File Sharing and Synchronization / Free Software and web applications

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This is a list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted locally. Selfhosting is the process of locally hosting and managing applications instead of renting from SaaS providers. —from github/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted

Distributed filesystems

  • Camlistore – A set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data.
  • Ceph – Distributed object store and file system.
  • DRBD – Distributed Replicated Block Device.
  • LeoFS – Unstructured object/data storage and a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent storage system.
  • GlusterFS – Scale-out network-attached storage file system.
  • Go IPFS – Implementation of IPFS, a global, versioned, peer-to-peer filesystem that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files.
  • HDFS – Distributed, scalable, and portable file-system written in Java for the Hadoop framework.
  • Lustre – Parallel distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing.
  • MooseFS – Fault tolerant, network distributed file system.
  • MogileFS – Application level, network distributed file system.
  • OpenAFS – Distributed network file system with read-only replicas and multi-OS support.
  • Ori Filesystem – A Secure Distributed File System built for offline operation.
  • Swift – A highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob store.
  • SheepDog – A distributed Blockdevice, Rest, QEMU and distributed Filesystem storage.
  • TahoeLAFS – secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant, peer-to-peer distributed data store and distributed file system.
  • XtreemFS – XtreemFS is a fault-tolerant distributed file system for all storage needs.

File transfer/synchronization

  • Git Annex – File synchronization between computers, servers, external drives. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Haskell
  • Gossa – Gossa is a light and simple webserver for your files. MIT Go
  • Kinto – Kinto is a minimalist JSON storage service with synchronisation and sharing abilities. (Source Code) Apache-2.0Python
  • Nextcloud – Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and more from any device, on your terms. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
  • OpenSSH/SFTP – Secure File Transfer Program. (Source Code) BSD-2-Clause C
  • ownCloud – All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more. (Source Code, Clients) AGPL-3.0 PHP
  • Pydio – Turn any web server into a powerful file management system and an alternative to mainstream cloud storage providers. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP
  • Samba – Samba is the 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. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C
  • Seafile – File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-2.0 C
  • SparkleShare – Self hosted, instant, secure file sync. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C#
  • Syncany – Secure file sync software for arbitrary storage backends, an open-source cloud storage and filesharing application. Securely synchronize your files to any kind of storage. GPL-3.0 Java
  • Syncthing – Syncthing is an open source peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool. (Source Code) MPL-2.0 Go
  • Unison – Unison is a file-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows. GPL-3.0 OCaml
  • Z-Push – Implementation of Microsoft’s ActiveSync protocol. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 PHP

Peer-to-peer filesharing

  • bittorrent-tracker – Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client and server) implementation. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
  • cloud-torrent – Torrent Web Client with HTTP retrievable or streamable downloaded files. AGPL-3.0 Go
  • Dat Project – Powerful decentralized file sharing applications built from a large ecosystem of modules. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
  • FilePizza – Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser. (Source Code) BSD-3-Clause Nodejs
  • Firefox Send – A file sharing experiment which allows you to send encrypted files to other users. MPL-2.0 Nodejs
  • instant.io – Streaming file transfer over WebTorrent. (Demo) MIT Nodejs
  • Magnetico – Magnetico is the first autonomous (self-hosted) BitTorrent DHT search engine suite that is designed for end-users. AGPL-3.0 Python
  • Magnetissimo – Search engine that indexes all popular torrent sites. MIT Elixir
  • Opentracker – Open and free bittorrent tracker. It aims for minimal resource usage and is intended to run at your wlan router. (Source Code) Beerware C
  • peerflix-server – Downloads torrent files and provides a direct link download or a direct link stream. MIT Nodejs
  • qBittorrent – Free cross-platform bittorrent client with a feature rich Web UI for remote access. (Source Code) GPL-2.0C++
  • rartracker – Complete private bittorrent tracker. WTFPL PHP
  • Reep – In-browser peer-to-peer file transfer and streaming made easy. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 Nodejs
  • Transmission – Fast, easy, Free Bittorrent client. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 C

Object storage/file servers

  • Minio – Minio is an open source object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Go
  • Zenko CloudServer – Zenko CloudServer, an open-source Node.js implementation of a server handling the Amazon S3 protocol. (Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs

Single-click/drag-n-drop upload

  • BoZoN – Minimalist Drag and drop file sharing app. AGPL-3.0 PHP
  • Coquelicot – Coquelicot is a “one-click” file sharing web application with a focus on protecting users’ privacy. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Ruby
  • droppy – droppy is a self-hosted cloud server with an interface similar to desktop file managers and has capabilities to edit files on-the-fly as well as view and playback media directly in the browser. (Demo) BSD-2-Clause Nodejs
  • FileShelter – FileShelter is a self-hosted software that allows you to easily share files over the Internet. (Demo) GPL-3.0C++
  • Files Sharing – Open Source and self-hosted files sharing application based on unique and temporary links. GPL-3.0PHP
  • img.bi – img.bi is a secure image hosting. Images are encrypted using AES-256 with random key in browser before upload. GPL-3.0 Nodejs
  • ipfs.pics – ipfs.pics is a distributed image hosting website. AGPL-3.0 PHP
  • Jirafeau – Jirafeau is a web site permitting to upload a file in a simple way and give an unique link to it. (Demo) AGPL-3.0 PHP
  • linx – File sharing application and pastebin with API, auto-expiry, deletion keys, and web seed support. (Demo) GPL-3.0Go
  • lufi – Let’s Upload that FIle, client-side encrypted. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Perl
  • lutim – Let’s Upload That Image. AGPL-3.0 Perl
  • Nimbus – Drag-and-drop shortlink file sharer for OS X. MIT Python
  • OnionShare – Securely and anonymously share a file of any size. GPL-2.0 Python
  • PictShare – PictShare is a multi lingual, open source image hosting service with a simple resizing and upload API. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 PHP
  • Plik – Plik is a scalable and friendly temporary file upload system. (Demo) MIT Go
  • Pomf – Simple file uploading and sharing, source for the now shut down site Pomf.se. MIT PHP
  • ProjectSend – Upload files and assign them to specific clients you create. Give access to those files to your clients. (Source Code) GPL-2.0 PHP
  • PsiTransfer – Simple open source self-hosted file sharing solution with robust up-/download-resume and password protection. BSD-2-Clause Nodejs
  • Sharry – Share files easily over the internet between authenticated and anonymous users (both ways) with resumable up- and downloads. (Demo) GPL-3.0 Scala/Java
  • Uguu – Stores files and deletes after X amount of time. (Source Code) MIT PHP
  • Up1 – Client-side Encrypted Image Host. MIT Nodejs
  • uPste – Private file hosting application with an emphasis on serving technology communities. (Source Code) AGPL-3.0PHP
  • XBackBone – A simple, fast, lightweight and powerful ShareX (a free and open-source screenshot utility for Windows) PHP backend. AGPL-3.0 PHP
  • YouTransfer – YouTransfer is a simple but elegant self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution. (Demo, Source Code) Apache-2.0 Nodejs
Command-line file upload
  • Beauties – Minimalist file sharing written in Go, to be used primarily from Unix shell (e.g. with curl). Can be built as a Debian package for easy install. MIT Go
  • transfer.sh – Easy file sharing from the command line. (Source Code) MIT Go

Web based file managers

  • 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. (Source Code) Unlicense HTML
  • DirectoryLister – Simple PHP based directory lister that lists a directory and all it’s sub-directories and allows you to navigate there within. (Source Code) MIT PHP
  • Encode Explorer – Encode Explorer is a single page file browser, it is simple and functional. (Demo, Source Code) MITPHP
  • explorer – Highly-configurable directory listing made with nodejs. (Source Code) MIT Nodejs
  • filebrowser – Web File Manager which can be used as a middleware or standalone app. (Source Code) Apache-2.0Go/VueJS
  • goBrowser – Simple http file browser. (Source Code) GPL-3.0 Go
  • h5ai – Modern file indexer for HTTP web servers with focus on your files. Directories are displayed in a appealing way and browsing them is enhanced by different views, a breadcrumb and a tree overview. (Demo, Source Code) MIT PHP
  • IFM – Single script file manager. MIT PHP
  • ResourceSpace – ResourceSpace open source digital asset management software is the simple, fast, and free way to organise your digital assets. (Demo, Source Code) Other PHP
  • s3server – Simple HTTP interface to index and browse files in a public S3 or Google Cloud Storage bucket. (Demo) MITGo
  • Sprut.io – 2 panel file manager with drag and drop features, code editor, text search, hotkeys. (Demo, Source Code) GPL-3.0 Python
  • Surfer – Simple static file server with webui to manage files. MIT Nodejs
  • TagSpaces – TagSpaces is an 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. (Demo, Source Code) AGPL-3.0 Javascript