PicoShare is a minimalist service that allows you to share files easily.

• Live demo

There are a million services for sharing files, but none of them are quite like PicoShare. Here are PicoShare's advantages:

• Direct download links: PicoShare gives you a direct download link you can share with anyone. They can view or download the file with no ads or signups.
• No file restrictions: Unlike sites like imgur, Vimeo, or SoundCloud that only allow you to share specific types of files, PicoShare lets you share any file of any size.
• No resizing/re-encoding: If you upload media like images, video, or audio, PicoShare never forces you to wait on re-encoding. You get a direct download link as soon as you upload the file, and PicoShare never resizes or re-encodes your file.

PS_SHARED_SECRET=somesecretpass PORT=3001 \
  go run main.go

To run PicoShare within a Docker container, mount a volume from your local system to store the PicoShare sqlite database.

docker run \
  --env "PORT=3001" \
  --env "PS_SHARED_SECRET=somesecretpass" \
  --publish 3001:3001/tcp \
  --volume "${PWD}/data:/data" \
  --name picoshare \
  mtlynch/picoshare

If you specify settings for a Litestream-compatible cloud storage location, PicoShare will automatically replicate your data.

You can kill the container and start it later, and PicoShare will restore your data from the cloud storage location and continue as if there was no interruption.

PORT=3001
PS_SHARED_SECRET="somesecretpass"
LITESTREAM_BUCKET=YOUR-LITESTREAM-BUCKET
LITESTREAM_ENDPOINT=YOUR-LITESTREAM-ENDPOINT
LITESTREAM_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR-ACCESS-ID
LITESTREAM_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR-SECRET-ACCESS-KEY

docker run \
  --env "PORT=${PORT}" \
  --env "PS_SHARED_SECRET=${PS_SHARED_SECRET}" \
  --env "LITESTREAM_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${LITESTREAM_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" \
  --env "LITESTREAM_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${LITESTREAM_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" \
  --env "LITESTREAM_BUCKET=${LITESTREAM_BUCKET}" \
  --env "LITESTREAM_ENDPOINT=${LITESTREAM_BUCKET}" \
  --publish 3001:3001/tcp \
  --name picoshare \
  mtlynch/picoshare

Notes:

• Only run one Docker container for each Litestream location.
  • PicoShare can't sync writes across multiple instances.

You can adjust behavior of the Docker container by passing these parameters with docker run -e:

If you rebuild the Docker image from source, you can adjust the build behavior with docker build --build-arg:

PicoShare is easy to deploy to cloud hosting platforms:

• fly.io