filestash
A modern web client for SFTP, S3, FTP, WebDAV, Git, Minio, LDAP, CalDAV, CardDAV, Mysql, Backblaze, ...
Platform availability
Available on 2 of 9 platforms
Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.
81/100 Excellent
- Maintained
- 100last commit 7 days ago
- Popular
- 8314,765 GitHub stars
- Easy to install
- 302 install platforms, Docker image
- Light to run
- 95512 MB minimum RAM, runs on ARM
Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 13 days ago
- GitHub stars
- 14,765
- Open issues
- 128
- Last commit
- 2026-10-06
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Activity
- steady
Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (mickael-kerjean/filestash)
Resources & Compatibility
Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM, 1 CPU core(s), 5 GB disk. ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.
Checked 14 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs
First-install notes
No first-install notes yet.
Variants
Alternatives (12)
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Checked 11 days ago - source: AlternativeTo
Common questions
Can Filestash expose connected storage through additional protocols?
Yes. Filestash includes API and gateways to expose underlying data via SFTP, MCP, FTP, WebDAV, S3, or AS2.
Can I test Filestash without installing it myself?
Yes. The docs mention a demo server you can play with before deploying.
Can I install a Filestash app on desktop and mobile devices?
Yes. The site says on-demand sync lets you install the app on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, or iPhone.
Answers sourced from www.filestash.app, www.filestash.app
Community
- Any experience with Filestash? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- FileStash - Access Local : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- Best web-based file manager as a frontend for a NAS? (Google ... - Reddit (reddit)
- Filestash or other FTP client software with WebUi? : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
- r/selfhosted on Reddit: Anyone having luck with filestash connecting to ... (reddit)
- Filestash - self-hosted client for your data : r/selfhosted - Reddit (reddit)
Collected 7 days ago - public community threads