hbons/SparkleShare

Health v2 · maintenance only

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4980 stars · 569 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

SparkleShare is an open-source file sharing and collaboration app that syncs a special folder on your computer with any Git repository, working like a self-hosted Dropbox. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, and supports Git LFS and client-side encryption for privacy.

Use cases

• sync project files across my own server instead of Dropbox
• collaborate on documents edited by multiple people with version history
• self-hosted file sync with client-side encryption
• revert a shared file to any point in its history
• share and sync text, office documents, and images across machines

When to choose

• you want a Dropbox-like sync tool you can host yourself on Git
• you need version history and multi-user editing of frequently changing text or office files
• privacy matters and you want encrypted files on the server

When to avoid

• full computer backups
• large binary files that change often, like video editing projects
• you need real-time sync of huge media assets

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

version-control file-system backup cryptography developer-tools files self-hosted privacy developer-tools version-control cross-platform windows self-hosted file-sync git-based dropbox-alternative git-lfs flatpak collaboration client-side-encryption linux macos desktop

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