Mediapult Transfer

Mediapult Transfer is a self-hosted file sharing platform and an alternative for WeTransfer.

This project is a rebranded fork derived from the BSD-2-Clause licensed upstream project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or presented as an official product of the upstream maintainers.

Features

• Share files using a link
• Unlimited file size, restricted only by available storage and configuration
• Set expiration dates for shares
• Protect shares with visitor limits and passwords
• Send links to email recipients
• Create reverse shares
• Use OIDC and LDAP authentication
• Scan uploads with ClamAV
• Store files locally or in S3-compatible storage

Docker

Build a local image:

docker build -t mediapult-transfer:latest .

Run with Docker Compose:

docker compose up -d

The web app listens on http://localhost:3000 by default.

Development

Prerequisites:

• Node.js 22 or newer
• npm

Install dependencies:

cd backend
npm install

cd ../frontend
npm install

Run the backend:

cd backend
npm run dev

Run the frontend in another terminal:

cd frontend
npm run dev

In development, the frontend proxies /api requests to http://localhost:8080.

License

This project is distributed under the BSD-2-Clause license. Keep the original copyright and license notice when redistributing source or binary builds.

See LICENSE and NOTICE.