I built a Discord app for sending large files without Nitro

file.kiwi — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:51:09 +0000

Discord's upload limit kept interrupting the way people actually share files in community servers: game clips, design exports, ZIP archives, logs, and short videos often do not fit in a normal attachment.

I built File Sharing helper by file.kiwi, a Discord app that keeps the workflow inside Discord. You run /file-send, upload the file, and the app posts a file.kiwi link back into the channel so other people can download it.

What I wanted to make better:

No need to ask everyone to buy Nitro just to receive a file
No account required for basic file sharing
The link is created from inside the Discord conversation
Files can expire automatically
Uploads are end-to-end encrypted on file.kiwi
Recipients can start downloading before the upload is fully complete

The project page is here:

https://discord.com/discovery/applications/999199298380111882

I also wrote up the size-limit workflow and tradeoffs here:

https://file.kiwi/blog/bypass-discord-filesize-limit

I am keeping this focused on one use case: when a Discord conversation needs a file that is too large for a normal attachment.

DEV Community: file.kiwi

I built a Discord app for sending large files without Nitro