Top pick · highest health
PicoShare
94 GOODMinimalist, easy-to-host service for sharing images and other files.
★ 3k · ⟳ today · v1.5.4 · AGPL-3.0
DockerGo
Open source alternatives to WeTransfer
We track 3 open-source WeTransfer alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. PicoShare leads on health at 94/100 with 41 commits in the last 90 days; across all 3 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, BSD-2-Clause, MIT.
- 3
- Alternatives
- 5.1k
- Combined stars
- 60
- Commits / 90 days
- 2
- With Docker
Showing 3 of 3 tools
All 3 WeTransfer alternatives, ranked by health
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PrivyDrop
76 GOODSimple and user-friendly, breakpoint-resumable peer-to-peer text, image, and file transfer tool based on WebRTC.
★ 138 · ⟳ 3 months ago · v1.3.0 · MIT
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PsiTransfer
48 SLOWINGSimple file sharing solution with robust up-/download-resume and password protection.
★ 1.9k · ⟳ 3 months ago · v2.4.4 · BSD-2-Clause
Nodejs
WeTransfer alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to WeTransfer?
PicoShare scores highest at 94/100, with 41 commits in the last 90 days, 3k GitHub stars and its latest release (v1.5.4) published 4 months ago. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
Which WeTransfer alternatives use a permissive licence?
2 of 3 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): PrivyDrop (MIT), PsiTransfer (BSD-2-Clause). 1 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.
Which WeTransfer alternatives run in Docker?
2 of 3 publish a Docker image or Compose file: PicoShare, PrivyDrop. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.