FileBrowser Quantum is an open-source, self-hosted web file manager that transforms any directory tree or mounted storage volume into a fast, searchable cloud drive accessible from any browser. You can mount multiple independent filesystem sources at once and apply custom include or exclude rules to keep sensitive system folders hidden from everyday browsing. A background indexing engine powers instant as-you-type search across millions of files, letting you filter results by file size, folder size, media type, or modification date in milliseconds. Rich media thumbnails render automatically for videos, office documents, audio album artwork, and interactive 3D models, while integrated OnlyOffice support lets you edit spreadsheets and word processing documents directly inside your browser tab. Built-in WebDAV server support allows desktop operating systems and mobile file apps to mount your remote directories as native network drives. Sharing files with external collaborators takes seconds through customizable public or private links with expiration timers, download limits, password protection, anonymous upload permissions, and custom branding themes. Administrators can authenticate users via OpenID Connect, LDAP, JSON Web Tokens, proxy headers, or local passwords with two-factor authentication, then enforce path-level read, write, and delete rules per user or group. Developers and automation engineers can generate long-lived API tokens and explore the interactive Swagger endpoint to script file transfers and directory provisioning. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

OpenList gathers every place your files live, local disks, S3 buckets, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, NAS shares, and forty-odd other services, into one browsable file list behind a single login. Mount each storage at its own path and the whole collection behaves like one tidy drive: documents open in the browser, whether PDF, Markdown, source code, or Office files, images get a gallery mode, and videos and audio play in place with subtitle and lyric support. Everyday file work happens in the same window: upload, delete, rename, move, and copy, including copying directly between two storages when you are migrating off a cloud plan. Offline download tasks let the server fetch links for you in the background, and multi-threaded acceleration squeezes speed out of sluggish single connections. Every folder can also be mounted as a real drive on your computer through the built-in WebDAV and FTP servers, with per-user permissions deciding who may read, upload, rename, or delete. Protected routes add passwords in front of sensitive shares, permalinks hand out direct download links, and granular user rules can hide files or open archive contents without extracting them. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Filestash puts a Dropbox-style web interface in front of the SFTP servers, S3 buckets, SMB shares, and WebDAV storage you already run, so no file has to move. Administrators enable each connector, including FTP, NFS, Git, Dropbox, Google Drive, Storj, IPFS, and Backblaze B2, from one admin console. Colleagues browse, rename, move, and upload in a single folder view, with resumable uploads for big transfers. Thumbnails cover JPEG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, HEIF, and RAW photos. Images open with an EXIF info panel, and PDFs, audio, video, and EPUB ebooks open right in the browser. A CodeMirror editor handles text and code, and HLS transcoding streams video on demand. Outside guests get a shared link instead of credentials, with an optional password, an expiry date, and read, write, or upload-only rights. Limit a link to one email address or a whole domain, or mount it as a network drive. A workflow engine chains emails and HTTP calls after file events, webhooks, or schedules. Flip one admin setting and Claude, ChatGPT, and Mistral Le Chat can use the connected storage as MCP tools. Downloadable file apps add Office documents, 3D models, and GIS maps. Runtime plugins are zip files dropped into the plugins folder. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

To give Docker administrators and home lab operators a fast, modern workspace for server-side storage, NextExplorer delivers a browser-based file manager with instant ripgrep search, inline editing, and multi-volume navigation. Any directory mounted under your container volume root appears immediately in the sidebar with capacity usage indicators, favorite pins, and switchable grid, list, and column browsing layouts. You can preview images, stream videos and audio with FFmpeg-generated thumbnails, read PDFs, edit source code and configuration files in the syntax-highlighted editor, or collaborate on office documents through an integrated ONLYOFFICE Document Server. Deep content search powered by ripgrep scans filenames and file contents across terabytes of storage in seconds, while bundled 7-Zip support inspects and extracts password-protected ZIP, 7z, RAR, TAR, and ISO archives with built-in zip-bomb protection. Teams can share folders via read-only or read-write links, isolate personal user directories, enforce path-level read-only or hidden access rules, and authenticate through local accounts or OpenID Connect identity providers such as Authentik and Authelia. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Your files already live in five places; filex puts them in one tree and serves that tree back out through almost any protocol. Mount local disks, S3 buckets, SFTP servers, WebDAV shares, FTP sites, and SMB network drives side by side, then copy in one storage and paste into another without thinking about where anything physically sits. The same tree is reachable as S3, SFTP, FTPS, NFS, and WebDAV, so rclone, restic, the AWS CLI, WinSCP, or FileZilla all work against it with the same per-user and per-folder permissions as the web interface. Sharing leaves the server under your control: public links carry a PIN, an expiry, and a download limit, and file-request links let people upload into a folder without seeing its contents. Anything deleted stays recoverable inside a retention window, overwritten files keep version snapshots, and encrypted folders are sealed in the browser so the server never receives a key. People sign in with OIDC single sign-on, LDAP or Active Directory, or the host machine's own accounts, with roles, groups, and tenants plus folder-level exceptions. A desktop app keeps chosen folders in sync within about a second, the file manager embeds into other products as a web component, and an MCP server plus REST API let agents work the same tree. It runs from one static binary or container on port 5212. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Browse, upload, edit, preview, and archive the files on your server from any web browser, with no FTP client, no shell session, and no database to set up. Tiny File Manager lists every folder in a sortable table showing size, modified date, permissions, and owner, with a search box that filters as you type. Drag files into the upload zone, send several at once, or paste a URL for the server to fetch. Rename items, select several to copy, move, delete, or pack into a zip or tar archive, and extract uploaded archives on the server. Click any text file to open the built-in editor, which offers syntax highlighting for 150+ languages and 35+ color themes, so quick fixes to configs and scripts happen where the files live. Images, audio, video, and text open in a preview without downloading, and every file has a copyable direct link. Give teammates or clients their own accounts, each locked to a root folder you choose, mark accounts read-only, and limit uploads to approved file extensions. Hide folders you never want listed, restrict access with IP allow and block lists, switch between light and dark themes, pick from 35+ interface languages, and use the responsive layout on a phone. Setup is one file copied to a web server, or one Docker container. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

The project that proved organizations could have Dropbox-style convenience with complete data ownership: ownCloud is the original open-source file sync and share platform - the codebase Nextcloud later forked from. This deployment runs the classic ownCloud Server (PHP over PostgreSQL or MariaDB, with Redis caching), the battle-tested edition trusted across enterprises, universities, and public institutions worldwide. The core loop: store files on your server, sync them via desktop clients for Windows, macOS, and Linux plus iOS and Android apps, and access everything through the web interface or standard WebDAV. Sharing is granular - internal users and groups, external recipients via public links with passwords and expiration dates, and federated sharing that connects separate ownCloud instances into one network. Security controls include file firewall rules, multi-factor authentication, encryption, and detailed audit-friendly lifecycle management with versioning and trash-bin recovery. An app marketplace extends the platform, and Web Office integrations bring collaborative document editing through Collabora Online, OnlyOffice, or Microsoft Office Online directly into your files. LDAP and Active Directory integration slots it into existing identity infrastructure. For teams that need a proven, self-hosted alternative to Dropbox or Google Drive - where compliance demands knowing exactly which disk your data sits on - ownCloud remains a foundational choice.

Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, replaced by a platform you actually control: Nextcloud is the self-hosted digital workspace. Files is the core: file storage and sync across desktop, mobile, and web clients, with sharing, versioning, and collaboration built in. Around it, Talk provides private text chat, audio/video conferencing with screen sharing, SIP integration, and persistent voice rooms; Groupware bundles calendar, contacts, and mail with delegation support; and Office offers two collaborative suites - the Collabora-based option with deep ODF support, and Euro-Office, whose local-processing architecture delivers strong Microsoft Office compatibility and fast browser rendering with reduced server load. The Nextcloud Assistant threads AI through the platform via a context-aware sidebar, Whiteboard covers visual collaboration, Flow handles automation, and an app ecosystem of hundreds of extensions adds everything from Kanban boards to end-to-end encryption. Hub 26 brings a lighter UI with a unified app switcher and Nextcloud Governance for organizations under strict regulatory requirements. This is the flagship of data sovereignty: your files, chats, calendars, and documents live on your server, under your jurisdiction, with GDPR compliance by architecture rather than by contract.

Organizations seeking complete data sovereignty over their documents, spreadsheets, and shared project folders can deploy OpenCloud as a self-hosted workspace for file sync, sharing, and real-time collaboration across web, desktop, iOS, and Android clients. Teams organize departmental assets inside dedicated Spaces where files belong to the project rather than individual user accounts, ensuring continuity when personnel change and enabling delegated space managers to assign granular read, edit, or upload permissions. Through built-in WOPI integration with Collabora Online, multiple colleagues can co-edit Microsoft Office and OpenDocument files simultaneously in the browser with automatic conflict locking and version history recovery. External partners and clients can access files via password-protected public links with custom expiration dates or upload deliverables into write-only File Drop folders without seeing existing directory contents. Cross-organization collaboration works seamlessly over the Open Cloud Mesh federation protocol, while full-text and tag-based search locates documents across personal and shared drives in seconds. Client devices synchronize changes in real time with support for virtual files on demand, resumable chunked uploads, and offline mobile access with camera document scanning. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. Apache-2.0 licensed.

OxiCloud is a self-hosted cloud for files, photos, calendars, contacts, and office documents. Drives can be personal or shared, with configurable storage quotas. Multi-gigabyte uploads travel as parallel, resumable chunks with integrity verification. Images, PDFs, audio tracks, and video streams preview right in the browser, and photos show EXIF details and map locations. Files sync over WebDAV. Calendars sync over CalDAV. Contacts sync over CardDAV. Desktop file managers, Thunderbird, Apple Calendar, and mobile DAVx5 clients connect without proprietary software. Collabora Online or OnlyOffice plug in through WOPI for real-time co-editing of spreadsheets, presentations, and text documents. Administrators enforce role-based access controls. Sign-in runs through OpenID Connect providers such as Keycloak, Authentik, or Azure AD. Public share links can carry a password and an expiration. Identical files are stored once, and adaptive compression keeps footprints compact. Local disks, Amazon S3, and Azure Blob can be mounted at the same time, with live background migration and automated consistency checks. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

DashBeam sends files and folders of any size straight from one device to another, end to end encrypted, with no cloud account, no size limits, and nothing parked on a third party server in between. Drop in a file and share it through a short code, a link, or a QR scan; whoever receives it needs no account and can collect it in a plain browser tab with nothing installed. On the same network, nearby machines appear on their own, so pairing two devices and sending between them takes a couple of clicks instead of a cable or a memory stick. Pair a device once and it stays reachable by its identity, so your machines can exchange files from anywhere without swapping fresh tickets every time. Interrupted transfers resume where they stopped, and hopping from Wi-Fi to cellular mid-send does not drop the connection. One share can fan out to several receivers at once, and devices you mark as trusted can accept files automatically, which suits pushing builds, media libraries, or backups around a small fleet. You can preview what is arriving before downloading it, and a local history records every completed transfer. The repository also ships Docker Compose stacks for your own relay and discovery server, so even the encrypted fallback path can run entirely on machines you own. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. AGPL-3.0 licensed.

Pingvin Share X is your own WeTransfer, running on your server, with none of the transfer limits or expiring-link anxiety of the free tiers. Drop in a file of any size, get a link, and decide exactly how it behaves: an expiration date after which it vanishes, a password gate, a cap on how many visitors may open it, or all three. Email the link straight to recipients from the share dialog, and get notified when they download. Reverse shares flip the flow around: send someone a link and they upload files to you through it, which is perfect for collecting client deliverables, application documents, or the family photo archive without a single email attachment thread. Attachments can be scanned with ClamAV before anyone touches them, and storage lives on your disks or in S3-compatible buckets. Accounts connect through OIDC or LDAP single sign-on for teams, and an extensive admin panel tunes everything from password policy to upload chunk sizes. Registration rules decide whether your instance is a private family tool or an open drop point for your whole crew. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD-2-Clause licensed.

Sharry moves files in both directions: you hand someone a download link, and they hand files back to you, without either side juggling accounts on a commercial transfer service. Upload a file and you get a public URL that is hard to guess but open to anyone who has it; add a password as a second secret, set how long the share lives, and cap how many times it may be downloaded. Expired shares clean themselves up on a schedule. Uploads run over the tus protocol, so a dropped connection in the middle of a two-gigabyte video is an inconvenience, not a restart: send the same file again and it resumes from the last received chunk. Downloads support caching and range requests, which means recipients can stream a video in the browser and scrub its timeline instead of waiting for the whole file. The reverse direction is what makes Sharry unusual: every registered user can maintain alias pages behind their own unguessable URLs, where clients, students, or family members upload files straight to that user, with an email notification when something arrives. Everything is scriptable through a documented REST API, and files can live in the database, on the filesystem, or in S3-compatible storage. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. GPL-3.0 licensed.

Upload files, get a share link, let it expire: PsiTransfer is a self-hosted WeTransfer with no accounts, no logins, and no third-party cloud with size caps and metadata harvesting. The engineering focus is large files over imperfect networks. Uploads use the tus.io resumable protocol, so a dropped connection on a multi-gigabyte video resumes exactly where it stopped once you're back online; downloads support HTTP range headers for the same resilience, and everything streams, so file size is bounded by your disk rather than memory. Files organize into upload buckets with retention you control: expire after a set time (up to weeks) or after a one-time download, with automatic cleanup when links lapse. Recipients need nothing installed - they open the link, preview files in modal views, and grab everything as a zip or tar.gz archive with one click. Buckets can be password-protected (AES-encrypted download lists), and security-through-obscurity is done properly: bucket URLs use hashed UUID tokens and stored filenames are replaced with UUIDs. An optional admin page (enabled by setting an admin password) lists bucket information and storage. The Vue.js frontend ships under 100 KB gzipped and is fully responsive. Honest caveat from the author: no end-to-end payload encryption yet. BSD-licensed, Docker-ready.