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sftpgo Community Edition

Flexible, fully featured and highly configurable SFTP server with optional FTP/S and WebDAV support.

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Still maintained? Yes: 109 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.7.6 (Sep 2026).

Docker #2 of 7 in File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers

At a glance

sftpgo Community Edition quick facts

Health score
96/100 GOOD
Stars
12,730
Last commit
8 days ago (Oct 2026)
Latest release
v2.7.6, Sep 2026

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In its own words

The project's README opens: "Full-featured and highly configurable event-driven file transfer solution. Server protocols: SFTP, HTTP/S, FTP/S, WebDAV. Storage backends: local filesystem, encrypted local filesystem, S3 (compatible) Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, other SFTP servers."

Why it ranks here

Health score explained

sftpgo Community Edition scores 96/100, #2 of 7 in File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers: 109 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.7.6, 1 month ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 12,730 stars add 16.4 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 3.6 more points.

Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.

Health over time

Health 96 on 11 Sep, 96 nowSteady at 96 since 11 Sep
  • Commit activity 35.0 / 35

    109 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)

  • Release recency 25.0 / 25

    v2.7.6 released 1 month ago

  • Stars biggest shortfall 16.4 / 20

    13k 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

268 commits over the last 12 months
109
Last 90 days
268
Last 12 months
8 days ago
Last push

Ranked #2 of 7 tools in File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers by health , between Harbor (#1) and ZOT OCI Registry (#3) .

Details

LicenceAGPL-3.0, ⊘ Proprietary
PlatformsGo, deb, Docker
Latest releasev2.7.6 · 1 month ago
Stars12,730
Open issues165
DockerYes
Repositorydrakkan/sftpgo ↗

sftpgo Community Edition vs its top 5 alternatives

Active tools that share a category with sftpgo Community Edition (File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers), scored on the same five terms.

Tool Health Stars Licence Last commit
Harbor 98 30k Apache-2.0 today
sftpgo Community Edition (this tool) 96 13k AGPL-3.0 8 days ago
ZOT OCI Registry 94 2.9k Apache-2.0 today
Zenko CloudServer 93 2k Apache-2.0 yesterday
Flare 89 138 MIT 4 days ago
SeaweedFS 88 36k Apache-2.0 today

sftpgo Community Edition: common questions

Is sftpgo Community Edition still maintained?

sftpgo Community Edition had 109 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 8 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.7.6, is from 1 month ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.