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Lufi vs goploader: catalog facts
Lufi	goploader
Free Free and open source under the GNU AGPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Command line
Files are encrypted in the browser before upload Long-running project, developed since 2015	Upload from the terminal with the client, curl, httpie or wget Server-side encryption with the key not kept on the server
Requires running a Perl application on your own server Fewer management features than larger file-sharing platforms	Author warns much of its technology is outdated Maintained as is, with little new development
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
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 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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