Drop a file on the menu bar, get a link on your clipboard. Aktar uploads straight to your own S3-compatible storage. No account, no middleman.
Works withAmazon S3Cloudflare R2Backblaze B2
Works with the storage you already have
Pick a provider, paste your access keys and bucket name. Keys go straight into the macOS Keychain.
Drag files onto the menu bar popover, pick them from Finder, or press ⌃⇧⌘U in any app to upload whatever is on your clipboard.
The public URL lands on your clipboard as a plain link, Markdown, HTML, or your own template.
A small, native app that does one job and does it well.
Links like files.example.com/A7kdP2x.png instead of a long path, never written over an existing file. Already use Shlink, YOURLS, Kutt, Dub or Short.io? Connect it, and the short link is what's copied, with its clicks in History. On Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Learn morePaste one Cloudflare API token and Aktar creates the bucket, turns on public links on r2.dev or your own domain, and saves the destination. The token isn't kept.
Learn moreShare to Another Device shows a destination as a QR code. Scan it on your other computer or phone, type the transfer code, and it's there with its keys, encrypted on the way.
Learn morePoint Aktar at your screenshots, exports, build output or Downloads, and every new file of any type goes up about 2 seconds after it's written. Each folder has its own destination, filters and cleanup, and nothing is skipped or uploaded twice.
Learn moreReal thumbnails for videos, PDFs, RAW photos and documents in History and the bucket view, and videos and audio play right there. Keep thumbnails only on your device, in a folder of your own bucket so your other devices show them too, or turn them off. They never go anywhere else. On Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Learn moreImages go to Screenshots and builds to Builds without picking each time. Replace a file and its link keeps working, with the CDN cache cleared for you. Run a webhook or a script after each upload, and upload from Shortcuts. On Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android.
Learn moreShow any upload as a QR code and open it on a phone, or copy and save the image. Send a file that's already in your bucket and Aktar copies the link you have instead of uploading it again.
Learn moreConvert photos to WebP or AVIF, recompress them and shrink them to the size you need, set per destination. GPS location is removed before anything is uploaded, unless you choose to keep it.
Learn moreUpload with Aktar sits in Finder's Services and in the Share menu of Photos, Safari and other apps, and in Explorer's right-click menu on Windows. Give it a shortcut and whatever you've selected becomes a link.
Drop a folder and share it as one ZIP link, or upload it file by file with its subfolders. Hidden files like .env, .git and .DS_Store stay behind.
Big files go up in parts, several at a time, so 5 GB isn't a limit anymore. A dropped connection is retried, and a failed upload picks up from the parts already in your bucket, even after a restart.
Object paths are templates. The default is {year}/{month}/{uuid}.{ext}; add {filename}, {date}, {random}, or {sha256} and {md5} for names made from the file's contents. Hold Option (Alt on Windows) to name a file before it uploads.
Sharing something just for a while? Pick Delete after 1, 7, 14 or 30 days and forget about it. Your bucket's own lifecycle rules delete the file on schedule, even when Aktar isn't running, so temporary shares don't pile up. Aktar sets up the rules in one click and leaves your other rules alone.
Learn moreSee every folder and file in your buckets, not just what Aktar uploaded. Search the whole bucket, preview files, copy public or temporary links that work for private buckets too, and upload, rename, move or delete without leaving the Library.
No Dock icon, no window to babysit. Click the icon, drop a file, done. Upload several files at once and retry failed ones with a click.
Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces, MinIO or any S3-compatible endpoint. You pay your provider, not us.
URL, Markdown, HTML, or a custom template. Images get embed markup, everything else gets a link.
Every upload with a real thumbnail, also for videos, PDFs, RAW photos and documents, and previews for images, PDFs, text and Markdown. Videos and audio play right there. Filter by destination, select several and copy them in bulk.
Screenshots, Builds, Client share: each profile has its own bucket, path, copy format, link and Delete after. Pick one and upload.
Shared the wrong file? Delete it from your bucket right from the history, not just from the list.
Press ⌃⇧⌘U in any app and whatever is on your clipboard, a screenshot or a file copied in Finder, is uploaded without opening the panel. You can change it to any combination in Settings.
Tip: ⌃⇧⌘4 puts a screenshot on your clipboard, ⌃⇧⌘U turns it into a link.
Optional notifications when an upload finishes, auto-close after upload, and launch at login.
Upload the clipboard or files selected in Finder or File Explorer, search your history with thumbnails and browse your buckets straight from Raycast, on Mac and Windows. Your keys stay in Aktar.
Get the extensionBuilt with SwiftUI, so it feels right at home on macOS.
Pick a destination, drop your files and grab recent links without leaving what you're doing.
Browse every bucket folder by folder, search all of it, preview files and copy public or temporary links.
Record your own global shortcut, or keep the default ⌃⇧⌘U. It works even when the panel is closed.
Decide what lands on your clipboard after each upload, including your own template.
Connect a bucket in under a minute. Presets fill in the right endpoint and region for you.
Aktar has no servers. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to phone home to.
Your access keys are stored in the macOS Keychain and only used to sign requests to your own endpoint.
Files travel straight from your Mac to your bucket. No proxy, no middleman.
No analytics, no tracking, no account system.
Runs in the App Sandbox with the Hardened Runtime, and every release is notarized by Apple.
MIT licensed. Read the code, build it yourself, send a pull request.
Free and open source. Pick your platform.
Version 0.21.0 · macOS 14 Sonoma or later
brew install --cask getaktar/tap/aktar
Updates arrive the day they're released. Windows may warn you, since the app isn't signed yet. How to install
Yes. Aktar is free and open source under the MIT license. There is no subscription, no account and no upload limit on Aktar's side.
Read moreA Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later, and an account with any S3-compatible storage provider.
Read moreAny storage that speaks the Amazon S3 API. Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, DigitalOcean Spaces and MinIO have built-in presets, and everything else works through the "Other S3-Compatible" option.
Read moreIt's the address your files are served from, such as a custom domain or CDN in front of your bucket (for example files.example.com). Aktar joins it with the object path to build the link it copies.
Read morePress ⌃⇧⌘4 to capture an area to your clipboard, then press ⌃⇧⌘U. Aktar uploads the screenshot and copies its link, ready to paste.
Read moreYes. Press ⌃⇧⌘U in any app and Aktar uploads what's on your clipboard: a file you copied in Finder or an image such as a screenshot. The link is copied as soon as the upload finishes.
Read moreWhatever you choose in Settings → Output: the plain URL, Markdown, HTML, or your own template. Images are copied as embeds, other files as regular links.
Read moreNo. Aktar has no servers. Files go straight from your Mac to the storage endpoint you configure, and your access keys are stored in the macOS Keychain.
Read moreThe upload worked, but the file isn't publicly readable at your Public Base URL. Let the bucket (or the domain or CDN in front of it) allow public reads, and check that the Public Base URL points at the right bucket.
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Download Aktar, connect your bucket, and never open an upload form again.
Download for MacDownload for WindowsUpdates arrive the day they're released. Windows may warn you, since the app isn't signed yet. How to install
