Open Source File Management & Sync Tools

Open source file management & sync tools

projects 12 combined stars ★ 208K refresh nightly

File Management & Sync is one of the most active slices of the open source world — the 12 projects below are ranked by GitHub stars, which makes this page roughly a community-voted shortlist rather than a vendor-curated catalogue. Every card shows the license and the last-commit date, so you can filter out the two failure modes of free software in one glance: restrictive licensing that blocks your use case, and abandonment that leaves you maintaining a fork. When two projects look comparable, prefer the one with more recent activity and the more permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0 over AGPL) unless copyleft specifically serves your goals. Hover into any project for its full README — the documentation quality is usually the honest tell of engineering quality.

All File Management & Sync tools

LocalSend ★ 92K

Share files securely across all devices without servers

rank001 licenseApache-2.0 written inDart typeFile Management & Sync

Spacedrive ★ 39K

Your personal distributed filesystem

rank002 licenseNOASSERTION written inRust typeFile Management & Sync

Nextcloud ★ 37K

Secure cloud collaboration platform for organizations

rank003 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inPHP typeFile Management & Sync

Seafile ★ 15K

Self-hosted file sync with AI-powered organization

rank004 licenseNOASSERTION written inC typeFile Management & Sync

PairDrop ★ 11K

Instant file sharing across devices without setup

rank005 licenseGPL-3.0 written inJavaScript typeFile Management & Sync

OpenCloud ★ 6.0K

Self-hosted file sharing built for digital sovereignty

rank006 licenseApache-2.0 written inGo typeFile Management & Sync

ownCloud ★ 2.1K

Enterprise file sync, share, and collaboration platform

rank007 licenseApache-2.0 written inGo typeFile Management & Sync

Sync-in ★ 1.8K

Open-source file storage with complete data sovereignty

rank008 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inTypeScript typeFile Management & Sync

Hoodik ★ 1.5K

Secure self-hosted cloud storage with end-to-end encryption

rank009 licenseNOASSERTION written inRust typeFile Management & Sync

Cozy ★ 1.3K

Your secure French personal cloud for complete data control

rank010 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inGo typeFile Management & Sync

Twake Drive ★ 982

Secure open source file storage with end-to-end encryption

rank011 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inJavaScript typeFile Management & Sync

Firefiles ★ 371

Bring your own cloud storage, managed in one place

rank012 licenseAGPL-3.0 written inTypeScript typeFile Management & Sync

Frequently asked questions

How many open source File Management & Sync tools are there?

This registry tracks 12 open source File Management & Sync projects, with 208,401 combined GitHub stars. The list is ranked by stars and refreshed nightly.

What is the most popular open source File Management & Sync project?

LocalSend leads this category with 91,903 GitHub stars, followed by Spacedrive.

Are these File Management & Sync tools free?

Yes — every project listed here is open source. Some also offer paid hosted versions alongside the free self-hosted option; the licence for each project is shown on its card.