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CLUSTER FILE-HOSTED-SELF · 25 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-13

Self-hosted file sharing apps

This cluster consists of self-hosted file management and sharing apps that offer web dashboards for browsing, uploading, and managing files, along with public or permanent URLs for sharing. The dated history before the index start is too thin to read a shape from, with only three dated entries. Traction leaders by activity signal are MetaWave-MP3-App, artifact-site, and AssetsHost.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

FEB 2024: 1JUL 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1AUG 2026: 6SEP 2026: 10OCT 2026: 6
FEB 2024OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 15 unlabelled

Operator · 11 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 1 open source · 6 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01FileBrowserMobile42★4 days—hand-codedhobbyAndroid app that connects to a self-hosted FileBrowser server for browsing, uploading, and downloading files with saved sessions and themes.
  2. 02Widgets-Disk38★12 days—hobbySelf-hosted file storage web app that uploads, stores, previews, and downloads small files through shareable links.
  3. 03MetaWave-MP3-App15★1 molivehobbySelf-hosted web app for uploading, organizing, and editing music tracks with metadata, cover art, and shareable public profiles.
  4. 04AssetsHost6★1 moliveWeb app that lets users drag files to receive permanent public URLs, providing a self-hosted asset CDN.
  5. 05send-file-sharing2★2 days—hand-codedhobbySelf-hosted web app for sharing text, files, images, and voice recordings, with private chat rooms and an admin panel.
  6. 06madrona2★6 days—commercialSelf-hosted platform that gives museums collection management, digital asset management, a public website CMS, and an AI guide.
  7. 07ios-archivebox2★23 dayslivehand-codedopen sourceiOS app that saves web pages to a self-hosted archive server, preserving content across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
  8. 08scrapeflow1★today—hobbySelf-hosted web app that crawls websites, copies files to personal storage, and keeps them updated via customizable automated flows.
  9. 09drive1★12 days—hobbySelf-hosted file sharing app that stores personal files, shares them with controlled access and expiry, and tracks who viewed them.
  10. 10provisionarr1★20 days—Self-hosted web app that acts as a request and administration layer for media automation services like Sonarr and Radarr.
  11. 11AssetsHost6★1 moliveSelf-hosted web app that uploads files and serves them from permanent public URLs, with a dashboard for managing and listing assets.
  12. 12cloudbox0★24 days—Self-hosted file management app that provides file browsing, uploads, sharing, and public links through a custom dashboard.
  13. 13media-uploader0★6 days—Self-hosted web app that manages a private media library for website assets, with browser-based uploads, organization, and storage.
  14. 14nas-appinstall0★25 days—hand-codedhobbySelf-hosted web app for NAS users that uploads local application packages, registers them into the app center, and manages installs, upgrades, and removals.
  15. 15file-drop0★25 days—hobbySelf-hosted personal web app for storing files and text notes and sharing them via permanent links.
  16. 16mmbox0★10 dayslivehobbyWeb app for browsing and uploading images to any S3-compatible storage and creating self-deleting image links.
  17. 17filetools2★1 mo—hobbySelf-hosted web app that converts images, PDFs, audio, video, archives, and documents privately on the user's own machine.
  18. 18picaroa0★14 daysliveindieNative iOS app that lets users upload and share files from a self-hosted server using expiring links, guest uploads, and QR codes.
  19. 19bkn-drive0★1 mo—hobbySelf-hosted file sharing app with a web UI for managing folders, files, per-user quotas, groups, and sharing.
  20. 20PhantomEdu0★1 molivehand-codedSelf-hosted web application for browsing, playing, and rating single-file HTML5 games, with admin uploads and persistent storage.

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