Gokapi
Gokapi is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Sharing category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 2,923 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Sep 12, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 2,923
- Forks
- 156
- Open issues
- 34
- Commits, last 12 months
- 144
- Last commit
- Sep 12, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.2.4Mar 10, 2026
- Created
- Mar 12, 2021
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Sep 12, 2026, 144 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases5 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Sep 12, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 144 |
| Latest release | v2.2.4 (Mar 10, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 5 |
| Releases, all time | 38 |
| Open issues | 34 |
| Open pull requests | 19 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 12, 2021 |
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About Gokapi
Lightweight server to share files, which expire after a set amount of downloads or days. Similar to the discontinued Firefox Send, with the difference that only the admin is allowed to upload files.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/Forceu/Gokapi.
Topics
- selfhosted
- self-hosted
- download
- uploader
- firefox-send
- golang
- s3-storage
- backblaze-b2
- ownyourdata
- docker
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Is Gokapi free and open source?
Yes. Gokapi is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Gokapi with Docker?
Yes. Gokapi provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Gokapi?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Gokapi include qBittorrent, transfer.sh and Transmission.
Is Gokapi actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Gokapi was on Sep 12, 2026 with 144 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.2.4, published Mar 10, 2026. It had 34 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.