Open source WeTransfer alternatives
Every project in the catalog is MIT, Apache or BSD licensed. 1 projects explicitly describe themselves as a WeTransfer alternative; 10 more are in the category where WeTransfer is a typical product.
Projects that call themselves a “WeTransfer alternative”
Source: the project's GitHub description or README.
stonith404 · File Sharing & Transfer
Alternative to (project's own claim): WeTransfer
Common commercial products in this category: Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- You restrict access time by setting an expiration date for shared files
- Protect download links with password and visitor limit
- ClamAV integration allows you to scan shared files through security
- • Repository is archived (no longer maintained)
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
🐛 Bug Report: Premature close error
“### 👟 Reproduction steps When downloading large file (couple of GB) the download fails after few minutes. The docker throws: ``` [Nest] 47 - 12/08/2023, 12:47:07 PM ERROR [ExpressAdapter] Premature close Error [ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE]: Premature close at…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
🚀 Feature: localization
“### 🔖 Feature description We should implement localization for the Pingvin Share website. The functionality for localization isn't implemented yet and I've never done this before, but I try to implement this ASAP. If someone wants to help to translate or help with the technical…”
Open source projects in the same category: File Sharing & Transfer
Category-level information: these projects are the same kind of software as WeTransfer; they have not claimed to be a one-to-one replacement.
dutchcoders · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- Using curl through the terminal, you upload files and get a shareable download link
- You define the maximum number of downloads or retention days limit for files uploaded
- You encrypt your files with GPG or server-side encryption features
svenstaro · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- Tek komutla bir dizini veya dosyayı HTTP üzerinden paylaşırsın
- Kullanıcı adı ve parola (veya karma parola) ile erişimi korursun
- Dosya yükleme açarak karşı taraftan dosya alırsın
Verified against README · Oct 30, 2026 · source
openmtp
72ganeshrvel · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- You transfer files between your macOS device and your Android or other MTP devices via USB.
- You choose between the internal memory on your device and the SD card.
- You transfer multiple files at the same time.
- ↑ PositiveGitHub Issue
Support Garmin devices
“I have a Forerunner 945. It'd be awesome if openmtp supported these Garmin devices.”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Sync Mode
“A mode where you can sync a directory on the phone with a directory on the computer, copying only files not present and updating files that have changed.”
Zipline
95diced · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- You can upload any file to the system and use the URL shortening feature
- Track uploads with Discord webhooks and HTTP webhooks integrations
- You configure your own hosting space with custom themes, quota management and invitation systems
- • NeutralHacker News
Zipline: Drone delivery of medical supplies
“Hi there! Ryan from the Zipline founding team / Romo product lead. We always had aspirations of building robots that solved real problems. Our early plan was to slowly make the toy robot more and more useful. But suddenly in 2013, it felt like the robotics industry was moving…”
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Zipline: Drone delivery of medical supplies
“I learnt about Zipline in a talk at JuliaCon by Tucker McClure who spoke about how they use Julia for designing and tuning their aircraft. Had the great fortune of spending an evening at the conference to learn more about the company itself, how it got started and their use of…”
filegator · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- You share files on your local server or cloud storage with different users.
- You transfer large-sized files to the server without interruption with the fragmented loading feature.
- Using compression and bulk download tools, you manage data in remote directories.
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
DockerHub
“Hello team, Could you please provide and keep up-to-date a docker image / docker compose ? Thanks”
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Bug report: Zipping 2
“**Describe the bug** When trying to zip a specific folder I get the error noted in the logs below. On other folders it works fine, so I assume it must have something to do with the folder I'm trying to zip, but I can not figure out what it is? Did you encounter that problem…”
Palmr
95kyantech · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- You host the file transfer service on your own server.
- You share files by editing them in folders.
- You scale your file storage capacity with S3 compatible storage options.
- • Website is unreachable (checked: 2026-10-31)
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Crash when using bind mounts
“When deploying the program using this compose file with podman compose: ```yaml services: palmr: image: docker.io/kyantech/palmr:latest container_name: palmr environment: - ENABLE_S3=false - ENCRYPTION_KEY=change-this-key-in-production-min-32-chars # CHANGE THIS KEY FOR SECURITY…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
[Error] Can't upload a file
“I'm not sure if it's just me, but every time I try to upload a file, it gets refused. When I check the Network Tools, it shows a method OPTIONS in red with CORS Failed. Double-clicking it, it reads: An error occurred: SSL_ERROR_RX_RECORD_TOO_LONG Is my Docker Compose to blame…”
Enclosed
95CorentinTh · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- You share encrypted notes and files securely on the client side.
- You set security configurations for notes, such as password, validity time, and post-reading deletion.
- You use the command line interface or the option to host it on your own server using Docker.
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
Authentication not working
“### Describe the bug I installed enclosed, everything works perfectly without authentication. I deleted the conatiner and volume, and recreated with following docker line: `docker run --name enclosed --restart unless-stopped -p 8787:8787 -e…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
[hosting] Propose to Umbrel App store
“[hosting] Propose to Umbrel App store”
YouTransfer · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- Using the Docker image, you run a file transfer platform on your own server.
- You share behind the firewall by keeping your files under your control.
- You set up your own infrastructure as an alternative to paid file sharing services.
- • Last update 3 years ago
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: YouTransfer – Self-hosted file sharing
“Currently, the files are stored as a flat file list on the file system using their randomly generated token to create a [token].json and [token].binary file. The JSON file contains meta information, the .binary file is the actual file. Using the default settings, you would get…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Show HN: YouTransfer – Self-hosted file sharing
“I'm not familiar with camlistore, but a first glance at the project website tells me that it has way more features and serves a different goal. YouTransfer is basically a very simple hit & run file sharing application. The goal is to make uploading & sharing files a matter of…”
psi-4ward · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- You can upload and download large-sized files without interruption
- You can add time limit or password protection to the files you upload
- You can download shared files as a single archive file
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Pictures don't seem to load when using reverse proxy
“Hi, I just got psitransfer "working". I installed NodeJS/NPM and I am using apache2 as a reverse proxy. For some reason the pictures on the site itself don't seem to load. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? No errors in NPM or Apache2 logs. The only files that load are…”
- ↓ NegativeGitHub Issue
download .zip or tar.gz is broken
“It seems that while clicking at one of these two options, the request goes to: ` instead of ` I fixed it manually by editing "download.js": ``` - $root.baseURI+"files/"+this.sid+"++"+d() + $root.baseURI+"/files"+this.sid+"++"+d() ```”
Erugo
75ErugoOSS · File Sharing & Transfer
Common commercial products in this category: WeTransfer, Dropbox Transfer, Google Drive
- Set up file sharing service in your own infrastructure using Docker
- Secure file transfer with password protected and time-restricted links
- You manage multiple file uploads and downloads by maintaining the folder structure
- ↑ PositiveGitHub Issue
Email Link vs Main Link
“Hi there I setup SMTP with Erugo and tried to use this while it sends the email it adds a newline character to the link for example rather than to the email link. I am not sure why that is the case, the original link generated from the app has no such issue. Also though I am…”
- • NeutralGitHub Issue
Reverse Share Invite email URL too long
“If I send a reverse share request, the recipient gets an email with a button and a link. The link at the bottom of this email is very long with its invite token and runs out of the email template. ![Image](”