessera shares things with a built-in goodbye. Drop in a file, a whole folder, a code snippet, or a link and you get back a short code and a URL that anyone can open until it expires or hits the download count you set, at which point it is deleted. Expiry is checked on every request and each retrieval is counted atomically, so a one-time share cannot be raced by two people at once. Passwords can be required before anything is shown, code arrives syntax-highlighted, and images, SVGs, and diagrams preview in the page, with link cards when you paste the URL into chat. Uploads resume after interruptions and stream through the server without ballooning memory at any size. Behind the scenes you choose where bytes live: local disk, S3-compatible storage, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, or WebDAV, several at once, added or retired from the admin panel without a restart. Accounts are optional for a home server, sign-in through OpenID Connect suits a team, and roles with per-account quotas decide who may upload, view everyone's shares, or change settings. Optional malware scanning, anonymous-upload caps, and rate-limited code lookups keep a public instance honest. A CLI and API tokens drive the same endpoints as the web app, so scripts can share and clean up exactly like people. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

015 is a send-it-and-forget-it file sharing service for files that should exist for hours, not forever. Drop in a large file and it uploads in chunks, resuming where it stopped if the connection drops, while a short pickup code and a share link give the recipient two easy ways to collect it. If the same file was uploaded before, its hash gives it away and the transfer completes instantly without moving the data again. Every share carries your rules: an expiration time, a password, and a download count limit, enforced by signed download tokens so a shared link cannot be passed around indefinitely. Uploaded images can be compressed or converted in the background while you keep working, and text snippets share through the same expiring-link system when a file is overkill. Images and videos preview in the browser before downloading, and email or webhook notifications can tell you when a share is picked up. The interface speaks seven languages and answers just as well on a phone as on a desktop. When the window closes, a daily janitor sweeps expired files off the disk, so the server never quietly fills with forgotten uploads. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Moving a 40 GB video from your laptop to three colleagues takes a shared link instead of a cloud upload when FileSync sends it from one device to many in real time, straight between browsers, from a server you host yourself. Open a room, share its link or QR code, and everyone inside can send, receive, and download everything as a zip. The files travel directly between browsers over encrypted connections while the server only introduces the devices to each other, so your documents never sit on someone else's disk. A verification key rides inside the link itself and is never sent to the server, proving the person who joined is the person you invited. Transfers stream to disk as they arrive, so file size is limited by storage rather than memory, and every file is checked with SHA-256 the moment it lands. Close a tab mid-transfer and the download resumes from the last saved byte instead of starting over. You can send whole folders, paste straight from your clipboard, and coordinate through the built-in room chat while the files move. When two devices cannot connect directly, the included relay carries the traffic automatically, and rooms can ask for a password before anyone joins. Recipients need no account and install nothing; they open the link in any modern browser and start receiving. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

DashBeam sends files and folders of any size straight from one device to another, end to end encrypted, with no cloud account, no size limits, and nothing parked on a third party server in between. Drop in a file and share it through a short code, a link, or a QR scan; whoever receives it needs no account and can collect it in a plain browser tab with nothing installed. On the same network, nearby machines appear on their own, so pairing two devices and sending between them takes a couple of clicks instead of a cable or a memory stick. Pair a device once and it stays reachable by its identity, so your machines can exchange files from anywhere without swapping fresh tickets every time. Interrupted transfers resume where they stopped, and hopping from Wi-Fi to cellular mid-send does not drop the connection. One share can fan out to several receivers at once, and devices you mark as trusted can accept files automatically, which suits pushing builds, media libraries, or backups around a small fleet. You can preview what is arriving before downloading it, and a local history records every completed transfer. The repository also ships Docker Compose stacks for your own relay and discovery server, so even the encrypted fallback path can run entirely on machines you own. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Transfer.sh is a file sharing service you host yourself, where sending a file to anyone is one curl command and receiving it is one link. Upload from the terminal with a plain PUT request or drop files into the web front end, then share the returned address with teammates, clients, or your future self on another machine. Every upload can carry its own expiry rules: cap the number of downloads, set the number of days before deletion, and let the automatic purge clean up what nobody needs anymore. A private delete link travels back with each upload, so the sender can pull a file down early without asking an administrator. Passwords can encrypt content on the server with AES256 before storage, and command line users can encrypt locally with GPG before anything leaves their machine. Uploads can be scanned through VirusTotal or a local ClamAV daemon before they are shared, which suits support desks trading log bundles and installers with people outside the company. Storage is your choice: a folder on the server disk, an S3 bucket including MinIO and other S3 compatible stores, Google Drive, or Storj, picked by configuration rather than code changes. Basic authentication, rate limiting, and automatic HTTPS through Let's Encrypt round out a service that runs as one small container on port 8080. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Your files already live in five places; filex puts them in one tree and serves that tree back out through almost any protocol. Mount local disks, S3 buckets, SFTP servers, WebDAV shares, FTP sites, and SMB network drives side by side, then copy in one storage and paste into another without thinking about where anything physically sits. The same tree is reachable as S3, SFTP, FTPS, NFS, and WebDAV, so rclone, restic, the AWS CLI, WinSCP, or FileZilla all work against it with the same per-user and per-folder permissions as the web interface. Sharing leaves the server under your control: public links carry a PIN, an expiry, and a download limit, and file-request links let people upload into a folder without seeing its contents. Anything deleted stays recoverable inside a retention window, overwritten files keep version snapshots, and encrypted folders are sealed in the browser so the server never receives a key. People sign in with OIDC single sign-on, LDAP or Active Directory, or the host machine's own accounts, with roles, groups, and tenants plus folder-level exceptions. A desktop app keeps chosen folders in sync within about a second, the file manager embeds into other products as a web component, and an MCP server plus REST API let agents work the same tree. It runs from one static binary or container on port 5212. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

FileGator is a self-hosted, multi-user web file manager that gives your team a shared place to upload, organize, preview, and download files through the browser, with every person fenced into the folders they are allowed to touch. Create accounts for colleagues, students, or clients and give each one a home folder plus permissions that decide what they can read, write, rename, or delete. Everyone gets the full file toolkit: copy, move, rename, edit, create, delete, and preview, plus zip and unzip for bundling archives on the server. Select several files or folders and download them together, or zip a remote directory and pull it down in a single transfer. Uploads accept drag and drop with a live progress bar, and chunked transfers pause and resume, so a multi-gigabyte video survives an unstable connection. Point FileGator at a plain folder on the server disk or connect an Amazon S3 bucket as the storage adapter behind the same interface. Teachers collect assignments through it, field teams drop photos and documents from the road, and families share one photo archive without anyone installing an FTP client. Admins manage users, roles, and permissions from one panel, and the application runs on ordinary PHP hosting you already know how to operate. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

ProjectSend gives every client a private, signed-in page on your own server where only the files you assigned to them appear, so contracts, photo shoots, and quarterly reports skip the third-party file-sharing service. You upload once, then share a file or a whole folder with one client, a group, or anyone holding a public link, with an optional expiry date or download limit. Clients search, preview, and download files one by one or as a zip, whole folders included, comment on a document so questions stay beside it, and send files back within the quota you set. Uploads of up to 2 GB travel in resumable pieces, so a dropped connection pauses a transfer instead of ruining it. Folders, categories, custom client fields, and linked file versions keep a growing library tidy, while roles with granular permissions let staff work without becoming administrators. The activity log and download history record who received what and when, and the log exports to CSV. Sign-in works with email and password, LDAP, or Google and Microsoft accounts, with optional two-factor authentication. Your logo, watermark, themes, and editable email templates carry your brand, and the interface is translated into 16 languages. Optional virus scanning quarantines suspicious uploads, and a REST API with scoped tokens automates uploads, sharing, and account management. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-2.0-or-later licensed.

FolderHost turns a folder on your server into a private cloud that you and your team reach from any browser, with the whole platform shipping as one executable of about 19MB and zero dependencies to install. Upload, download, move, copy, rename, archive, and extract files through a familiar explorer interface, with chunked uploads that survive big transfers and a recovery bin that keeps accidental deletions restorable within limits you set. Code files open in a real editor where several people can type at once, which makes it a surprisingly handy way to tweak server configs or a game server's files together live. Long-running programs can be registered as services and started, stopped, and driven from a built-in terminal that shows live uptime and memory use. Accounts come with granular permissions for every action, optional folder scopes that confine a user to one directory tree, and per-instance storage quotas. Every activity lands in audit logs you can review and auto-expire, sessions use short-lived tokens tied to the login device, and TLS can be self-signed for a LAN or issued through Let's Encrypt for a public domain. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Turn any server into a high-speed media vault and file-sharing hub with Chibisafe, a self-hosted upload platform built for chunked large-file transfers, organized albums, and instant desktop screenshot workflows. Users drag and drop photos, videos, archives, or documents into the browser uploader, where multi-gigabyte files are automatically split into chunks to prevent network drops from ruining an active transfer. Uploaded media renders inside a responsive masonry or list gallery with in-browser video and audio previews, custom file tags, search filtering, and one-click shareable links. Organizers group related uploads into folders and public albums, mark sensitive collections with content warnings before loading, and publish syntax-highlighted text snippets or code gists alongside shortened URLs. Desktop and mobile power users connect ShareX, iOS Shortcuts, macOS quick actions, fswatch folder monitors, or the companion browser extension using personal API keys that route captures straight into designated albums. Instance administrators toggle between public, open-registration, and invite-only modes, enforce per-user storage quotas, offload storage to AWS S3, Backblaze B2, MinIO, or Wasabi via signed URLs, and customize rate limits or allowed extensions directly from the web settings panel. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

XBackBone is a self-hosted file and media sharing platform that turns your own server into a tidy home for screenshots, clips, and PDFs, giving each file a clean short link with rich embeds for chat and social apps instead of expiring file-transfer links. Capture tools plug straight in: generate a ready-made uploader config for ShareX, ScreenCloud, ishare, Spectacle, Xerahs, the macOS Share sheet, or a CLI script, and new screenshots land on your instance with the link copied. The dashboard previews images, video, audio waveforms, PDFs, and syntax-highlighted code in the browser, and pastes plus link shortening cover text and URLs. Make any upload public or private, add a password, or set an expiration date, and identical files are stored once thanks to content fingerprinting. Storage stays flexible across local disk, Amazon S3 and compatible services, FTP, and SFTP. Admins manage users with roles, disk quotas, and usage statistics, review a searchable activity timeline, and toggle registrations or themes without redeploying. Accounts support email verification, password resets, two-factor codes, and passkeys. A guided web installer handles first setup, and admins can apply updates from the browser. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

PicoShare is a minimalist file-sharing service you host yourself: upload any file and get a direct download link that anyone can open, with no ads, no signups, and no size or format restrictions. Send a client a 4 GB video or a raw photo archive and they download the exact bytes you uploaded, because PicoShare never resizes or re-encodes media while sharing. Every upload can carry an expiration, from a day to never, and an optional private note that only you can see. When other people need to send files to you, create a guest link instead of asking for email attachments: guests upload through the link with no account, and you set the maximum file size, the total number of uploads, and an expiry date for each link. The files list shows everything you have shared with sizes, upload dates, and expirations, and every entry offers one-click link copying and deletion. A single shared secret guards the admin side, and all data lives in one SQLite database file that you can back up or replicate to cloud storage automatically. Run it as one small Docker container on your own domain and your download links stay yours. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, replaced by a platform you actually control: Nextcloud is the self-hosted digital workspace. Files is the core: file storage and sync across desktop, mobile, and web clients, with sharing, versioning, and collaboration built in. Around it, Talk provides private text chat, audio/video conferencing with screen sharing, SIP integration, and persistent voice rooms; Groupware bundles calendar, contacts, and mail with delegation support; and Office offers two collaborative suites - the Collabora-based option with deep ODF support, and Euro-Office, whose local-processing architecture delivers strong Microsoft Office compatibility and fast browser rendering with reduced server load. The Nextcloud Assistant threads AI through the platform via a context-aware sidebar, Whiteboard covers visual collaboration, Flow handles automation, and an app ecosystem of hundreds of extensions adds everything from Kanban boards to end-to-end encryption. Hub 26 brings a lighter UI with a unified app switcher and Nextcloud Governance for organizations under strict regulatory requirements. This is the flagship of data sovereignty: your files, chats, calendars, and documents live on your server, under your jurisdiction, with GDPR compliance by architecture rather than by contract.

The project that proved organizations could have Dropbox-style convenience with complete data ownership: ownCloud is the original open-source file sync and share platform - the codebase Nextcloud later forked from. This deployment runs the classic ownCloud Server (PHP over PostgreSQL or MariaDB, with Redis caching), the battle-tested edition trusted across enterprises, universities, and public institutions worldwide. The core loop: store files on your server, sync them via desktop clients for Windows, macOS, and Linux plus iOS and Android apps, and access everything through the web interface or standard WebDAV. Sharing is granular - internal users and groups, external recipients via public links with passwords and expiration dates, and federated sharing that connects separate ownCloud instances into one network. Security controls include file firewall rules, multi-factor authentication, encryption, and detailed audit-friendly lifecycle management with versioning and trash-bin recovery. An app marketplace extends the platform, and Web Office integrations bring collaborative document editing through Collabora Online, OnlyOffice, or Microsoft Office Online directly into your files. LDAP and Active Directory integration slots it into existing identity infrastructure. For teams that need a proven, self-hosted alternative to Dropbox or Google Drive - where compliance demands knowing exactly which disk your data sits on - ownCloud remains a foundational choice.