FileSender is a web-based service for securely sending very large files to other people.
It was developed around the needs of the higher education and research community, where conventional email attachment limits are often unsuitable. Authenticated users create temporary transfers for recipients, while people without accounts can be given guest upload vouchers. Transfers are designed to expire rather than act as permanent file hosting.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Transfer multiple files of arbitrarily large size through a web browser.
- Select files through the file picker or drag and drop.
- Upload files serially or in parallel with the TeraSender upload module.
- Supports resumable uploads after manually reselecting source files.
- Download individual files or multiple files as a streamed ZIP archive.
- Supports pausing and resuming downloads.
- Automatically removes transfers after their configured lifetime.
- Authenticated users can issue guest upload vouchers to people without accounts.
- Guest vouchers can be limited to one use or restricted to a particular recipient.
- Lets senders add a subject and message to notification emails.
- Provides a My Transfers view for active and completed transfers.
- Allows recipients to be added or removed after creating a transfer.
- Lets users extend the availability period of existing transfers.
- Maintains a per-transfer audit trail of significant actions.
- Supports multilingual interfaces and translated notification emails.
- Can enforce encrypted transport using SSL.
- Supports external authentication through Shibboleth and SimpleSAMLphp.
- Authentication options can include SAML2, LDAP, RADIUS and Active Directory.
- Supports MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.
- Provides a RESTful web service API.
Website: github.com/filesender/filesender
Support:
Developer: FileSender Project
License: BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License
FileSender is written primarily in PHP. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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