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Open source alternatives to Dropbox

We track 7 open-source Dropbox alternatives, of which 5 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 3 ship a Docker image. Syncthing leads on health at 100/100 with 58 commits in the last 90 days; across all 7 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0, GPL-2.0 and 4 other licences.

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211k
Combined stars
2,371
Commits / 90 days
3
With Docker
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Showing 7 of 7 tools

All 7 Dropbox alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Syncthing

    100 GOOD

    Syncthing is an open source peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool.

    ★ 89k · ⟳ today · v2.1.5 · MPL-2.0

    DockerGodeb
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • ownCloud

    96 GOOD

    All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more.

    ★ 8.8k · ⟳ today · v11.0.0 · AGPL-3.0

    DockerPHPdeb
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • copyparty

    89 GOOD

    Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV, FTP, zeroconf, media indexer, video thumbnails, audio transcoding, and write-only folders, in a single file with no mandatory dependencies.

    ★ 47k · ⟳ 6 days ago · v1.20.23 · MIT

    Python
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Nextcloud

    88 GOOD

    Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and [more](https://apps.nextcloud.com/) from any device, on your terms.

    ★ 37k · ⟳ today · v32.0.15 · AGPL-3.0

    PHPdeb
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Filestash

    72 GOOD

    Web file manager that lets you manage your data anywhere it is located: FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Git, S3, Minio, Dropbox, or Google Drive.

    ★ 15k · ⟳ today · AGPL-3.0

    Docker
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Seafile

    41 SLOWING

    File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations.

    ★ 15k · ⟳ 17 days ago · v9.0.5 · GPL-2.0

    C
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Dropbox alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Dropbox?

Syncthing scores highest at 100/100, with 58 commits in the last 90 days, 89k GitHub stars and its latest release (v2.1.5) published 6 days ago. Nextcloud has the most raw commit activity at 1960 commits in 90 days.

Which Dropbox alternatives use a permissive licence?

3 of 7 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Syncthing (MPL-2.0), copyparty (MIT), Seafile (GPL-2.0). 3 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Dropbox alternatives run in Docker?

3 of 7 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Syncthing, ownCloud, Filestash. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.