
FilePizza
The facts below are what the maker publishes about FilePizza, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From FilePizza's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Hosted FilePizza | Free | Peer-to-peer transfers · file size limited by browser |
The facts
Each one read from FilePizza's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Closing the browser
- When the uploader closes their browser, the file URLs stop working for new downloads; completed downloaders can continue seeding to incomplete downloaders.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Mobile browsers
- FilePizza works on most mobile browsers, including Mobile Safari.checked 5 Oct 2026
What it does
- Direct transfer
- Files are sent directly from the uploader’s browser to the downloader’s browser and do not pass through FilePizza’s servers.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Download tracking
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Encryption
- WebRTC communications are encrypted using public-key cryptography through DTLS.checked 5 Oct 2026
- File size
- The maximum file size depends on what the browser can handle.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- FilePizza is released under the BSD 3-Clause license.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Multiple downloads
- Multiple people can download a shared file using its short or long URL.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Multiple files
- Users can upload multiple files at once, which downloaders receive as a zip file.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Password protection
- Uploads can use an optional password for an additional layer of security.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- FilePizza provides peer-to-peer file transfers in a browser using WebRTC.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The project documents running FilePizza with Docker and allows server configuration, including optional Redis storage.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Transfer controls
- Uploaders can monitor transfer progress and stop a transfer.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Uploader availability
- The uploader must leave their browser window open until the transfer completes.checked 5 Oct 2026



