Alternatives to PsiTransfer

A simple self-hosted file sharing web app with resumable uploads and expiring download links. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as PsiTransfer.

  • Jirafeau

    A simple self-hosted web app for uploading a file and sharing it through a link.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Jirafeau is a similarly lightweight self-hosted upload and share tool with a very simple one-file workflow.

  • Gokapi

    A lightweight self-hosted file sharing server, modelled on Firefox Send, without public uploads.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Gokapi limits uploads to the administrator, preventing abuse as a public host, and adds an optional S3 backend and documented API.

  • Plik

    A self-hosted temporary file upload system with a web interface and a command-line client.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hostedCommand line

    Plik adds a command-line client alongside its web interface for temporary uploads, with Docker and Helm chart deployment.

  • Sharry

    A self-hosted web application for sharing files with others in both directions.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Sharry handles both sending and receiving files but runs on a Scala and JVM stack heavier than PsiTransfer.

  • copyparty

    A portable self-hosted file server in a single file, with resumable uploads, WebDAV, SFTP and FTP.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    copyparty is a single-file server with resumable uploads plus WebDAV, SFTP and FTP, offering many more features and more configuration.

  • ProjectSend

    An open-source self-hosted client portal for sharing files privately with clients, partners and teams.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    ProjectSend adds per-client access control as a client portal, replacing PsiTransfer's account-free uploads with managed users.

Also worth comparing

These listings name PsiTransfer as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • SwissTransfer

    A free web service for sending files of up to 50 GB by link or email, stored in Switzerland.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    PsiTransfer is an open-source upload page you host on your own server, with resumable uploads and expiring links instead of a Swiss-hosted service.

  • TransferNow

    A web service for sending large files of up to 250 GB by email or shareable link.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    PsiTransfer is open source and self-hosted, giving a private upload page with resumable uploads and expiring links on your own server.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.