Files Sharing

File sharing application based on unique and temporary links.

Active Last commit on 2026-10-21 · 4 releases in the past year · 10 commits in the past 12 months

At a glance

GitHub stars: 292
Last commit: 2026-10-21
Latest release: 2.14.1
2026-06-29
Commits (12 mo): 10
Releases (12 mo): 4
License: GPL-3.0
Language / platform: PHP, Docker

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit on 2026-10-21 · 4 releases in the past year · 10 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from awesome-selfhosted-data (refreshed daily from GitHub); release counts from the GitHub releases feed (includes pre-releases).

Run Files Sharing yourself

RAM: ~1 GB server (1 vCPU)
Docker: yes — image axeloz/filesharing on Docker Hub (17k pulls)

Estimated monthly server cost

Provider	Plan size	~ USD / month
Vultr	1 GB	$5	Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)	1 GB	$5	Deploy →
DigitalOcean	1 GB	$6	Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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Files Sharing is an alternative to

WeTransfer

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