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Self-hosted alternatives to MediaFire

MediaFire is a hosted file storage and sharing service centered on uploading files and sharing them by link, email or social network. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.

Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features MediaFire describes on its own site.

  • ZPan file browser with media filters, shares, trash, remote download and a storage quota bar

    Web drive and image host for your own S3-compatible bucket, with share links, WebDAV and team spaces

    Deploy
    Manual
    License
    AGPL-3.0
    GitHub stars
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MediaFire features, app by app

FeatureZPan
Web upload of any file type, several at onceYes
Direct download linksYes
Sharing folders of filesYes
Password-protected files and file-drop requestsPartly
Mobile apps for Android and iOSNo

Web drive and image host for your own S3-compatible bucket, with share links, WebDAV and team spaces

What a MediaFire user would miss
It has no email sharing, file-drop requests or mobile apps.
  • Yes Web upload of any file type, several at once. Browsers upload straight to the bucket, with multipart for large files.
  • Yes Direct download links. Share links plus direct links.
  • Yes Sharing folders of files. Share links for folders as well as files.
  • Partly Password-protected files and file-drop requests. Share link passwords; no file-drop requests.
  • No Mobile apps for Android and iOS. None documented.

Sources:github.com/saltbo/zpan#readme