Open-Source Alternative to DocSend
hey hn, i’m alana, founder of basecase and creator of docbase www.getdocbase.com docbase is an open-source alternative to docsend, which lets you securely share documents and track engagement in real-time. with docbase, you can upload any document, get a secure link (with or without a password or expiration date), and view who interacts with it and when. one main use case is for founders to send their memos/decks to potential investors. as a founder and investor myself, it’s a tool i use all the time to both send and receive pitch documents. the idea came from a tweet [0], which…
Open-Source Alternative to DocSend launched on May 28, 2023 with 19 votes, #1,565 of 4,910 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
Docbase is an open-source document sharing platform that lets users upload files and generate secure links with optional passwords and expiration dates. It tracks real-time engagement showing who views documents and when they access them. The tool is designed primarily for founders sharing pitch decks and memos with potential investors, though it works for any document sharing scenario. It functions as an alternative to DocSend with publicly available source code.
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From the sources
open-source docsend alternative. Contribute to alanagoyal/docbase development by creating an account on GitHub.
In the maker’s words, at launch
hey hn, i’m alana, founder of basecase and creator of docbase www.getdocbase.com docbase is an open-source alternative to docsend, which lets you securely share documents and track engagement in real-time. with docbase, you can upload any document, get a secure link (with or without a password or expiration date)…
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