Pydio

Self-hosted file sharing and collaboration server for organizations, written in Go as a set of microservices on top of MySQL or MariaDB.

2.3k stars, 233 forks Go On GitHub since March 2018

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Pydio at a glance

Open sourceYes, AGPL-3.0No paid parts in the repository
Health70 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDocker, Helm chartOne-click in YunoHost
Interface85 languagesIncluding English, German and French
Issue repliesWithin ~2 daysMedian first reply; 60% of recent issues answered

What is Pydio?

Pydio Cells is a file sharing platform aimed at companies and other organizations that want documents kept on their own servers. It is a complete rewrite of the older PHP-based Pydio project, now built in Go with a microservice architecture, and parts of the old pydio-core frontend were carried over. The server stores its metadata in MySQL 5.6 or newer, or an equivalent MariaDB, and a guided installer walks through the first configuration before the web interface opens on port 8080. Translation files cover 85 interface languages, with community translations managed through Crowdin.

Good fit if

  • Your organization wants an on-premises place to store and share files instead of a hosted cloud drive.
  • You run Kubernetes and would like to install the server from a Helm chart, or prefer Docker.
  • Staff work in many languages and need the interface in their own.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want file sync bundled with calendars, contacts and office apps: Nextcloud.
  • You only need devices kept in sync with each other, with no central server: Syncthing.
  • A lighter file manager in the browser is enough: Filestash.

Before you adopt it

The code is under AGPL-3.0, so a modified version offered to users over a network must have its source published. No paid parts were found in the repository, but contributors must sign a contributor license agreement. The pydio organization maintains it, with nine authors active over the last 90 days and v5.1.1 released in November 2026. The README warns that the main branch holds Cells v5 as work in progress and is used at your own risk. Windows is described as not yet supported, while macOS, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS are the tested systems.

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 Pydio yourself

One-click install

Not listed in Umbrel, TrueNAS, Unraid, CasaOS, Runtipi, Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts and Coolify. 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
pydio/cells: 2.1M pulls · x86-64, ARM64 · 146 MB download
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
85 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish
Show all 85

Afrikaans, Akan, Albanian, Arabic, Aragonese, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Basque, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Irish, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Northern Sami, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Occitan, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Romansh, Russian, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh, Western Frisian, Wolof, Xhosa

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

Pydio health: is it still maintained?

70 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~23 days9 releases in 12 months; latest v5.1.1
Issue repliesWithin ~2 daysMedian first reply; 60% of recent issues answered
Bus factorLow riskThe most active of 9 authors wrote 33% of recent commits
  • Activity
    53 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 9 November 2026.
    21 / 30
  • Contributors
    9 people wrote the 53 commits of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 33% of them.
    13 / 20
  • Releases
    9 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v5.1.1, on 2 November 2026.
    18 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 60% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 2 days.
    14 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 4 of 10.
    4 / 10

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

Pydio 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 advisoriesNone publishedNo advisories in the repository’s Security tab
OpenSSF Scorecard4 of 10How the project is built and released
Security policyYesExplains how to report a vulnerability

What each Scorecard check found

  • License file10 / 10A license file is present
  • Maintained10 / 10Steady commits and issue activity in the last 90 days
  • Security policy10 / 10Explains how to report a vulnerability
  • Binary files6 / 10A few compiled binaries are checked into the repository
  • Code review3 / 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
  • Pinned dependencies0 / 10Dependencies are not pinned to fixed versions
  • Static analysis0 / 10No static analysis found

Advisories read from GitHub on 12 November 2026. From the OpenSSF Scorecard of 9 November 2026; checks that do not apply to Pydio are left out.

Pydio license: is it open source?

Pydio uses AGPL-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. March 2018First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0. A contributor license agreement is required.

Pydio for developers

Written in

  • Go 50%
  • JavaScript 35%
  • CSS 7%
  • TypeScript 3%
  • HTML 2%
  • Other 3%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues47On GitHub
Authors, 90 days9Of 53 commits

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

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Questions about Pydio

Is Pydio open source?

Yes. Pydio is published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Pydio still maintained?

Its health score is 70 of 100 (actively developed). It had 53 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 9 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 2 November 2026.

How do I run Pydio?

You can run it with the Docker image pydio/cells, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository and in one click from YunoHost. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is Pydio written in?

Pydio is written mainly in Go (50% of the code), with JavaScript (35%) and CSS (7%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What languages is Pydio available in?

The repository has interface translations for 85 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

What are the alternatives to Pydio?

Close alternatives in the File storage & sync category include OpenCloud, Nextcloud, Puter.