We’re excited to announce that Dropgate Server is now available to install on umbrelOS.
- Dropgate Server on Umbrel App Store
- Dropgate on GitHub
- Public Demo (dropgate.link)
- How does Dropgate work?
Following our TrueNAS launch last month, umbrelOS now marks the second major home server platform where we’ve officially made Dropgate Server available. We’re so glad to see Dropgate slowly being adopted as a viable option for privacy-first, self hosted file sharing.
Why umbrelOS users will love this
umbrelOS has carved out a reputation for making self-hosting genuinely beginner-friendly. The app store model means you don’t have to wrestle with Docker Compose files or environment variables just to get a service up and running — you tap a button, and a few seconds later you’re in business.
Dropgate fits that philosophy nicely. Install the app, open it, and you’ve got your own private file sharing server with optional end-to-end encryption, configurable file lifetimes, and peer-to-peer transfers baked in. Pair it with a Cloudflare Tunnel or Tailscale and you can share files with anyone, anywhere, without ever handing your data over to a third-party cloud service.
Try it out
If you’re already running umbrelOS, head to apps.umbrel.com/app/dropgate-server and give it a go. If you’re new to Dropgate and want to understand how it actually works under the hood — the two transfer protocols, the encryption story, the privacy model — our Dropgate explainer is a good place to start.
As always, Dropgate is fully open source and free. If it ends up being useful to you, a coffee via Buy Me a Coffee goes a long way towards keeping the project alive.
- WillTDA, Founder of Diamond Digital Development