transfer.sh
transfer.sh is an open-source, self-hosted app in the File Sharing category, licensed MIT and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 15,910 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Sep 28, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 15,910
- Forks
- 1,584
- Open issues
- 49
- Commits, last 12 months
- 10
- Last commit
- Sep 28, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.6.1Dec 4, 2023
- Created
- Oct 9, 2014
- License
- MITOpen source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Sep 28, 2026.
| Last commit | Sep 28, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 10 |
| Latest release | v1.6.1 (Dec 4, 2023) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 19 |
| Open issues | 49 |
| Open pull requests | 6 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Oct 9, 2014 |
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About transfer.sh
Easy file sharing from the command line.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh.
Topics
- golang
- transfer
- docker
- share
- transfersh
- hacktoberfest
- hacktoberfest2021
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Is transfer.sh free and open source?
Yes. transfer.sh 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 transfer.sh with Docker?
Yes. transfer.sh 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 transfer.sh?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to transfer.sh include qBittorrent, Transmission and OnionShare.
Is transfer.sh actively maintained?
The most recent commit to transfer.sh was on Sep 28, 2026 with 10 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.6.1, published Dec 4, 2023. It had 49 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.