Open source alternatives to WeTransfer
2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what WeTransfer does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What WeTransfer does
- Send large files by linkcore
- No account needed to receivecore
- Email delivery with download notices
- Link expiry and passwords
- Stored transfers and portals
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
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 FileSyncSelf hosted real time file transfer from one device to many via WebRTC |
Same job, different way64% | 1.9k+6 | 5 days ago | Too few | Needs a server | MIT | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Link expiry and passwords. Not shown: Email delivery with download notices; Stored transfers and portals.See the evidence
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 FileCodeBoxSelf-hosted anonymous file and text sharing with passcode pickup |
Same job, different way57% | 8.8k+25 | 18 days ago | 83% | Needs a server | LGPL-3.0 | |
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Send large files by link. Not shown: Email delivery with download notices; Stored transfers and portals.See the evidence
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