Self-hosted lightweight file sharing app. (folderhost)
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It's been a few months since the last HN post. I've added lots of new features to this app. One of them is Services - you can now run background tasks like a web server or game server. I'd love to hear your feedback, thanks!
HN · launched Feb 23, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 47%) · 0 views
Niche: file management tools · 97 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▲ +18% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 97 launches in file management tools →
Could you build this?
Yes A lightweight self-hosted file sharing web app with background process/service management is a classic CRUD and process-spawning tool that can be built easily with AI coding assistants.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 255 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #107 of 256 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 98 days after the earliest competitor.
- Docket (system for active note-taking) now self-hosted after HN asked · hn · 2026-07-17 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Filemat · hn · 2026-05-27 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- tessera · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Pile Commander 2 · ph · 2026-10-07 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Socket to Me, a static file server that runs in the browser · hn · 2026-06-22 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- FluxSharing · ph · 2026-10-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- filex · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- yourdrive · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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