Sharry
Share files easily over the internet between authenticated and anonymous users (both ways) with resumable up- and downloads.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 18 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v1.17.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
Sharry quick facts
- Health score
- 79/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,358
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.17.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Sharry
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Sharry allows to share files with others in a simple way. It is a self-hosted web application. The basic concept is: upload files and get a url back that can then be shared."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Sharry scores 79/100, #14 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 18 commits in the last 90 days earn 21.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.17.0, 25 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,358 stars add 12.5 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 14.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 21.0 / 35
18 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v1.17.0 released 25 days ago
- Stars 12.5 / 20
1.4k 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
- 18
- Last 90 days
- 114
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between ProjectSend (#13) and goploader (#15) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Scala, Java, deb, Docker |
| Latest release | v1.17.0 · 25 days ago |
| Stars | 1,358 |
| Open issues | 45 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | eikek/sharry ↗ |
Sharry vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Sharry (File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slink | 93 | 1.6k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Safebucket | 92 | 995 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Sharry (this tool) | 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 |
| Picsur | 32 | 1.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 1 years ago |
Sharry: common questions
Is Sharry still maintained?
Sharry had 18 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v1.17.0, is from 25 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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