PsiTransfer vs picoshare

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PsiTransfer		picoshare
	Project
24	Mentions	24
1,394	Stars	2,083
-	Growth	-
5.8	Activity	8.4
23 days ago	Latest Commit	27 days ago
JavaScript	Language	Go
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

PsiTransfer

Posts with mentions or reviews of PsiTransfer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-13.

YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jan 2024

We use PsiTransfer in docker. Not as abandonware as the ones you probably looked at and serves our needs.
[1] https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer
Looking for selfhosted application to easily share files
9 projects | /r/selfhosted | 8 Jul 2023
Recommendation for an easy "send file" webapp (docker)?
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 10 Mar 2023

PicoShare would work or something like PsiTransfer.
selfhosted wetransfer?
13 projects | /r/selfhosted | 28 Feb 2023

Use it to, great software. Here’s the link https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer
Looking for a "file-ingress"/"file upload" service for arbitary person w/ one time link/email
3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 13 Feb 2023

The ones I have found so far are: psitransfer
Temporary File Hosting
14 projects | /r/selfhosted | 30 Jan 2023

psitransfer - 1.1k stars
simple, upload only, simplest possible UI, no auth
5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 27 Jan 2023

I am using PsiTransfer. It’s straightforward upload and download.
Creating links for file downloads
8 projects | /r/selfhosted | 13 Dec 2022
Alternative to pwndrop?
3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 7 Nov 2022

I use https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer but not sure how well it fits your needs
Need a file-sharing server where only the admin can upload but anyone can download.
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 20 Apr 2022

https://github.com/psi-4ward/psitransfer is super simple to use and very lightweight.

picoshare

Posts with mentions or reviews of picoshare. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-09.

I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years (Mat Ryer, 2024)
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Feb 2024

Not OP, but I design my Go projects with a very similar pattern that I learned from OP's 2018 post.
I think this is a pretty good example of a real-world implementation:
https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare
Particularly these files:
https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare/blob/2cd9979dab084ca781...
https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare/blob/2cd9979dab084ca781...
YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jan 2024

It's a couple of years old now and still maintained. Also, it's very simple and allows for guests too.
https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare
Docker app for uploading pics and vids between friends
1 project | /r/selfhosted | 27 May 2023

I use picoshare. It is great
Looking for something to allow my friends to upload files to my vps easily
3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 7 May 2023
Self hosted solution for drag-drop files
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 May 2023
Recommendation for an easy "send file" webapp (docker)?
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 10 Mar 2023

PicoShare would work or something like PsiTransfer.
Looking for a clip sharing service.
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 5 Mar 2023

Picoshare
selfhosted wetransfer?
13 projects | /r/selfhosted | 28 Feb 2023

https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare would be a perfect fit.
GitHub - mtlynch/picoshare: A minimalist, easy-to-host service for sharing images and other files
1 project | /r/devopsish | 11 Feb 2023
Temporary File Hosting
14 projects | /r/selfhosted | 30 Jan 2023

I use https://github.com/mtlynch/picoshare

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PsiTransfer and picoshare you can also consider the following projects:

send-docker-compose - :cloud: Basic Docker compose configuration for Send. https://gitlab.com/timvisee/send-docker-compose

pingvin-share - A self-hosted file sharing platform.

Plik - Plik is a temporary file upload system (Wetransfer like) in Go.

SFTPGo - Full-featured and highly configurable SFTP, HTTP/S, FTP/S and WebDAV server - S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob

YouTransfer - The simple but elegant self-hosted file transfer & sharing solution

Gokapi - Lightweight selfhosted Firefox Send alternative without public upload. AWS S3 supported.

Jirafeau

Uguu - Uguu is a simple lightweight temporary file host with support for drop, paste, click and API uploading.

ProjectSend - ProjectSend is a free, open source software that lets you share files with your clients, focused on ease of use and privacy. It supports clients groups, system users roles, statistics, multiple languages, detailed logs... and much more!

pomf - Pomf is a simple lightweight file host with support for drop, paste, click and API uploading.

Sharry - Sharry is a self-hosted file sharing web application.

flyctl - Command line tools for fly.io services