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24 alternatives to BeamUp
Explore BeamUp file uploads with no relay servers and instant S3 delivery. Available in beta
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Better Upload▲102Simple and easy file uploads for React, use your S3 bucket
Nov 2025 · better-upload.com · its alternatives →
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S3nding▲98The fastest way to upload and share files from S3.
Feb 2026 · s3nding.nicoandrade.com · its alternatives →
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Shubox▲195Simple, fast, customizable uploads from your web app to S3
2017 · shubox.io · its alternatives →
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Last week SWYX nerd-sniped me into building an Open-source Dropbox. Here is Locker: the ultimate open-source Google Drive/box/Dropbox alternative - Provider agnostic (S3, R2, vercel blob, local) - BYOB (Bring your own bucket) - Virtual file system - QMD Search plugin
Apr 2026 · locker.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, At work, I was annoyed about having to download logs by writing them out to files and transferring them over to my local over HTTP (admittedly, this is because of a rather novel architectural situation). So, I built a tool in Go that lets you pipe contents into an SSH server for sending and reading them out on another connection. You can also use this tool to transfer files. Just cat the file on the sender end and redirect the output of the receiver end to a file. Please note that the transfer rate is heavily dependent on your connection and proximity to the public ssh.beam.camp…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm building ThirdCloud with the goal to replace Google Drive for everyone: more private, cheaper & maybe better UI/UX. So far, I've successfully implemented the main feature, which involves uploading and downloading files. Files are encrypted before being sent to IPFS network. Would like to hear your thoughts on this proof of concept.
2023 · thirdcloud.org · its alternatives →
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Add a sleek file uploader to your website with two lines of code. Upload from local disk, Dropbox, Instagram, Google Drive, and 20+ integrations.
2012 · filepicker.io · its alternatives →
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Next3 Offload▲145Reduce image loading time by offloading media to the cloud.
Nov 2025 · next3offload.com · its alternatives →
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An incredibly simple, open-source alternative to Loom that only requires S3-compatible storage—no servers needed - goshops-com/clipshare
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Embeddable file uploader for Box, Dropbox, Gdrive, and more
2022 · reactfileupload.com · its alternatives →
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upload.express▲111Simple file sharing. No registration, size-limit, opensource
2019 · upload.express · its alternatives →
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StorageLink▲80Drag and drop files to the cloud; create a branded portal
2024 · thorntech.com · its alternatives →
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High-performance image delivery and uploading in Next.js
2022 · next.cloudinary.dev · its alternatives →
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2010 · drag2up.appspot.com · its alternatives →
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I created a 100% Open source Company-wide Self-hosted File Sharing Solution for Teams Recently, I wanted to share HD images and video files with my graphic designer. She’s exceptional at her craft but isn’t familiar with AWS S3 So, I got an idea and built this. Github Repo: https://github.com/rohitg00/s3-file-share-for-free Detailed Guide: https://ghumare64.medium.com/i-built-a-company-wide-self-hos...
2024 · s3-file-share-for-free-35n2u.kinsta.app · its alternatives →
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Type-safe S3/R2 uploads for any framework (tiny ~15KB)
Oct 2025 · its alternatives →
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An S3 File Uploader GUI written in Python. Contribute to charlesdaniel/s3_uploader development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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file transfer made easy
2012 · justbeamit.com · its alternatives →
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