OnionShare
Open-source · self-hostable · replaces 1 SaaS tool on os-alt
onionshare/onionshare · alive · ★ 6.95k · last commit 2mo ago · 99 open issues
License: GPL-3.0
Good fit for Ad-hoc, fully-anonymous transfers — journalist→source, sensitive documents, situations where you don't want a public IP in the chain.
Weak at Recipients must use Tor Browser; speed depends on the Tor network — fine for documents, slow for >10GB.
In a terminal? npx -y github:SolvoHQ/os-alt-cli wetransfer prints
the WeTransfer comparison table including OnionShare.
how the CLI works →
Replaces these SaaS
- WeTransfer · Large file transfer / one-off send
Install OnionShare from onionshare.org or your distro repo. Launch, drag in files, click Start sharing — the app spins up an ephemeral Tor onion service and gives you a `.onion` URL. Recipient opens the URL in Tor Browser and downloads. Stop sharing when done; the onion address dies.
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