Safebucket Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Safebucket hosting on xCloud lets you deploy Safebucket and share files and folders with clients through invitation links, on storage you own. xCloud runs the pinned Safebucket 0.7.5 image with a private RustFS bucket in the same stack, generates the administrator password, mounts persistent volumes and publishes both the app and the storage endpoint over HTTPS, as two domains in minutes.

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What is Safebucket?

Safebucket is an open source file sharing platform with pluggable infrastructure where, upstream says, files bypass the server. You create buckets, upload files and folders, and share them with guests through invitation links, with role-based access control, multifactor authentication, file expiration and a trash with configurable retention. Uploads and downloads go straight between the browser and storage through presigned URLs. A self-hosted Safebucket is Apache-2.0 licensed.

On xCloud the template deploys Safebucket 0.7.5 with a private RustFS bucket as its S3-compatible backend, both pinned by digest. RustFS is a pre-release build. The app database and activity logs sit on safebucket_data and the file contents on rustfs_data. It needs two HTTPS domains, runs as a single instance on SQLite, and has no mail server until you add one.

From Sign-Up to a Live File-Sharing Service In Just 3 Easy Steps

A Safebucket stack normally means the app, an S3-compatible store, a bucket with a CORS policy, generated secrets, two domains and two certificates before the first upload. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Safebucket from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain for the app and one for the Storage (S3) endpoint, then enter the administrator email.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the vendor's Safebucket image and a private RustFS bucket, pinned by immutable digest, create the bucket and its CORS policy, mount the safebucket_data and rustfs_data volumes, generate the administrator password and secrets, and publish both domains over HTTPS.
Step 03
Create A Bucket And Invite A Guest
Save the administrator password from the protected installation credentials, open your HTTPS Safebucket URL and sign in with the administrator email. Create your first bucket, upload a file and invite a guest.

Everything Safebucket Does, On Your Own Server

Safebucket runs in full here: invitation-based file sharing on your own domain, with the files kept in a private bucket you own.

Share By Invitation
Share files and folders with guests through invitation links. Self-registration is off, so people join only when you invite them.
Direct Uploads And Downloads
Files go between the browser and the storage domain through short-lived presigned URLs, in 64 MiB parts, with an upstream default limit of 50 GiB per file.
Two-Factor Authentication
Safebucket supports multifactor authentication (TOTP). Stored two-factor secrets are encrypted with a key generated at install.
Trash And Activity Logs
A trash with configurable retention keeps deleted files recoverable for a while, and activity logs record what happened to your shared files.
Private RustFS Bucket Included
File contents live in an S3-compatible RustFS bucket in the same stack. The bucket is private: requests need signed links issued by Safebucket.
Quick Shares With Limits
Upstream supports public share links with options such as a password, maximum downloads and maximum views, plus file expiration.

Everything You Need To Run Your File Sharing 24/7

Managed hosting for Safebucket, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Safebucket 0.7.5 deployed instantly
Vendor image pinned by digest
Private RustFS bucket included
Administrator password generated for you
Free SSL certificate on both domains
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Safebucket

Share deliverables with clients
Invite a client to a bucket and hand over files and folders without sending them through a third-party transfer service.
Keep client files on your own storage
Agencies and freelancers can hold shared files in a private bucket on a server they control, with activity logs showing what happened to them.
Move large files
Browsers send files straight to the storage domain in 64 MiB parts, and upstream's default limit is 50 GiB per file.
Control who can join
With self-registration off, only people you invite get an account, and two-factor authentication adds a second step at sign-in.

Safebucket Screenshots

Safebucket buckets view listing the buckets on a self-hosted instance

Safebucket file view showing an uploaded file inside a bucket

Safebucket vs Alternatives

WeTransfer: A hosted file-transfer service. A Safebucket alternative to WeTransfer keeps shared files in a private bucket on your own server, shared through invitations or share links you create.
Nextcloud: Nextcloud has its own OneClick page. In a Safebucket vs Nextcloud comparison, Nextcloud is a broad file sync and collaboration platform, whereas Safebucket focuses on sharing buckets with guests through invitations.
Seafile: Seafile has its own OneClick page. It is a file sync and share platform with desktop and mobile clients, while Safebucket is a web app built around invitation-based sharing.
Pingvin Share X: Pingvin Share X has its own OneClick page. It is another self-hosted sharing tool, so compare how each handles guests, expiry and storage against your needs.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Safebucket hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Safebucket sits alongside other apps on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Safebucket itself is licensed by its maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own File-Sharing Service?

Safebucket on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Safebucket free?

Yes. Safebucket is Apache-2.0 licensed with no seat fee from the project. You pay for the Cloud VPS that runs the app plus the RustFS store, and the disk grows with every file you share.

How much RAM does Safebucket need?

The manifest asks for 1 CPU core, 512 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk, and QA saw about 245 MiB idle across the stack. Disk is what you will outgrow first, so size the 6 GB plan's storage against the files you expect.

Can you self-host Safebucket with Docker?

Yes, and this template is Safebucket Docker hosting without the wiring: Safebucket 0.7.5 and a RustFS bucket pinned by digest, an aws-cli helper that creates the bucket and its CORS policy, generated secrets, two volumes and HTTPS on two domains.

Why does Safebucket need two domains?

Browsers upload and download directly to the private RustFS storage endpoint using short-lived signed links, so it needs its own HTTPS domain. The Storage domain must stay mapped and reachable over HTTPS, or uploads and downloads fail.

Can people sign themselves up on Safebucket?

No. Self-registration is off, so users join by invitation only. Two-factor authentication adds a second sign-in step, and the administrator email and generated password are applied from the Environment editor on every start, so change them there rather than in the app.

Will Safebucket send invitation emails?

Not until you configure a mail server. With none set, invitation and password-reset emails are written to a folder on the server. Add SMTP settings in the Environment editor to send real email, then redeploy.

What happens if I change a Safebucket domain?

The Safebucket domain is permanent, because it is embedded in invitation and share links. The Storage domain can be changed, but uploads and downloads fail until the app restarts, so change it at a quiet moment.

How do I back up Safebucket?

Back up safebucket_data, which holds the SQLite database, notifications and activity logs, and rustfs_data, which holds all file contents, plus the stable .env values. Stop the stack first for a consistent copy, and keep it off the server too.

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How do I upgrade Safebucket?

The install stays on Safebucket 0.7.5 and its pinned RustFS build until you adopt a newer template version. Copy both volumes first, then read the upstream notes. Nothing upgrades the app on its own, and a redeploy keeps both volumes with your buckets intact.

Is there anything I must not change in Safebucket?

Do not change the MFA encryption key after users enrol an authenticator, or they are locked out. Run a single instance only, because Safebucket uses SQLite and an in-memory cache here, and treat the RustFS pre-release build with care.

Is there a Safebucket cloud service I can use?

This page is your own Safebucket cloud: a dedicated Cloud VPS running the open-source platform and a private bucket, with files on volumes of your own. Nothing is shared with other tenants, and guests join only by invitation.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.