In this video I tested Palmr, an open-source, self-hosted alternative to WeTransfer/SendGB-style file sharing, and I walked through the good, the bad, and the “wait… why isn’t this working?” stuff I ran into. I started from the GitHub repo, looked at the different Docker Compose options (bind mount, Docker volume, Minio, S3), and then showed my full experience deploying it and using it day-to-day. Feature-wise, Palmr impressed me right out of the gate: password-protected shares, custom links/aliases, expiration dates, max views, and a clean dashboard with previews, bulk actions, and a solid admin experience. But I also hit two caveats you need to know about. First, using the Docker image with the “latest” tag caused a JWT/cookie authorization issue for me (uploads worked, but downloads from another browser would fail). Pinning to v3.2.0-beta fixed most of that. Second, I had a repeatable problem when accessing Palmr through Cloudflare Tunnels—downloads/images would break—while switching to a different reverse proxy made everything work instantly. Overall, I love where Palmr is headed, but it’s not quite “set it and forget it” for me yet.