Copyparty vs WeTransfer
Copyparty and WeTransfer are both file transfer software. Copyparty is open source under MIT, with 47k GitHub stars. WeTransfer is a commercial product from Bending Spoons.
Which to pick
- Pick Copyparty when
- You want to turn a NAS, PC or Raspberry Pi into a browser-accessible file drop and share point in minutes.
- Pick WeTransfer when
- You occasionally need to send a large file to someone outside your organisation without setting up shared storage.
Side by side
A single-file Python file server with resumable uploads, deduplication, thumbnails, media indexing and access over HTTP, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, TFTP and SMB.
Sends large files to people by link or email, with no account needed on the free tier.
Mostly one developer's work, and its many protocols and options need careful permission configuration before exposing it to the internet.
Since Bending Spoons bought it the free tier has tightened, and links expire, so it is not storage.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and command line
Cloud service
Python and JavaScript
Not published
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Closed source, sold by Bending Spoons
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
47k GitHub stars
3.8k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 7 years ago, latest release v1.20.26.
Not known
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.