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CorroboratedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
Self-Hosted File Transfer
In their words
"I'm looking for a self-hosted open-source solution that lets me share files over my public domain" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.
Hard requirements
Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.
no servereasily share excel and csvs fileself-hostedopen-sourcegenerate download links for individual fileslinks expire after some time automatically
Competitor pricing
Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $5.99/mo · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-06-20
⚠️ Established open-source player: YouTransfer/YouTransfer ⭐2,022 — The simple but elegant self-hosted file transfer & sharing solution
Competitor adoption · official registry · 2026-07-22
Build: 40,296 npm downloads/week ↗
How we checked
Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
86 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
13d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days
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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts
Sign up free →Signal history
39 tracked posts (2 asks · 37 product/news)
first post Mar 2026
▲ 13 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
7 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.
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