Overview

Self-hosted files sharing application, easy to setup, easy to use The project has 275 GitHub stars and is licensed under GPL-3.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

uploader access permission: IP based or login/password
bundle’s settings: title, description, expiration date, number max of downloads, password…
upload one or more files via drag and drop or via browsing your filesystem
ability to keep adding files to the bundle days later
sharing link with bundle content preview
download rate limiter
ability to download the entire bundle as ZIP archive (password protected when applicable)
direct download link (doesn’t preview the bundle content)
garbage collector which removes the expired bundles as a background task
multilingual (EN, FR, DE and KR)

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

docker run -d \
-p 8080:80 \
-v :/app/storage/content \
--name filesharing \
-e APP_NAME="FileSharing" \
-e APP_URL="" \
-e ASSET_URL="" \
-e UPLOAD_MAX_FILESIZE="1G" \
-e APP_TIMEZONE="Europe/Paris" \
-e UPLOAD_PREVENT_DUPLICATES=true \
-e HASH_MAX_FILESIZE="1G" \
-e UPLOAD_MAX_FILES=100 \
-e LIMIT_DOWNLOAD_RATE="100K" \
axeloz/filesharing:latest

server \{
	server_name filesharing.box.webinno.fr;
	charset utf-8;

	location / \{
		proxy_set_header Host $host;
		proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
		proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
		proxy_set_header   X-Scheme $scheme;
		proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
	\}

	listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
	listen 443 ssl http2;
	ssl_certificate [...]
	ssl_certificate_key [...]
\}

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

accessibility, docker, docker compose, npm, rate limiting, sharing, sqlite.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Collaboration

Content Sharing

Security & Privacy

Rate Limiting

Localization & Accessibility

Accessibility (a11y)

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