Seafile
File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations.
Activity has dropped noticeably. Check the repository before committing to it.
Commit activity more than 17% of tracked projects; popularity more than 85%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 15k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v9.0.5 · 27 Feb 2024 |
| Repo updated | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-2.0GPL-3.0AGPL-3.0Apache-2.0 |
| Built with | C |
Is Seafile actively maintained?
Seafile is under active development: 42 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 6 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 113% more commits than the one before it.
The last tagged release, v9.0.5, is over 2 years old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
Seafile ranks #14 of 20 tracked file transfer & synchronization projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Seafile actually does
Seafile is a self-hosted platform designed for file hosting, sharing, and synchronization within teams and organisations. It provides a central server environment where multiple users can store, manage, and collaborate on documents.
Best fit: It suits teams and organisations requiring a dedicated, self-managed solution for internal file storage and collaborative sharing.
Worth knowing: Maintenance activity is relatively slow, and the software operates under a complex mix of open-source and copyleft licences that you will need to review carefully.
Deployment notes
As a compiled application written in C, it typically requires persistent storage volumes for uploaded data and a database backend, alongside a standard reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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