Chibisafe
File uploader service that aims to to be easy to use and set up. It accepts files, photos, documents, anything you imagine and gives you back a shareable link for you to send to others.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 14% of tracked projects; popularity more than 56%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 2.8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v6.5.5 · 5 Jul 2025 |
| Repo updated | 27 May 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker, Nodejs |
Is Chibisafe actively maintained?
Chibisafe logged 29 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The last tagged release, v6.5.5, is over 1 year old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
Chibisafe ranks #25 of 33 tracked file transfer - single-click & drag-n-drop upload projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Chibisafe actually does
Chibisafe is a self-hosted file sharing service that provides instant links for uploaded content like photos and documents through a web interface. It relies on Node.js and is available as a container image for deployment on private infrastructure under an MIT licence.
Best fit: It suits individuals or small teams wanting a dedicated, self-hosted alternative to third-party file hosting services with drag-and-drop capabilities.
Worth knowing: Given the modest community engagement and at-risk maintenance status, you may need to patch bugs yourself if upstream updates stall.
Deployment notes
You will typically need to configure persistent storage volumes for uploaded files and place the container behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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