XBackBone is a self-hosted file and media sharing platform that turns your own server into a tidy home for screenshots, clips, and PDFs, giving each file a clean short link with rich embeds for chat and social apps instead of expiring file-transfer links. Capture tools plug straight in: generate a ready-made uploader config for ShareX, ScreenCloud, ishare, Spectacle, Xerahs, the macOS Share sheet, or a CLI script, and new screenshots land on your instance with the link copied. The dashboard previews images, video, audio waveforms, PDFs, and syntax-highlighted code in the browser, and pastes plus link shortening cover text and URLs. Make any upload public or private, add a password, or set an expiration date, and identical files are stored once thanks to content fingerprinting. Storage stays flexible across local disk, Amazon S3 and compatible services, FTP, and SFTP. Admins manage users with roles, disk quotas, and usage statistics, review a searchable activity timeline, and toggle registrations or themes without redeploying. Accounts support email verification, password resets, two-factor codes, and passkeys. A guided web installer handles first setup, and admins can apply updates from the browser. 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.

ShareX and file uploads, next generation: Zipline is a Node.js/React/PostgreSQL server that turns screenshot sharing and file hosting into something you run yourself instead of renting from Imgur or a paid image host. The core workflow is built around ShareX: generate an .sxcu config from your account settings, import it, and every screenshot or clipboard capture uploads to your domain with a short link copied automatically. Uploads accept any file type, organized with folders and tags, with token-protected uploading, optional password protection, view-limited auto-deletion, image compression, metadata stripping, automatic video thumbnails, and chunked/partial uploads for large files. File URLs come in configurable formats - UUIDs, dates, random alphanumerics, original names, even zero-width spaces. A built-in URL shortener adds vanity slugs, passwords, view caps, and custom domains. Discord embeds are first-class: customize OG metadata titles, descriptions, and colors so links unfurl exactly how you want, and fire fully customizable Discord or HTTP webhooks on each upload. Authentication is serious: OAuth2 (Discord, GitHub, Google, OIDC), TOTP two-factor, and passkeys, with invite-based registration and per-user quotas for shared instances. Storage targets local disk or any S3-compatible backend, a full REST API automates everything, and custom themes plus a PWA round out the experience.

Turn any server into a high-speed media vault and file-sharing hub with Chibisafe, a self-hosted upload platform built for chunked large-file transfers, organized albums, and instant desktop screenshot workflows. Users drag and drop photos, videos, archives, or documents into the browser uploader, where multi-gigabyte files are automatically split into chunks to prevent network drops from ruining an active transfer. Uploaded media renders inside a responsive masonry or list gallery with in-browser video and audio previews, custom file tags, search filtering, and one-click shareable links. Organizers group related uploads into folders and public albums, mark sensitive collections with content warnings before loading, and publish syntax-highlighted text snippets or code gists alongside shortened URLs. Desktop and mobile power users connect ShareX, iOS Shortcuts, macOS quick actions, fswatch folder monitors, or the companion browser extension using personal API keys that route captures straight into designated albums. Instance administrators toggle between public, open-registration, and invite-only modes, enforce per-user storage quotas, offload storage to AWS S3, Backblaze B2, MinIO, or Wasabi via signed URLs, and customize rate limits or allowed extensions directly from the web settings panel. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Build your own image and video sharing site, with public galleries, private albums, and embeddable links, on a server you control. Uploads arrive by drag and drop, clipboard paste, image URL, camera, ShareX, or API, in AVIF, JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, BMP, MOV, MP4, and WebM, and chunked transfers handle large files. Lossless JPEG handling fixes orientation and can strip EXIF data. Duplicate detection catches repeat uploads. Tags are created on the fly with autocomplete, camera models become tags automatically, and albums nest into sub-albums with covers, privacy levels, and passwords. Categories, search, and explore views help visitors find things; a bulk importer brings in folders of existing media. Each file gets viewer, direct, thumbnail, and medium links plus HTML, Markdown, and BBCode snippets with one-click copy, and oEmbed lets other sites preview a link. Roles split admin, manager, and user duties, profiles can be private, and two-factor authentication protects accounts. Files sit on local disk or S3-compatible storage, optionally served through a CDN URL. A dashboard tracks usage, color palettes and custom CSS and JavaScript restyle the site, and a single-profile mode suits a personal portfolio. 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.

Screenshot, copy link, done: that is the loop Flare is built to make instant on your own server. Connect ShareX, Flameshot, KDE Spectacle, or a plain upload script once, and captures land in a vault you control instead of a third-party host that deletes them next month. Files live in folders with nested structure, bulk moves, automatic tagging rules, and one share link per folder, while previews handle images, video, PDFs, and syntax-highlighted code without downloading anything. Search digs through filenames, dates, and text extracted from images by OCR, so the screenshot from three weeks ago is findable by what it says. Password-protect a sensitive file, keep another private entirely, or publish it with a rich embed that unfurls properly wherever you paste the link. An appearance studio restyles branding, color palettes, and share page layouts, upload profiles carry reusable defaults between browser and screenshot tools, and the extras round out the kit: a URL shortener with click tracking, a pastebin, storage quotas, invite links, and tokens with signed webhooks for your own integrations. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

FireShare turns a folder of game captures on your server into a browsable library where every clip gets its own permanent link, ready to paste into Discord the moment something worth bragging about happens. Point it at the directories you already record to and it scans what is there: the file people watch is always your untouched original, in MP4, WebM, or MOV, never a recompressed stand-in. Privacy is set per file, public for the feed, link-only for friends, or behind a password, and whole folders can be shared as a single link. It also sorts the chaos for you, detecting the game in each capture and shelving hundreds of timestamped filenames under proper cover art you can search and browse. Trim the dead air off a clip before posting it, add a title, description, tags, and a custom thumbnail, and watch the view count climb. For screens that struggle with huge originals, optional transcoding adds adaptive lower qualities on CPU or an NVIDIA GPU, and HDR captures get tone-mapped to SDR instead of looking washed out. Friends can upload through the browser or by token from scripts, new public clips can announce themselves to Discord or an RSS reader, and accounts come with permissions, profiles, and two-factor sign-in. 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.

IVFi-PHP turns folders on your server into browsable media galleries: drop one PHP file into a web root and every directory of photos, videos, and audio becomes a polished, searchable index page. Hovering a filename previews the image or video inline, and clicking opens the gallery view where you can move through a whole directory's media, download originals, or reverse-search an image. Audio files play in place with a live visualiser, seeking, and their own volume control. Finding things is instant: filter filenames or file types with plain text, wildcards, or full regular expressions, sort by name, date, or size with settings that persist between visits, and dates automatically match the visitor's timezone. Select any set of files and download them as a single ZIP archive, or share direct download links file by file. Directories can render their README files as documentation pages, listings can hide sensitive entries through server-side filters, and optional Digest authentication keeps a listing private without any account database. Themes and per-visitor display preferences restyle the index, basic listings work even with JavaScript disabled, and the whole application also ships as a Docker image for a one-container deployment. 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.

PicPeak is a self-hosted gallery platform where photographers deliver event photos to clients through private, branded links that expire on their own schedule. Every gallery gets a share link, an optional password, and a QR code that exports as PNG, SVG, an A6 table card, or an A4 poster, so a reception can put the gallery on every table. Guests browse in one of seven layouts, from grid and masonry to carousel and timeline, and react with likes, favorites, star ratings, comments, emoji reactions, or color labels. For a party, open the gallery to guest uploads, hold the finished edit back with Reveal Mode until a scheduled moment, and put the optional Live Slideshow link on a projector so new photos appear as they arrive. Theme presets, custom colors, logos, fonts, CSS, and CMS pages keep the studio's brand in front, while bulk ZIP downloads, capped download sizes, watermarking, and right-click blocking control what guests take home. An analytics dashboard tracks views, unique visitors, and downloads. Beta modules add face grouping that runs in a separate container on your own server, plus quotes, contracts, invoices, and customer accounts for studios. Media sits on local disk or any S3-compatible bucket, OIDC single sign-on lets a team log in through an identity provider, and API tokens and webhooks connect PicPeak to automations. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

PicoShare is a minimalist file-sharing service you host yourself: upload any file and get a direct download link that anyone can open, with no ads, no signups, and no size or format restrictions. Send a client a 4 GB video or a raw photo archive and they download the exact bytes you uploaded, because PicoShare never resizes or re-encodes media while sharing. Every upload can carry an expiration, from a day to never, and an optional private note that only you can see. When other people need to send files to you, create a guest link instead of asking for email attachments: guests upload through the link with no account, and you set the maximum file size, the total number of uploads, and an expiry date for each link. The files list shows everything you have shared with sizes, upload dates, and expirations, and every entry offers one-click link copying and deletion. A single shared secret guards the admin side, and all data lives in one SQLite database file that you can back up or replicate to cloud storage automatically. Run it as one small Docker container on your own domain and your download links stay yours. 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.

QuickDrop functions as an ephemeral, self-hosted file distribution node and pastebin that eliminates account requirements for rapid data transfers. Users can drag individual files, paste plain text code snippets, or drop entire folder structures while preserving complete directory hierarchies through automated client manifests. Resumable chunked transfers split multi-gigabyte payloads into resilient blocks, ensuring dependable uploads over unstable network connections. Senders can protect sensitive documents with optional AES encryption at rest, individual passphrase requirements, and automatic metadata stripping that removes GPS coordinates and camera EXIF markers. Granular share token policies restrict access by enforce maximum download quotas, burn-after-reading limits, or strict calendar expiration timestamps. In-browser viewers generate instant previews for code syntax, Markdown documentation, PDF reports, audio tracks, and high-resolution images without downloading files locally. Built-in QR code generators allow mobile devices to retrieve shared payloads instantly across local wireless networks. System operators can govern storage lifecycles through an administrative control panel with configurable retention windows, automated background garbage collection, and custom storage caps. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

A dropped connection should not restart a 20 GB upload: SnowShare is a self-hosted app for sharing files, links, and pastes, with resumable transfers and an expiry date, a view limit, a password, and a QR code available on every share. Put several files into one share and let recipients preview common formats right in the browser, shorten a long address with an optional custom slug, or publish text and code with syntax highlighting. People you send a link to can open it with or without an account, depending on how you configure the instance. Give your users email and password accounts or OAuth sign-in, turn on email verification and CAPTCHA, and set separate storage quotas for anonymous visitors and registered users. Keep uploads on local disk or move them to S3-compatible storage, apply your own branding, and change quotas, sharing rules, SMTP, and storage from the admin panel without restarting. Automate sharing through the REST API with keys created from your profile, drop the generated ShareX uploader files into your capture tool, and receive signed webhook events when shares are created, opened, or deleted. Read the interface in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, or Polish, and let expired shares clean themselves up every hour. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. CC0 1.0 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 a file, get a unique download link and a separate delete link - Jirafeau has done exactly this one thing since 2008. It is plain PHP with no database, no mail server, no JavaScript framework, and no external dependencies - files and metadata live on the filesystem, which is why it runs on nearly anything and why it has outlasted most of its imitators. Uploads use the HTML5 file API, so PHP's post_max_size ceiling does not constrain file size, with live progress showing speed, percentage, and time remaining. Every upload takes options: expiration from one minute to a year to unlimited, self-destruct after first download, and password protection with configurable policy - passwords can be optional, required, or server-generated with complexity rules. Server-side encryption (modern builds use XChaCha20-Poly1305) stores files encrypted at rest with the decrypt key embedded only in the download URL, never on the server, so a compromised host cannot read the contents. Unencrypted deployments get file-level deduplication - identical files stored once with multiple links. Upload access can be gated by password lists or IP allowlists, a small admin panel manages stored files, and a CLI cleanup script handles expired files via cron. Recipients can preview supported files in-browser.

Plik lets you send big files the way WeTransfer does, except the server is yours: upload from the browser or one CLI command and get an expiring link to share. Files can delete themselves after the first download, stream straight from uploader to downloader without touching disk, or sit behind a password until their TTL runs out and cleanup removes them. End-to-end encryption with Age works between the CLI and the web interface, so the server only ever holds ciphertext. Recipients preview code with syntax highlighting, read rendered Markdown and Mermaid diagrams, and play media in the browser without downloading first. Storage lands on local disk, S3, OpenStack Swift, or Google Cloud Storage, with metadata in SQLite, PostgreSQL, or MySQL, and sign-in through local accounts, Google, GitHub, or OIDC. The web interface speaks twelve languages with light, dark, and custom themes, and Prometheus metrics plus an MCP server connect Plik to monitoring and AI assistants. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT 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.

Drop Directory Lister into a folder and that folder becomes a tidy public file library. Visitors browse directories in the browser, search filenames, sort the listing the way they think, and download single files or the whole directory as one zip. There is nothing to configure for the first run, which makes it the fastest honest answer to "how do I just share these files" for release archives, documentation bundles, media collections, and project downloads. A README placed in a folder renders right on the listing page, so instructions travel with the files instead of living in a separate post nobody opens. File hashes appear beside downloads for people who verify what they fetched, and light and dark themes keep the listing presentable on a project site or a personal server. Multiple languages localize the interface for the audience actually downloading. Point it at the folder, share the link, and the files present themselves. One caution belongs in the pitch itself: everything in the exposed folder is public, hidden files included, so this is a publishing tool, never a place for private material. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Sharing a file with one command is the whole idea: pipe a file to Rustypaste with curl and get back a short URL with a memorable random name like square-fish.txt. Links can expire after a set time, vanish after a single view, or require a password hashed with Argon2id before the file opens. The service also shortens long URLs, fetches files from remote addresses for you, and removes duplicate uploads so the same file is not stored twice. Everything lives on the local filesystem, which means no database to provision, back up, or tune; configuration reloads while the server keeps running. An upload form is available for browser users, HTTP authentication guards private instances, and file listing and deletion endpoints keep housekeeping scriptable. It ships as a single binary and an official Docker image, so a personal file-sharing endpoint can be running on a server in minutes and stay out of the way afterward. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Transfer.sh is a file sharing service you host yourself, where sending a file to anyone is one curl command and receiving it is one link. Upload from the terminal with a plain PUT request or drop files into the web front end, then share the returned address with teammates, clients, or your future self on another machine. Every upload can carry its own expiry rules: cap the number of downloads, set the number of days before deletion, and let the automatic purge clean up what nobody needs anymore. A private delete link travels back with each upload, so the sender can pull a file down early without asking an administrator. Passwords can encrypt content on the server with AES256 before storage, and command line users can encrypt locally with GPG before anything leaves their machine. Uploads can be scanned through VirusTotal or a local ClamAV daemon before they are shared, which suits support desks trading log bundles and installers with people outside the company. Storage is your choice: a folder on the server disk, an S3 bucket including MinIO and other S3 compatible stores, Google Drive, or Storj, picked by configuration rather than code changes. Basic authentication, rate limiting, and automatic HTTPS through Let's Encrypt round out a service that runs as one small container on port 8080. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MIT licensed.

Most file sharing leaves copies lying around forever; Tessera shares things with a built-in goodbye. Drop in a file, a whole folder, a code snippet, or a link and you get back a short code and a URL that anyone can open until it expires or hits the download count you set, at which point it is deleted. Expiry is checked on every request and each retrieval is counted atomically, so a one-time share cannot be raced by two people at once. Passwords can be required before anything is shown, code arrives syntax-highlighted, and images, SVGs, and diagrams preview in the page, with link cards when you paste the URL into chat. Uploads resume after interruptions and stream through the server without ballooning memory at any size. Behind the scenes you choose where bytes live: local disk, S3-compatible storage, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, or WebDAV, several at once, added or retired from the admin panel without a restart. Accounts are optional for a home server, sign-in through OpenID Connect suits a team, and roles with per-account quotas decide who may upload, view everyone's shares, or change settings. Optional malware scanning, anonymous-upload caps, and rate-limited code lookups keep a public instance honest. A CLI and API tokens drive the same endpoints as the web app, so scripts can share and clean up exactly like people. 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.