PicoShare
PicoShare 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 3,065 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- File Sharing
- Go
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 3,065
- Forks
- 229
- Open issues
- 25
- Commits, last 12 months
- 104
- Last commit
- Oct 24, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.5.4May 26, 2026
- Created
- Feb 14, 2022
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 24, 2026, 104 commits in 12 months.
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 104 |
| Latest release | v1.5.4 (May 26, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 46 |
| Open issues | 25 |
| Open pull requests | 4 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Feb 14, 2022 |
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About PicoShare
Minimalist, easy-to-host service for sharing images and other files.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/mtlynch/picoshare.
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Is PicoShare free and open source?
Yes. PicoShare 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 PicoShare with Docker?
Yes. PicoShare 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 PicoShare?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to PicoShare include qBittorrent, transfer.sh and Transmission.
Is PicoShare actively maintained?
The most recent commit to PicoShare was on Oct 24, 2026 with 104 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.5.4, published May 26, 2026. It had 25 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.