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Flare

A nonbloated, modern, and highly configurable file/screenshot vault

File Sync & Storage ★ 137 stars Medium setup MIT

A nonbloated, modern, and highly configurable file/screenshot vault server with support for ShareX, Flameshot, and Spectacle. Offers OCR search and more.

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Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Lightweight — runs in 512 MB RAM

Is Flare secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Flare's latest release (v3.0.0). OSV.dev lists 4 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-30942, published 2026-03-10 (218 days ago), fixed in 1.7.3

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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