Puter
Puter is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Sync & Storage category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Dropbox and ships a Docker image. It has 43,890 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- File Sync & Storage
- TypeScript
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 43,890
- Forks
- 4,116
- Open issues
- 18
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2,716
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- 26.10.1Oct 25, 2026
- Created
- Mar 3, 2024
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 2,716 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,716 |
| Latest release | 26.10.1 (Oct 25, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 27 |
| Open issues | 18 |
| Open pull requests | 26 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Mar 3, 2024 |
Health as of , from the GitHub API. A label describes activity, not quality or security. How we label project health · Report a data error
About Puter
Web-based operating system designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/HeyPuter/puter.
Topics
- desktop
- desktop-environment
- osjs
- web-desktop
- webtop
- cloud-os
- web-os
- javascript
- cloud
- os
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Is Puter free and open source?
Yes. Puter 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 Puter with Docker?
Yes. Puter 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 Puter?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Puter include Syncthing, Nextcloud and Cloudreve. Puter itself is a self-hosted alternative to Dropbox.
Is Puter actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Puter was on Oct 26, 2026 with 2,716 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 26.10.1, published Oct 25, 2026. It had 18 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.