Gokapi

File sharing server with expiring links and download limits.

Replaces

Paid file transfer services, such as WeTransfer.

All open-source alternatives to WeTransfer

Difficulty

Difficulty: Easy

1 service, 2 volume mounts, 1 env value to set, no elevated host access. Heuristic score 2 of 11: easy.

Stack

Go (language)

Deployment

docker_compose

Requirements

Not stated.

License

AGPL-3.0 (OSI-approved open source)

Read from github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/LICENSE.md

Business model

Unknown

The README at the pinned commit does not state a business model, so it stays unknown.

Source: github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/README.md, read on 2026-10-22.

Repository

Forceu/Gokapi

GitHub stats

Stars: 2,913
Forks: 155
Open issues and pull requests: 53
Last push: 2026-09-12
Latest release: v2.2.4
Released: 2026-03-10

From the GitHub API on 2026-10-22. These numbers are a snapshot, not live. GitHub detected the license as AGPL-3.0.

Compose file

Config check passed docker compose config exited 0 on this exact file on 2026-10-22.

docker-compose.yaml Version 1

services:
  gokapi:
    image: f0rc3/gokapi:latest
    container_name: gokapi
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:53842:53842"
    volumes:
      - ./gokapi-data:/app/data
      - ./gokapi-config:/app/config
    restart: always
    env_file:
      - "./.env"

From the app's own repository: github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docker-compose.yaml.

Compose file from the app repository.

Install

Docker with the Compose plugin (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docs/setup.rst)
A host with Docker and the Docker Compose plugin. This entry runs from a compose file.
Save the compose file as docker-compose.yaml (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docker-compose.yaml)
Use the compose file shown above.

Save as .env next to the compose file (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/.env.dist)

# Timezone
TZ=UTC
#TZ=Europe/Berlin


# Optional S3
#GOKAPI_AWS_BUCKET=
#GOKAPI_AWS_REGION=
#GOKAPI_AWS_KEY=
#GOKAPI_AWS_KEY_SECRET=
#GOKAPI_AWS_ENDPOINT=


# ID Lengths
#GOKAPI_LENGTH_ID=15
#GOKAPI_LENGTH_HOTLINK_ID=40


# App Directories
#GOKAPI_CONFIG_DIR=config
#GOKAPI_CONFIG_FILE=config.json
#GOKAPI_DATA_DIR=data

# Chunk & Upload Config
#GOKAPI_CHUNK_SIZE_MB=45
#GOKAPI_MAX_FILESIZE=102400
#GOKAPI_MAX_MEMORY_UPLOAD=50
#GOKAPI_MAX_PARALLEL_UPLOADS=3
#TMPDIR=/app/data/tmp


# Other flags
#GOKAPI_DISABLE_CORS_CHECK=false
#GOKAPI_LOG_STDOUT=false
#GOKAPI_ENABLE_HOTLINK_VIDEOS=false

What the compose file check ran with (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docs/setup.rst)
The compose file check ran together with .env.dist from the same commit, saved as .env. The folder held only these files. The setup guide tells the reader to download docker-compose.yaml and .env.dist, rename .env.dist to .env and run docker compose up -d.
Start it (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docs/setup.rst)
```
docker compose up -d
```
Open the app (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docker-compose.yaml)
Open http://localhost:53842. The compose file publishes host port 53842 for the gokapi service. The docs say the first start opens a setup wizard at the /setup path.

Compose file check: config_ok on 2026-10-22.

Gotchas and maintenance

Gotchas

Some images use the latest tag or no tag. Images without a pinned version: gokapi: f0rc3/gokapi:latest. A later pull can get a different version. (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docker-compose.yaml, checked 2026-10-22)
The compose file publishes host ports. Host ports: 127.0.0.1:53842 (gokapi). (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docker-compose.yaml, checked 2026-10-22)
The compose file mounts host folders. Host paths mounted into containers: ./gokapi-data at /app/data (gokapi), ./gokapi-config at /app/config (gokapi). (github.com/Forceu/Gokapi/blob/0142d4c/docker-compose.yaml, checked 2026-10-22)

Signals

Open issues and pull requests: 53
Last push: 2026-09-12 (40 days before this page was built)
Latest release: v2.2.4 on 2026-03-10 (226 days before this page was built)