Cloudreve

A self-hosted web drive in Go that stores files locally or on S3, OneDrive and other clouds, with share links, WebDAV and online previews.

29k stars, 3.9k forks Go On GitHub since February 2018

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Cloudreve at a glance

Open sourceYes, GPL-3.0No paid parts in the repository
Health54 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDocker, Desktop appsOne-click in YunoHost, TrueNAS and 3 more
AppsLinux, macOS, Windows, including ARMBuilds in GitHub releases
InterfaceEnglish onlyNo translation files found
Issue repliesWithin ~8 hoursMedian first reply; 31% of recent issues answered

What is Cloudreve?

Cloudreve gives users a browser-based drive on top of storage you pick: the local disk, remote nodes, OneDrive, S3-compatible services and several Chinese cloud providers such as Aliyun OSS, Tencent COS and Qiniu Kodo. Uploads and downloads can go straight between the client and the storage backend. It adds drag-and-drop resumable uploads, archive handling, background downloads through Aria2 or qBittorrent, expiring share links, metadata and tag search, and in-browser viewing or editing of video, images, ePub, Markdown and Office files. Users are organized into groups, and every backend is also reachable over WebDAV. The backend is written in Go, the frontend in React.

Good fit if

  • You want one web interface over files that live in object storage or on OneDrive rather than on the server's own disk.
  • You share files with others through links that expire and want them to preview media without downloading.
  • You like a single packaged binary for Linux, macOS or Windows with every feature included.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need calendars, contacts and a large app ecosystem next to your files: Nextcloud.
  • You want desktop sync clients with library encryption: Seafile.
  • Devices should sync with each other directly, without a web server: Syncthing.

Before you adopt it

Cloudreve uses the GPL-3.0 license, and the repository has no paid parts. Cloudreve asks contributors to sign a contributor license agreement. One developer authored nearly nine in ten recent commits, and only eight commits landed in the last 90 days, so progress rests mostly on that person. Ready-made builds cover Linux, macOS and Windows, a Docker image is available, and the provided compose file adds PostgreSQL and Redis.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 7 November 2026. Report a correction

How to run Cloudreve yourself

One-click install

Not listed in Umbrel, CasaOS and Runtipi. Checked against each panel’s app catalog on 12 November 2026.

Ways to install

Docker files
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Docker image
cloudreve/cloudreve: 1.8M pulls · x86-64, ARM64 · 573 MB download
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 3 services (postgres, redis)
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Packages
AUR and OpenWrt versions on Repology
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Linux, macOS, Windows, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: cloudreve.org or the README on GitHub. Docker images and packages are checked weekly.

Cloudreve health: is it still maintained?

54 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~17 daysLatest: 4.19.1, 18 September 2026
Issue repliesWithin ~8 hoursMedian first reply; 31% of recent issues answered
Bus factorHigh riskThe most active of 2 authors wrote 88% of recent commits
  • Activity
    8 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 21 September 2026.
    12 / 30
  • Contributors
    2 people wrote the 8 commits of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 88% of them.
    4 / 20
  • Releases
    15+ releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 4.19.1, on 18 September 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 31% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 8 hours.
    14 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 5.4 of 10.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 12 November 2026. How the score works

Cloudreve security

Security advisories are the vulnerabilities the maintainers disclosed on GitHub, with the versions that fix them; many advisories can mean careful disclosure as much as weak code. OpenSSF Scorecard checks how a project is developed and released: reviews, protected branches, pinned dependencies, signed releases. It does not audit the code itself.

Security advisories16 published5 high; 15 list a fixed version
OpenSSF Scorecard5.4 of 10How the project is built and released
Security policyNoNo SECURITY.md or similar
Signed releasesNoDownloads cannot be checked against a signature

Latest advisories

All 16 advisories on GitHub

What each Scorecard check found

  • Binary files10 / 10No compiled binaries checked into the repository
  • Dangerous workflows10 / 10No risky patterns in GitHub Actions
  • Dependency updates10 / 10A tool such as Dependabot keeps dependencies up to date
  • Known vulnerabilities10 / 10No open known vulnerabilities in the code or its dependencies
  • License file10 / 10A license file is present
  • Maintained10 / 10Steady commits and issue activity in the last 90 days
  • Packaging10 / 10Releases are published as packages from CI
  • Pinned dependencies5 / 10Some dependencies use fixed versions
  • Code review2 / 10Some changes are merged without review
  • Best-practices badge0 / 10No OpenSSF Best Practices badge
  • Branch protection0 / 10The main branch has no protection rules
  • Fuzzing0 / 10No fuzz testing found
  • Security policy0 / 10No security policy
  • Signed releases0 / 10Releases are not signed
  • Token permissions0 / 10CI tokens have broad write rights

Advisories read from GitHub on 12 November 2026. From the OpenSSF Scorecard of 15 August 2022; checks that do not apply to Cloudreve are left out.

Cloudreve license: is it open source?

Cloudreve uses GPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Contributors sign a contributor license agreement, which lets the owner relicense their work later.

  1. February 2018First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayGPL-3.0. A contributor license agreement is required.

Cloudreve for developers

Written in

  • Go 100%
  • Go Template <1%
  • Dockerfile <1%
  • Shell <1%

Getting involved

Good first issues1Open, labelled “good first issue”Help wanted1Open, labelled “help wanted”Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues133On GitHub
Authors, 90 days2Of 8 commits
Donationsown pageListed on GitHub

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about Cloudreve

Is Cloudreve open source?

Yes. Cloudreve is published under GPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Cloudreve still maintained?

Its health score is 54 of 100 (actively developed). It had 8 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 21 September 2026, and its latest release came out on 18 September 2026.

How do I run Cloudreve?

You can run it with the Docker image cloudreve/cloudreve, as an app for Linux, macOS, Windows, including ARM and in one click from YunoHost, TrueNAS, Unraid and 2 more. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Cloudreve written in?

Cloudreve is written mainly in Go (100% of the code), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What are the alternatives to Cloudreve?

Close alternatives in the File storage & sync category include Seafile, FileGator, Nextcloud.