Shifter
Shifter is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Sharing category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Python. It ships a Docker image. It has 42 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 21, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- File Sharing
- Python
- MIT
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 42
- Forks
- 9
- Open issues
- 11
- Commits, last 12 months
- 202
- Last commit
- Oct 21, 2026
- Latest release
- v0.7.0Feb 8, 2026
- Created
- Apr 23, 2021
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 21, 2026, 202 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
| Last commit | Oct 21, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 202 |
| Latest release | v0.7.0 (Feb 8, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 10 |
| Open issues | 11 |
| Open pull requests | 1 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Apr 23, 2021 |
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About Shifter
A simple, self-hosted file-sharing web app, powered by Django.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/TobySuch/Shifter.
Topics
- django
- docker
- tailwindcss
- file-sharing
- python
- self-hosted
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Is Shifter free and open source?
Yes. Shifter is open-source software released under the MIT 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 Shifter with Docker?
Yes. Shifter 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 Shifter?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Shifter include qBittorrent, transfer.sh and Transmission.
Is Shifter actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Shifter was on Oct 21, 2026 with 202 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v0.7.0, published Feb 8, 2026. It had 11 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.