Self-Hosted Dropbox & File Sync Alternatives (2026)
Ranked by how painless they are to run yourself — from one-click deploys and single docker run commands up to multi-service stacks. Lower difficulty first.
Continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization between your own devices
High-performance S3-compatible object storage (now archived/commercialized)
Command-line program to sync files across 70+ cloud storage providers
File list program supporting multiple storages, with WebDAV and web UI
Lightweight web file manager for a single directory on your server
Online file directory program that mounts cloud and local storage as a web drive
Web UI and orchestrator for restic backups across local and cloud storage
Self-hosted content collaboration platform for files, calendars, contacts and more
Cross-platform file explorer powered by a virtual distributed filesystem
Fast distributed storage system for blobs, objects, files and a data lake
High-performance file sync and share with client-side encryption
Self-hosted file sync and share server, the original fork parent of Nextcloud