PrivyDrop
Simple and user-friendly, breakpoint-resumable peer-to-peer text, image, and file transfer tool based on WebRTC.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 1 commit in the last 90 days, latest release v1.3.0 (Jun 2026).
Also an alternative to WeTransfer.
At a glance
PrivyDrop quick facts
- Health score
- 55/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 145
- Last commit
- 20 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.3.0, Jun 2026
- Licence
- MIT
Top alternatives to PrivyDrop
Full rankings: WeTransfer alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "PrivyDrop(formerly SecureShare) is an open-source, peer-to-peer (P2P) file and text sharing tool built on WebRTC. It requires no server-side data relay; all data is transmitted directly between browsers, ensuring end-to-end encryption for maximum privacy and security."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
PrivyDrop scores 55/100, #6 of 8 in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing: 1 commit in the last 90 days earns 1.2 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.3.0, 5 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 145 stars add 8.7 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 33.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 1.2 / 35
1 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.3.0 released 5 months ago
- Stars 8.7 / 20
145 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
- 1
- Last 90 days
- 139
- Last 12 months
- 20 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 8 tools in File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing by health , between bittorrent-tracker (#5) and bitmagnet (#7) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Docker, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v1.3.0 · 5 months ago |
| Stars | 145 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | david-bai00/PrivyDrop ↗ |
PrivyDrop vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with PrivyDrop (File Transfer - Peer-to-peer Filesharing), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slskd | 95 | 4.2k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| PicoShare | 94 | 3.1k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Webtor | 91 | 713 | MIT | today |
| qBittorrent | 88 | 41k | GPL-2.0 | 4 days ago |
| PsiTransfer | 58 | 2k | BSD-2-Clause | 6 days ago |
| PrivyDrop (this tool) | 55 | 145 | MIT | 20 days ago |
PrivyDrop: common questions
What does PrivyDrop replace?
Repoly lists PrivyDrop as an open-source alternative to WeTransfer. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where PrivyDrop stands against the others.
Is PrivyDrop still maintained?
PrivyDrop had 1 commit in the last 90 days and its last push was 20 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.3.0, is from 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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