Comparison
Fileship vs Chibisafe: a self-hosted Chibisafe alternative
Chibisafe is a self-hosted file uploader with albums and a browser extension. Fileship has the same, with nested folders instead of flat albums, and adds passwords, expiry and view limits, notes, a Windows app and AI search.
Side by side
Checked against Chibisafe 6.7 in October 2026.
| Fileship | Chibisafe | |
|---|---|---|
| ShareX and other uploaders | ||
| Desktop app for capture and recording | Windows | |
| Your files in File Explorer | Harbor | |
| Browser extension | ||
| AI search, captions, OCR | on your server | |
| Folders | nested, shared | flat albums |
| Passwords, expiry and view limits | album links | |
| Storage | Local, S3, SFTP, FTP | Local, S3 |
| Passkeys and two-factor | ||
| Single sign-on | OIDC | |
| Webhooks | Discord, Slack, JSON | |
| Scheduled, restorable backups | ||
| Updates from the dashboard | zero downtime | |
| Languages | 12 | 1 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
What Fileship adds
A native Windows app
Capture a region across every monitor, annotate it, copy text with OCR or record a video or GIF. The link lands on your clipboard.
Your files in File Explorer
Fileship Harbor shows your files and folders in File Explorer, online-only until you open them, and syncs renames, moves and deletes.
AI search on your server
Find files by describing them, with captions, OCR and sensitive content detection. Every model runs on your own hardware, and all of it is optional.
Updates without downtime
A blue/green updater starts the new version next to the old one and switches over once it is healthy, and the database upgrades itself.
Sharing with limits
Passwords, expiry and view limits on every file and link, folders shared with other users as viewers or editors, and Discord previews you design.
Backups and a trash
Scheduled account backups you can restore, a trash that keeps deleted files for a while, and webhooks for Discord, Slack or signed JSON.
Where Chibisafe is ahead
Chibisafe is MIT licensed and has a simpler setup with fewer moving parts.
Moving from Chibisafe
Fileship imports a Chibisafe 6 SQLite database with its uploads folder: accounts, files with their names, link names and dates, albums as folders, short links and snippets as notes.
Read the migration guideQuestions
- Is Fileship free?
- Yes. Fileship is open source under AGPL-3.0, and you run it on your own server.
- Does Fileship work with ShareX like Chibisafe?
- Yes. Fileship takes uploads from ShareX, Flameshot, curl, iOS Shortcuts and other uploaders, and has its own Windows app and browser extension.
- Can I move my data from Chibisafe?
- Fileship imports a Chibisafe 6 SQLite database with its uploads folder: accounts, files with their names, link names and dates, albums as folders, short links and snippets as notes.
- What do I need to run Fileship?
- Docker with Compose, 2 CPU cores and 2 GB of RAM, or 4 GB or more with AI.