Cloudreve vs SafeBucket

Comparing two open source alternatives to Dropbox and Google Drive. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Cloudreve

GPL-3.0

Self-hosted file management and sharing platform that unifies local disk and multiple cloud storage providers behind one web interface.

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SafeBucket

Apache-2.0

Self-hosted file sharing platform with direct S3 uploads, SSO, and role-based access control.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Cloudreve	SafeBucket
License	GPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	28,932	994
Forks	3,935	41
Open Issues	148	39
Last Commit	Oct 20, 2026	Nov 4, 2026
First Released	Feb 4, 2018	Oct 4, 2024
Categories	Cloud Storage	Cloud Storage
Tags	#cloud storage #file sharing #webdav #archive #2fa	#file sharing #cloud storage #self hosted #sso #collaboration

GitHub stars over time

Cloudreve

SafeBucket994

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