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Aktar

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Share files instantly from your own cloud. Mac, Windows, iOS

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Share files instantly from your own cloud. Mac, Windows, iOS

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File storage and sharing apps

Aktar is a free, open-source app for instantly sharing files through your own S3-compatible storage. Drop a file and Aktar uploads it to S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, MinIO or similar storage, then copies the shareable link to your clipboard. Works with any file: screenshots, logs, builds, videos. No accounts, no intermediary servers, and your files stay in your own storage. Available on Mac, Windows and iOS, with Android coming soon.

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Aktar

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built Aktar because sharing a file shouldn't require uploading it to someone else's cloud first. I already use S3-compatible storage for my own projects, but sharing a file usually meant opening a dashboard, uploading it, finding the public URL, and copying it manually. I wanted that whole flow to take a few seconds. So I built Aktar - a native macOS menu bar app that uploads files directly to your own S3-compatible storage and instantly copies the shareable link to your clipboard. It works with services like Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, MinIO and other S3-compatible providers. There's no Aktar account, no intermediary server, and the app is completely open source. macOS is the first release, and I'm planning Windows, iOS and Android next. I'd especially love feedback on the setup flow and what storage providers or features you'd like to see next. 🙌

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Why does sharing a file still require uploading it to someone else's cloud?

I kept running into the same workflow: open an S3/R2 dashboard, upload a file, find the public URL, copy it, then finally share it.

So I built Aktar - a native macOS menu bar app that uploads files directly to your own S3-compatible storage and copies the shareable link instantly.

No Aktar account, no intermediary server, and the project is open source.

I'm curious: if you use S3, R2, MinIO or similar storage, what would make a tool like this genuinely useful in your daily workflow?

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