Commerce · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur
Hey HN, I'm James, a 17-year old full-stack engineer from Canada with a strong passion for building software. During the day, I work for a California-based startup, and in the evenings, I enjoy working on side projects[1][2]. For the past 3 years, I've been building and iterating on a product I called Horizon Pics, which is a file hosting service, similar to mainstream services, like Imgur. Horizon allows you to quickly upload and store all types of files, from images and video, to PDFs and other documents. The biggest differentiating factor is that Horizon's incentives are much more aligned…
Horizon is a file hosting service for uploading and storing images, videos, PDFs, and other documents. It functions as a private alternative to Imgur, designed for users seeking privacy-focused file sharing without… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Horizon – Private alternative to Imgur launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Unsplash 5.0▲1,501Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.
2017 · unsplash.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · imgz.org · its alternatives →
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Securely upload images and videos + Share links instantly
2025 · imagekit.io · its alternatives →
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2019 · selfhostedsource.tech · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, Over the last year we've been building ente[1], a privacy-friendly, easy-to-use alternative to Google Photos. We've so far built Android[2][3], iOS[4], web[5] apps that encrypt your files and back them up in the background. You can access these across your devices, and share them with other ente users, end-to-end encrypted. You can also use our electron app[6] to maintain a local copy of your backed up files. We've built a fault-tolerant data replication layer that replicates your data to two different storage providers in the EU. We will be providing additional replicas as an…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Memories is a FOSS Google Photos alternative that you can self-host (it runs as a Nextcloud plugin). Website: https://memories.gallery/ GitHub: https://github.com/pulsejet/memories Demo Server: https://demo.memories.gallery/apps/memories/ (demo runs in San Francisco on a free-tier cloud vm) Memories has been built ground-up for high performance and is extremely fast when configured correctly. In our testing environment, it can load a timeline view with 100k photos in under 500ms, including query and rendering time! Some features to…
2024 · memories.gallery · its alternatives →
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DROP▲422I'm the founder of DROP. I've been plugging away at this project for over six months now. We managed to secure funding, which was a huge relief. You see, I had a previous startup called cowtransfer.com. It was a file transfer gig, kind of like WeTransfer. I had a good run with it, but in 2021, I decided to sell it and move on. Now, jumping back into the digital assets arena was like starting from scratch. I kept asking myself, what does the AI creative industry really hunger for? How can AI swoop in and make their creative content production process a breeze? I mean, it's like trying to…
2025 · drop.space · its alternatives →
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XStockvideo▲271Free HD videos loops for awesome landing pages
2015 · xstockvideo.com · its alternatives →
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PixelUnion.eu▲107A Google Photos alternative in Europe, based on Immich
2025 · pixelunion.eu · its alternatives →
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2015 · filesprout.com · its alternatives →
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Wormhole lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires.
2021 · wormhole.app · its alternatives →
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minimal file sharing site - self hosted. Contribute to nikosch86/file-upload development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · surfer.io · its alternatives →
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Hi, this is a project I've been working on for about 2 months. I am definitely not a designer, so I tried to keep the GUI to minimum and really make the presentation about photos and as fluid as possible. Any feedback welcome! :)
2012 · dofsome.com · its alternatives →
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ProjectSend▲75Securely share files with your team and clients
2023 · projectsend.org · its alternatives →
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Host images on your Google Drive
2022 · imagehostcompany.com · its alternatives →
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image hosting that can be used in multiple ways
2022 · sharemyimage.com · its alternatives →
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So I'm a junior Go dev and I made a small site that allows me to share images with someone privately and securely, and give me control over how many times the private link can be shared and how long the image will be accessible for. There are similar services to this one, but they are either convoluted with ads, or require sign-up, or expect you to fill out a survey or something. picburn is small, safe, and has no interest (nor the code or the server space) for storing your uploads. give it a try if it fits your usecase and let me know what you think. Note: there was a typo in the url
Aug 2026 · picburn.xyz · its alternatives →
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Upload, store, and share your dumps and files securely.
2025 · dum.pt · 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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