2,860 stars · AGPL-3.0, read from the repository page; the LICENSE file returned HTTP 404 on every path tried from this sandbox · v2.2.4 (2026-03-10) · Track this in Scout
A self-hosted page for sending files, where each link expires after a set number of downloads or days and only the owner can upload.
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What it is
Gokapi is a self-hosted replacement for the old Firefox Send service (self-hosted means the software runs on a machine you control rather than somebody else's). It can keep the files on local disk or push them to S3-compatible storage.
What it is good for. Anyone who regularly sends video, design files, archives or client deliverables and does not want them to live forever in a chat history. The expiry is the point: a link that dies after three downloads or seven days is a link you do not have to remember to clean up. It is also useful for sending something to a person who must not be given an account.
- Upload is private and download is public. Only the account holder can put files in, which is the difference between a sharing tool and an open dumping ground.
- Every file gets an expiry — a date, a download count, or both — and an optional password.
- One small Go program, a few tens of megabytes of memory, and a container image if that is easier. Files can go to S3-compatible storage instead of local disk.
- AGPL-3.0. If you modify it and offer the modified version to other people over a network, you have to publish your changes. For private use this costs nothing; for a product built on top of it, read the licence first.
- It needs HTTPS and a domain name to be useful, which means a reverse proxy or a tunnel in front of it. That is the same prerequisite as entry #1.
- End-to-end encryption is available but is not the default, and turning it on changes how downloads work. Read the documentation before assuming files are hidden from the machine itself.
- mtlynch/picoshare
3,043 stars, the same idea in a single file with SQLite behind it; simpler to run, with no S3 support and fewer options.
Track this in Scout - psi-4ward/psitransfer
1,938 stars, allows public uploads as well as downloads, which suits collecting files from clients and makes it a different kind of risk.
Track this in Scout - timvisee/send
5,896 stars, the continuation of Mozilla's original Firefox Send; the GitHub copy is a mirror of a GitLab project and its last code landed on 1 July 2025.
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docker run -d --name gokapi \ -p 53842:53842 \ -v gokapi-data:/app/data \ -v gokapi-config:/app/config \ --restart unless-stopped \ f0rc3/gokapi:latest
