Filestash
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“Run filestash as a partial GoogleDrive replacement (I use it for sharing files with other people, like deliverables)”
“I recommend Filestash[1], easy to install self-hosted frontend for virtually any type of storage.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Filestash (https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash) has a s3 gateway plugin that I made.”
“That's the path I've been on with my Dropbox alternative [1].”
“I am working on making the Dropbox launch first comment a reality”
“I have spent almost 10 years working on making that vision a reality”
“gateways to access your Dropbox over FTP, SFTP, S3”
“I'm a French citizen who made an open source alternative to Dropbox [1]”
Threads where it came up
- France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins 2 mentions
- Show HN: Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead 2 mentions
- Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? 1 mention
- Alternatives to MinIO for single-node local S3 1 mention
- Malleable software = solid bases and custom code 1 mention
- Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2026 – Show and tell 1 mention
Data: filestash.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 3
“Run filestash as a partial GoogleDrive replacement (I use it for sharing files with other people, like deliverables)”
“I recommend Filestash[1], easy to install self-hosted frontend for virtually any type of storage.”
“How would you position yourself relative to existing OSS products in the space like Filestash or Seafile?”