FileDrop
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FileDrop, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FileDrop's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | — | Cloudflare Access: up to 50 users · Workers: 100,000 requests/day · R2: 10 GB storage · KV: 1 GB and 100,000 reads/day · Cloudflare free tier; usage beyond free tier may incur Cloudflare charges |
The facts
Each one read from FileDrop's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Authentication
- Cloudflare Access uses email one-time codes and an email whitelist to protect the dashboard.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The deployment guide says FileDrop works at a free workers.dev URL, with a custom domain optional.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Expiry and cleanup
- Links expire after four hours by default, and an hourly cron deletes files for expired or deactivated links.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File handling
- Uploads stream directly to R2 rather than being buffered in the Worker.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- FileDrop is built on Cloudflare Workers, R2, KV, and Access; the project lists no other integrations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Known limitation
- Interrupted uploads cannot resume, and very large single files may hit Workers request size limits.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository is licensed under MIT, which its README describes as free to use, modify, and distribute.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limits
- Defaults allow files up to 500 MB and up to 20 files per link.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Link security limitation
- Anyone with a shared transfer URL can upload or download, so the project advises against sharing links over insecure channels.checked 12 Oct 2026
- No client installation
- The project says users need only a browser and URL, with no app installs on either computer.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Public transfer links
- Recipients can upload or download through a transfer link without logging in.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- FileDrop is a self-hosted web tool for moving files between computers with time-limited transfer links.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Setup
- Deployment requires a Cloudflare account and locally installed Node.js to run Wrangler; the guide estimates about 20 minutes.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Storage access
- The R2 bucket has no public access and files are reachable through the Worker.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and administration
- User access, login logs, files, metadata, and Worker logs are managed through Cloudflare dashboards.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Desktop app
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Brisbane, Australiachecked 19 Oct 2026
