Open-source alternatives to Google Drive
Google Drive stores files in an account and syncs them to desktop and mobile. The list below is every catalog tool tagged File Transfer & Synchronization or Document Management, which is the closest the catalog gets to the same job; none of them has been checked feature by feature against Google Drive.
| Tool | Stars |
|---|---|
Local hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files, such as merging, splitting, file conversions and OCR. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-08-06 | 91,474 |
Syncthing is an open source peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool. MPL-2.0 · released 2026-08-24 | 88,373 |
Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents with an improved interface (fork of Paperless). GPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-04 | 44,919 |
Web-based operating system designed to be feature-rich, exceptionally fast, and highly extensible. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-24 | 43,434 |
Access and share your files, calendars, contacts, mail and [more](https://apps.nextcloud.com/) from any device, on your terms. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-03 | 36,747 |
File management and sharing system, supports multiple storage providers. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-07-15 | 28,683 |
Create, fill, and sign digital documents (alternative to DocuSign). AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-07 | 18,466 |
Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit that allows you to manipulate, edit, merge, and process PDF files directly in your browser. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-29 | 15,301 |
File hosting and sharing solution primary for teams and organizations. GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0, Apache-2.0 · released 2024-02-27 | 15,221 |
Digital document signing platform (alternative to DocuSign). AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-19 | 14,930 |
Developer-friendly API to interact with powerful tools like Chromium and LibreOffice for converting numerous document formats (HTML, Markdown, Word, Excel, etc.) into PDF files, and more. MIT · released 2026-08-14 | 13,021 |
All-in-one solution for saving, synchronizing, viewing, editing and sharing files, calendars, address books and more. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-07-30 | 8,829 |
Document signing software (alternative to DocuSign). AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-21 | 6,973 |
File Sharing and Collaboration Platform. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-08-25 | 5,910 |
Unison is a file-synchronization tool for OSX, Unix, and Windows. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-05-01 | 5,470 |
Minimalist document storage, management and archiving platform designed to be simple to use and accessible to everyone. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-01 | 5,299 |
Minimalist JSON storage service with synchronisation and sharing abilities. Apache-2.0 · released 2026-08-10 | 4,417 |
Secure and private space online where you can store, share and view your photos, videos, music and documents. Also includes a calendar, news feed, task lists, chat and email client. AGPL-3.0 · released unknown | 2,460 |
Auto-tagging document organizer and archive. GPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-04 | 2,319 |
Turn any web server into a powerful file management system and an alternative to mainstream cloud storage providers. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-06-30 | 2,245 |
File storage, syncing, sharing, and collaboration with real-time editing, permission management, and desktop/CLI clients. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-02 | 1,758 |
End-to-end encrypted cloud storage server. Files are encrypted and decrypted in the browser, so the server only ever holds ciphertext. Runs on SQLite or PostgreSQL, stores chunks on local disk or any S3-compatible service. CC-BY-NC-4.0 · released 2026-08-29 | 1,468 |
File sharing + sync, notes, and photos (alternative to Nextcloud and ownCloud's RSS reader). AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-08-13 | 1,229 |
Sign and manipulate PDFs with collaboration, organization, compression and metadata editing. AGPL-3.0 · released 2025-12-03 | 828 |
Electronic document management system for your documents with preview generation, OCR, and automatic categorization among other features. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | 680 |
Document management system focused on scanned documents (electronic archives). Features file browsing in similar way to dropbox/google drive. OCR, full text search, text overlay/selection. Apache-2.0 · released 2025-08-18 | 531 |
Simple Document Management System for private use with basic functionality to organize your documents digitally. GPL-3.0 · released 2019-10-16 | 407 |
Organize PDF papers and office documents. It provides a lot of extra features for students and research groups both in industry and academia. GPL-3.0 · released 2025-12-02 | 349 |
Easy-to-use, metadata-driven, document management system (DMS) for small businesses that sorts documents almost by itself. AGPL-3.0 · released 2026-09-02 | 165 |
Complete solution for your files with integration with Google and Office. ⊘ Proprietary · released unknown | n/a |
File synchronization between computers, servers, external drives. GPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Secure File Transfer Program. BSD-2-Clause · released unknown | n/a |
PDF manager, viewer and editor offering a seamless user experience on multiple devices. It's designed to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker. AGPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Proprietary peer-to-peer file synchronisation tool. ⊘ Proprietary · released unknown | n/a |
Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs for Linux and Unix. It provides secure, stable and fast file and print services for all clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol. GPL-3.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Document Management System with workflows, access rights, fulltext search, and more. GPL-2.0 · released unknown | n/a |
Powerful file hosting script with support for Amazon S3, Wasabi, Backblaze, local, direct and SFTP storage. ⊘ Proprietary · released unknown | n/a |
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