# kern/filepizza

:pizza: Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser

Repository: https://github.com/kern/filepizza
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/filepizza
Homepage: https://file.pizza
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: webrtc, react
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:46:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4207, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10144, forks 611 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.652390+00:00)

## What it is
FilePizza is a web application for peer-to-peer file transfers directly between browsers using WebRTC, eliminating the need to upload files to an intermediary server. It is built with Next.js, React, and PeerJS, and can be self-hosted via Docker.

## Use cases
- send large files to a friend without uploading to a cloud service
- share files privately without a middleman server
- transfer files between two browsers quickly
- self-host a file sharing service
- send files from mobile browser to desktop

## When to choose
- you want fast, private transfers where files never touch a server
- you want to self-host a file sharing tool
- you need multi-file transfers with password protection

## When to avoid
- the uploader must keep their browser open until the transfer completes
- you need asynchronous sharing where the recipient downloads later
- you need transfers through restrictive NATs without TURN infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-upload, http-server
- domain: web-development, privacy, files, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, browser
- tags: webrtc, peer-to-peer, file-transfer, peerjs, nextjs, no-server-storage, web-server, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- kern/filepizza (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.652390+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:19:41.547379+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kern/filepizza (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.652390+00:00, sha d156caf9d0d2)
  - homepage: https://file.pizza (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:38.488014+00:00, sha d558cef9f220)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/filepizza (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:38.497038+00:00, sha f3e7b3e968ae)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.