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Files Sharing vs Pingvin Share X: catalog facts
Files Sharing	Pingvin Share X
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
No database needed, data is kept in JSON files Expiry dates, download limits and passwords per bundle	Reverse shares for receiving files from others OIDC and LDAP sign-in
Requires a PHP server or Docker to run Uploader access is limited to IP rules or a login and password	A fork maintained by a single developer Needs Docker or Node.js to host
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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