Filestash puts a Dropbox-style web interface in front of the SFTP servers, S3 buckets, SMB shares, and WebDAV storage you already run, so no file has to move. Administrators enable each connector, including FTP, NFS, Git, Dropbox, Google Drive, Storj, IPFS, and Backblaze B2, from one admin console. Colleagues browse, rename, move, and upload in a single folder view, with resumable uploads for big transfers. Thumbnails cover JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, HEIF, and RAW photos. Images open with an EXIF info panel, and PDFs, audio, video, and EPUB ebooks open right in the browser. A CodeMirror editor handles text and code, and HLS transcoding streams video on demand. Outside guests get a shared link instead of credentials, with an optional password, an expiry date, and read, write, or upload-only rights. Limit a link to one email address or a whole domain, or mount it as a network drive. A workflow engine chains emails and HTTP calls after file events, webhooks, or schedules. Flip one admin setting and Claude, ChatGPT, and Mistral Le Chat can use the connected storage as MCP tools. Downloadable file apps add Office documents, 3D models, and GIS maps. Runtime plugins are zip files dropped into the plugins folder. 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.

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.

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.

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.

FileBrowser Quantum is an open-source, self-hosted web file manager that transforms any directory tree or mounted storage volume into a fast, searchable cloud drive accessible from any browser. You can mount multiple independent filesystem sources at once and apply custom include or exclude rules to keep sensitive system folders hidden from everyday browsing. A background indexing engine powers instant as-you-type search across millions of files, letting you filter results by file size, folder size, media type, or modification date in milliseconds. Rich media thumbnails render automatically for videos, office documents, audio album artwork, and interactive 3D models, while integrated OnlyOffice support lets you edit spreadsheets and word processing documents directly inside your browser tab. Built-in WebDAV server support allows desktop operating systems and mobile file apps to mount your remote directories as native network drives. Sharing files with external collaborators takes seconds through customizable public or private links with expiration timers, download limits, password protection, anonymous upload permissions, and custom branding themes. Administrators can authenticate users via OpenID Connect, LDAP, JSON Web Tokens, proxy headers, or local passwords with two-factor authentication, then enforce path-level read, write, and delete rules per user or group. Developers and automation engineers can generate long-lived API tokens and explore the interactive Swagger endpoint to script file transfers and directory provisioning. 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.