sftpgo Community Edition
Flexible, fully featured and highly configurable SFTP server with optional FTP/S and WebDAV support.
Actively maintained with regular releases.
Commit activity more than 48% of tracked projects; popularity more than 82%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 13k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v2.7.6 · 19 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 24 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0⊘ Proprietary |
| Built with | Go, deb, Docker |
Is sftpgo Community Edition actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 250 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 128 of them.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 172% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, v2.7.6, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
sftpgo Community Edition ranks #3 of 7 in File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What sftpgo Community Edition actually does
sftpgo Community Edition is a file transfer server that handles SFTP connections, along with optional support for FTP/S and WebDAV protocols. It provides a configurable system for moving data to and from various storage backends. The application is written in Go and available via Debian packages or container images.
Best fit: Self-hosters who need a dedicated, configurable file transfer endpoint with alternative protocol support for multiple users.
Worth knowing: The software is distributed under the AGPL-3.0 licence, which places copyleft requirements on network services if you modify the code and host it for others. It also carries the operational overhead of managing file access permissions and secure authentication credentials.
Deployment notes
You can typically deploy this using Docker or a native binary on a Debian host, ensuring you attach persistent volumes for your file storage and configuration data. A reverse proxy is usually required in front of the application to handle external TLS termination and proxy incoming traffic securely.
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