Chibisafe
File uploader service that aims to to be easy to use and set up. It accepts files, photos, documents, anything you imagine and gives you back a shareable link for you to send to others.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 6 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v6.7.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
Chibisafe quick facts
- Health score
- 66/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,802
- Last commit
- 8 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v6.7.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Chibisafe scores 66/100, #20 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 6 commits in the last 90 days earn 7.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v6.7.0, 8 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,802 stars add 13.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 28.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 7.0 / 35
6 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v6.7.0 released 8 days ago
- Stars 13.8 / 20
2.8k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 6
- Last 90 days
- 35
- Last 12 months
- 8 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #20 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between sE2EEnd (#19) and Gokapi (#21) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v6.7.0 · 8 days ago |
| Stars | 2,802 |
| Open issues | 40 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | chibisafe/chibisafe ↗ |
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Chibisafe: common questions
Is Chibisafe still maintained?
Chibisafe had 6 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, v6.7.0, is from 8 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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