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FilePizza vs Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare

A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted file sync & storage options — licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one replaces.

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FI FilePizza Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser VS RE Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare Anonymous file sharing over the Tor network
FeatureFilePizzaResilio Sync alternative Onionshare
CategoryFile Sync & StorageFile Sync & Storage
LicenseBSD-3-ClauseGPL-3.0
LanguageTypeScriptPython
Setup difficultyMediumMedium
Min. RAM50 MB256 MB
Deploymentbare-metalbinary, bare-metal
GitHub stars★ 10,129★ 7,055
First released20232014
ReplacesWeTransferWeTransfer, Dropbox

Why pick each one

Choose FilePizza if…

  • Released under the BSD-3-Clause license
  • Mature project with 10.1k GitHub stars
  • Written in TypeScript
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 50 MB RAM
FilePizza details

Choose Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare if…

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Mature project with 7.1k GitHub stars
  • Written in Python
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM
Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare details

Frequently asked questions

Is FilePizza or Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare better?

Neither is universally better. FilePizza has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are FilePizza and Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare free and open-source?

Yes. FilePizza is licensed under BSD-3-Clause and Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run FilePizza and Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare with Docker?

FilePizza: check the project docs for container support. Resilio Sync alternative Onionshare: check the project docs for container support.

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