OnionShare
Securely and anonymously share a file of any size.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 179 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.7.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
OnionShare quick facts
- Health score
- 85/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 7,196
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.7.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to OnionShare
In its own words
The project's README opens: "OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
OnionShare scores 85/100, #12 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 179 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.7.1, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 7,196 stars add 15.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
179 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.7.1 released yesterday
- Stars 15.4 / 20
7.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 179
- Last 90 days
- 324
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #12 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between snowshare (#11) and ProjectSend (#13) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Python, deb |
| Latest release | v2.7.1 · yesterday |
| Stars | 7,196 |
| Open issues | 53 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | onionshare/onionshare ↗ |
OnionShare vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with OnionShare (File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload), scored on the same five terms.
OnionShare: common questions
Is OnionShare still maintained?
OnionShare had 179 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v2.7.1, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.