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Lufi vs Pingvin Share X: catalog facts
Lufi	Pingvin Share X
Free Free and open source under the GNU AGPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Files are encrypted in the browser before upload Long-running project, developed since 2015	Reverse shares for receiving files from others OIDC and LDAP sign-in
Requires running a Perl application on your own server Fewer management features than larger file-sharing platforms	A fork maintained by a single developer Needs Docker or Node.js to host
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-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 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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