Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Stop paying for Dropbox/Google Drive, use your own S3 bucket instead
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
Locker is an open-source file storage alternative that lets users store files on their own cloud storage buckets instead of using commercial services. It works with multiple providers including AWS S3, Cloudflare R2… 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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Drivebase▲98Unified file manager for all your cloud storage with E2EE
Feb 2026 · drivebase.io · its alternatives →
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Locker▲282The fastest way to save & organize products you find online
2023 · wantlocker.com · its alternatives →
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Hey folks, We are the team behind Slik. Over the past year, we have been hacking on SlikSafe [1] a Dropbox alternative where all your data is first encrypted on your own device and then stored on decentralized storage. Some features we're most excited about are - - multi-device data sync, - auto-backups via desktop apps, - search your docs by name or contents with end-to-end encryption, - easy sharing via email, QR-code or private-link, - Password-less login using MetaMask/Phantom We leverage storage providers IPFS and Storj for global redundancy, reliability, and immutability. You can…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Get access to every file and folder shared in your Dropbox
2017 · dropbox.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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Syncthing 1.0▲119Your Dropbox alternative where nada is stored on the cloud.
2019 · syncthing.net · its alternatives →
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LinShare▲91Private and secure file sharing and cloud storage solution
2022 · linshare.app · its alternatives →
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2014 · cloud-rail.com · its alternatives →
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Email It In - Send Files to Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox quickly, easily and for free
2013 · emailitin.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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S3nding▲98The fastest way to upload and share files from S3.
Feb 2026 · s3nding.nicoandrade.com · its alternatives →
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I've decided to bite the bullet and release Bitbox.co and get some feedback. I've been coding for years and one of the things I constantly see companies do is write and rewrite a document storage system, so I decided to write one for them. Bitbox.co uses cloud storage (currently Azure) to store documents but can be coded to use any cloud service. Documents can be public or private and URLs to that document can be used directly in HTML. There are currently a list of WebAPIs for developers to use as a tool, or build an entire system around. This is an MVP and it's simple. Upload a file, get a…
2018 · its alternatives →
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We started CallFS after yet another late-night “why did the uploads vanish?” incident. Our small team had stitched together rsync, a fragile NFS mount, and an S3 bucket—none of it observable, all of it waiting to bite us. So we wrote a single-process file service in Go that: • Speaks the S3 API (so existing tooling works). • Stores hot data on local disks for speed; cold data can sit in any S3-compatible bucket. • Exposes Prometheus metrics and JSON logs by default, because “what happened?” shouldn’t be guesswork. • Ships as a ~25 MB static binary—no external deps, MIT license. Today it’s…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A dead-simple dropbox alternative using Git. Contribute to prashanthellina/pullbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Continually-improving intelligence you own.
2021 · airbox.ai · its alternatives →
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