QuickShare
Quick and simple file sharing between different devices.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 21 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.11.4 (Jan 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
QuickShare quick facts
- Health score
- 76/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 639
- Last commit
- 8 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.11.4, Jan 2026
- Licence
- LGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to QuickShare
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Following will start a quickshare docker and listen to 8686 port."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
QuickShare scores 76/100, #17 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 21 commits in the last 90 days earn 24.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.11.4, 9 months ago) earns 20.7 of 25, 639 stars add 11.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 10.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 24.5 / 35
21 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 20.7 / 25
v0.11.4 released 9 months ago
- Stars 11.2 / 20
639 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
- 21
- Last 90 days
- 52
- Last 12 months
- 8 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #17 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between Shifter (#16) and Digirecord (#18) .
Details
| Licence | LGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Go |
| Latest release | v0.11.4 · 9 months ago |
| Stars | 639 |
| Open issues | 12 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | ihexxa/quickshare ↗ |
QuickShare vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with QuickShare (File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PicoShare | 94 | 3.1k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Yopass | 94 | 3.2k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Zipline | 94 | 3.5k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| Safebucket | 92 | 995 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Sharry | 79 | 1.4k | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| QuickShare (this tool) | 76 | 639 | LGPL-3.0 | 8 days ago |
QuickShare: common questions
Is QuickShare still maintained?
QuickShare had 21 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, v0.11.4, is from 9 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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