# copyparty

> copyparty is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the file managers category. Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV, FTP, zeroconf, media indexer, video thumbnails, audio transcoding, and write-only folders, in a single file with no…. It has 46,912 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/9001/copyparty |
| GitHub stars | 46,912 |
| Demo | https://a.ocv.me/pub/demo/ |
| Forks | 1,904 |
| Open issues | 222 |
| License | MIT |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Python |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | Python |
| Categories | File Managers |
| Commits, last 12 months | 617 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v1.20.25 (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Created | May 26, 2019 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: nas-frontend, file-sharing, file-server, file-upload-server, webdav-server, ftp-server, copyparty, tftp-server

## Install

copyparty installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/9001/copyparty.

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