Best self-hosted File Transfer & Synchronization apps

Syncthing

★ 85,702

Syncthing continuously syncs files between your devices, encrypted and peer-to-peer, with no central server. It's the alternative to Dropbox for people who don't want a third-party cloud: files go straight from one machine to another.

Puter

★ 42,384

Web-based operating system designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible.

Nextcloud

★ 35,889

Nextcloud is a complete private-cloud suite: files, calendar, contacts, email, calls and document editing. It's the most robust self-hosted alternative to Google Drive and Microsoft 365, with a huge ecosystem of apps.

Cloudreve

★ 28,157

File management and sharing system, supports multiple storage providers.

Seafile

★ 14,882

File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations.

ownCloud

★ 8,794

All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more.

OpenCloud

★ 5,616

File Sharing and Collaboration Platform.

Unison

★ 5,375

Unison is a file-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows.

Kinto

★ 4,416

Minimalist JSON storage service with synchronisation and sharing abilities.

Peergos

★ 2,424

Secure and private space online where you can store, share and view your photos, videos, music and documents. Also includes a calendar, news feed, task lists, chat and email client.

Pydio

★ 2,222

Turn any web server into a powerful file management system and an alternative to mainstream cloud storage providers.

Sync-in

★ 1,458

File storage, syncing, sharing, and collaboration with real-time editing, permission management, and desktop/CLI clients.

bewCloud

★ 1,198

File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader).

FileRun

Complete solution for your files with integration with Google and Office.

Git Annex

File synchronization between computers, servers, external drives.

OpenSSH SFTP server

Secure File Transfer Program.

Resilio Sync

Proprietary peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.

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.

Yetishare

Powerful file hosting script with support for Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze, local, direct and SFTP storage.