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ferrite

Ferrite by StackCare: a small self-hosted file server. Resumable uploads, share links, S3/SFTP disks, 13 themes. Laravel + Livewire.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: self-hosting on your own server, two-factor authentication and Markdown support.

File formats mentioned: PDF and CSV.

Services and protocols mentioned: WebDAV, SFTP and S3.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Ferrite by StackCare is a free, self-hosted file server for one person or a small team: upload, preview and share from the browser, on your own server or storage.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Uploading a name that already exists asks whether to replace it, keep both, skip it or cancel. • Previews for images, PDF, video, audio and text, plus image thumbnails. • Trash with restore, permanent delete and…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “New uploads go to the default disk. • Search by name and inside files (text, Markdown, code, CSV and PDF;” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

ferrite is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub zhoorta/ferrite (AGPL-3.0-only)

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