XBackBone
Simple, fast and lightweight file manager with instant sharing tools integration, like ShareX.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 1 commit in the last 90 days, latest release 3.8.2 (Jun 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
XBackBone quick facts
- Health score
- 58/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,168
- Last commit
- 11 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 3.8.2, Jun 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "XBackBone is a simple, self-hosted, lightweight file and media sharing platform with first-class ShareX support. Upload images, GIFs, video, audio, PDFs, code and arbitrary files, then share them through clean short links with rich social embeds. It ships with a modern web UI, multi-user management, a versioned REST API, and pluggable storage backends."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
XBackBone scores 58/100, #24 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 1 commit in the last 90 days earns 1.2 of 35 points, the latest release (3.8.2, 4 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,168 stars add 12.3 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
3.8.2 released 4 months ago
- Stars 12.3 / 20
1.2k 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
- 92
- Last 12 months
- 11 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #24 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between PsiTransfer (#23) and Files Sharing (#25) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker |
| Latest release | 3.8.2 · 4 months ago |
| Stars | 1,168 |
| Open issues | 88 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | SergiX44/XBackBone ↗ |
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XBackBone: common questions
Is XBackBone still maintained?
XBackBone had 1 commit in the last 90 days and its last push was 11 days ago; the latest tagged release, 3.8.2, is from 4 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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