Overview

The open‑source alternative to Dropbox. ⚡️ The open-source alternative to Dropbox. Firefiles gives you the freedom to bring your own cloud and provides you with a modern file-system interface. The project has 368 GitHub stars and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

A modern file-system interface for your storage buckets.
Manage files in the browser.
Easily download and share files.
File previews.
File tagging and filtering (if provider supports).
AWS S3 support.
Dark theme.

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

dark mode, sharing, tags, themes.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Collaboration

Content Sharing

Search & Discovery

Tags / Labels

Customization & Branding

Dark Mode
Themes / Skins

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