Safebucket
File sharing platform with pluggable infrastructure, where uploads and downloads go directly between clients and S3-compatible storage.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 46% of tracked projects; popularity more than 34%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 964 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v0.7.5 · 3 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 22 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | Go, Docker |
Is Safebucket actively maintained?
Safebucket is under active development: 228 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 39 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
The most recent tagged release, v0.7.5, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Of the 33 projects we track in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload, Safebucket ranks #6 by health score — in the top quarter of its category.
What Safebucket actually does
Safebucket is a self-hosted file sharing platform released under the Apache-2.0 licence. It uses pluggable infrastructure to route uploads and downloads directly between client browsers and S3-compatible object storage.
Best fit: It suits administrators who want to provide a drag-and-drop file transfer interface while storing all binary data directly in their existing S3 buckets.
Worth knowing: The project has a moderate maintenance health score and an older repository footprint, meaning you should evaluate its long-term stability before relying on it for critical workflows.
Deployment notes
Because it is distributed as a Docker container built with Go, you will typically need to run it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination, while persistent configuration data should be mapped to a local volume.
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