Security and privacy · by Mr Cowboy LLC (files stored by LimeWire)
file.io
A no-account file sharing page: upload files or a folder and get a share link that expires.
It is built around files that do not linger: links expire on their own instead of piling up in cloud storage.
ChangedLiveLicense unclearThis site has changed since it became known for this. It now goes to https://www.file.io/.
For your project
- Official API
- API unclear
- Formats
- JSON
- Data download
- Not stated
- License
- site terms (LimeWire Terms of Service) use of the upload service
- Commercial use
- Commercial use unclear
- Credit
- Not stated
- Embedding
- Embedding unclear
- Using the website
- Free tier
Read on file.io's own pages on Oct 23, 2026 · license or terms · API docs. Check the license page before you ship.
For your agent
No official API. An agent should not scrape the site: use it by hand.
- The home page still shows the old keyless REST API (curl -F file=@... https://file.io, 14-day default expiry, delete after one download), but the site's own llms.txt says files are now stored by LimeWire, links open on limewire.com and live 3 days; a GET for a file key now returns an HTML 404 page, not JSON, so treat the API as unconfirmed. No SDK.
- Do not rely on the documented REST API until a test upload confirms it still works
- No illegal or copyrighted content; use is under LimeWire's terms
- llms.txt says training models on its content is not allowed (see robots.txt Content-Signal)
llms.txt: www.file.io/llms.txt
Paste into your agent: Read https://agentgid.com/resources/file-io/agent.md before using file.io.
What you can build
- A link in an internal tool's docs pointing people to a no-account way to hand over a large file
- A how-to guide comparing expiring file-sharing services by retention rules
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