Open-source MediaFire alternatives

Nextcloud Server is a platform for keeping your files, contacts, calendars and other data on a server of your choosing. Content is synchronized across your devices, can be shared with other people for viewing or collaboration, and stays under your control rather than with a large cloud provider. It grew out of the ownCloud lineage.

Functionality can be expanded through hundreds of apps in its App Store, including Calendar, Contacts, Mail and Video Chat. Security measures include encryption mechanisms, a public bug bounty program and two-factor authentication. There are several ways to get a Nextcloud: sign up with a provider, install the server yourself on your own hardware or with a ready-to-use appliance, buy a device that comes with it preinstalled, or find a service provider to host it for you.

The server is written in PHP and JavaScript under the AGPL-3.0 license. Nextcloud GmbH also offers an Enterprise edition aimed at public sector, education and company users. It suits households, schools and organizations that want to replace commercial cloud storage and office suites with something they run themselves.

Cloudreve is a self-hosted file management and sharing system with support for multiple storage backends. You can keep files on local disk, on a remote node, or with providers including OneDrive, S3-compatible services and several Chinese clouds such as Aliyun, Tencent, Huawei and Qiniu, and clients transfer data directly to the provider.

Everyday file features include drag-and-drop upload of files and folders with parallel, resumable transfers, batch download, compressing and extracting archives, WebDAV access across all storage providers, and background downloads through Aria2 or qBittorrent using one or more download nodes. Media metadata can be extracted so files can be searched by metadata or tag. Multiple users and groups are supported, and share links for files and folders can carry an expiry date. Videos, images, audio and ePub files preview online, and text, Markdown, diagrams and Office documents can be edited.

Cloudreve is written in Go and licensed under GPL-3.0, with a project homepage, online demo, documentation and Telegram and Discord communities. It suits individuals and small organizations that want a private, Chinese-ecosystem-friendly alternative to commercial cloud drives.

Seafile is a file synchronization and sharing platform written mainly in C. Beyond keeping folders in sync across devices and sharing them with others, it describes a newer way of organizing files using extensible file properties and flexible views. Topics also tie it to wikis, Markdown, knowledge management and document management.

The project's homepage could not be fetched while preparing this entry, so the details here come from the repository description, its topics and general knowledge of the product. Seafile is known for client apps on desktop and mobile, libraries as the unit of syncing and sharing, and an emphasis on reliable syncing of large numbers of files.

The core server is open source, with its license listed as 'Other' on GitHub, and the vendor also sells a professional edition and offers hosted service. You can run it on your own servers, which suits teams and organizations that want private cloud storage under their control.

Zipline is an open-source file upload server that you run yourself. It began as a destination for ShareX screenshot and file uploads and has grown into a general personal or team file host with a web interface, an API, and a gallery view for uploaded media. It is released under the MIT license.

Uploads can be organized into folders and tags, shortened into compact URLs, and shared with embeds that preview cleanly in chat apps. Access can be tightened with password-protected links, invite-only registration, per-user quotas, OAuth2 sign-in, two-factor authentication, and passkeys. Image compression, video thumbnails, and partial uploads help with larger files, and webhooks can notify Discord or any HTTP endpoint.

Deployment is Docker-based: you mount volumes for uploads, public assets, and custom themes, and set a secret value before the first start. The host CPU must support AVX instructions, because the project does not publish builds for older processors. Zipline suits individuals, communities, and small teams who want a private alternative to public image and file hosts.

Kodbox is a web-based file manager that can act as a private cloud disk for individuals or an enterprise network drive. It is a redesign of the earlier KodExplorer project and also includes a web code editor, so websites can be edited directly in the browser. The operating experience is modeled on a desktop file explorer, including drag and drop, keyboard selection, and quick search.

A key capability is multi-storage support: files can live on a local disk, FTP, WebDAV, or object storage such as Alibaba Cloud OSS, Tencent Cloud COS, Qiniu, MinIO, or any S3-compatible service. It previews, edits, and plays many office and media formats online, and supports sharing links, collaboration, and fine-grained permission control.

Kodbox runs on Linux, Windows, or macOS and, according to the README, needs only PHP. Clients are available through the web, mobile browsers, iOS, Android, desktop, and WebDAV mounting. The input does not state a license or pricing model, so check the vendor site for current terms. It suits teams and individuals who want to keep documents on their own infrastructure.

Chibisafe is a file uploader service written in TypeScript. You send it files, photos or documents and it gives back a shareable link. It is described as easy to use and deploy, and it can run in public mode, user accounts mode or invite-only mode, depending on how open you want your instance to be.

Large files are uploaded in chunks to reduce failures from network problems, and users can create API keys to use the service programmatically. An admin dashboard exposes most instance settings, including the name, rate limit, maximum file size and accepted extensions, so you rarely need to edit configuration files by hand.

Version 6 adds S3 storage support, a masonry layout for browsing media, albums and folders with direct links, snippets, file management and tagging, user management with quotas and a built-in URL shortener. ShareX support, an iOS shortcut and a browser extension help with uploading from desktops, phones and websites. It is open source under the MIT license, runs without ads, and logs IP addresses of requests.

Quickshare, published by ihexxa, is a quick and simple file sharing tool for moving files between different devices. It is a Go server with a React and TypeScript web interface that stores files on the machine where it runs, and it is described as still under active development, so full backward compatibility is not guaranteed.

File management covers uploading, downloading, creating, deleting and moving files and folders in the browser, fuzzy search, resumable uploads and downloads, uploading hundreds of files at once, QR codes to open shared folders, sharing directories with others including anonymous visitors, and streaming uploads that work behind a CDN or reverse proxy. Files can also be managed from the operating system. User management supports multiple users with user or admin roles, home directories, per-user upload and download speed limits and space quotas. The interface is adaptive, translated and supports wallpaper customization.

Quickshare can be run in Docker, built from source with Go, Node.js and Yarn, or started from a prebuilt executable on Linux, macOS and Windows. It is licensed under LGPL-3.0 and uses SQLite for its data.

Uguu is a simple, lightweight platform for temporary file hosting and sharing that can also serve as a permanent file host. Uploading takes one click and needs no registration, and the web interface is minimal and modern, supporting drag and drop, paste and click-to-select. It is aimed at anyone who wants to run their own quick-share service, and a public instance runs at uguu.se.

An upload API can return responses in JSON, HTML, plain text or CSV, and the service works with ShareX and other screenshot tools. Administrators can restrict files by extension or MIME type with black or whitelists, apply upload rate limiting, and blacklist files by hash. The README lists tested requirements of Nginx with PHP 8.3 and SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL; Bun is used to compile front-end assets before the app runs on PHP.

Installation and configuration are covered in the project documentation. Uguu is based on the earlier Pomf project, follows the PSR-12 coding standard enforced with PHPCS, and is licensed under GPL-3.0.