What is this? by mickael-kerjean

File Management Platform / Universal Data Access Layer (without FUSE)

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Verdict 65/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 3 open CVEs

Self-host What is this? on hetzner for $4.13/mo and save approximately $94/year vs Dropbox.

Health score
65 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
14k
977 forks

About What is this?

From the project's README at github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

It started as a storage agnostic Dropbox-like file manager that works with every storage protocol: FTP , SFTP , S3 , SMB , WebDAV , IPFS, and about 20 more .

It grew into what we want to be the world's best file management platform, where everything that's not a fundamental truth of the universe lives in a plugin. Where other platforms are take-it-or-leave-it, ours gives you a rock solid core and a plugin system to handle opinions, so however deep requirements go, the only limit won't be technical but your own creativity. Key Features

Plugin Driven Architecture : everything that matters is a plugin, browse the ecosystem or build your o

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
90
maturity
30
community
82
security
70
sustainability
88
adoption
37

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 14k github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash
GitHub forks 977 github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age8.9 yearssince Jun 2017
Last commit6 days agoMay 1, 2026
Funding links1declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

3 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 3 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2024-41258.

What people say on Hacker News

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