Safebucket
File sharing platform with pluggable infrastructure, where uploads and downloads go directly between clients and S3-compatible storage.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 78 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v0.8.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
Safebucket quick facts
- Health score
- 92/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 995
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v0.8.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "An open source file sharing platform with pluggable infrastructure where files bypass the server."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Safebucket scores 92/100, #6 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 78 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v0.8.0, 13 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 995 stars add 12.0 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 star count, worth 8.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
78 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v0.8.0 released 13 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 12.0 / 20
995 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
- 78
- Last 90 days
- 273
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #6 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between Slink (#5) and 015 (#7) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v0.8.0 · 13 days ago |
| Stars | 995 |
| Open issues | 19 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | safebucket/safebucket ↗ |
Safebucket vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Safebucket (File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safebucket (this tool) | 92 | 995 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| snowshare | 88 | 91 | CC0-1.0 | 2 days ago |
| ProjectSend | 83 | 2k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Sharry | 79 | 1.4k | GPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| QuickShare | 76 | 639 | LGPL-3.0 | 8 days ago |
| Gokapi | 66 | 2.9k | GPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
Safebucket: common questions
Is Safebucket still maintained?
Safebucket had 78 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, v0.8.0, is from 13 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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