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Pingvin Share X vs Files Sharing: catalog facts
Pingvin Share X	Files Sharing
Free Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Reverse shares for receiving files from others OIDC and LDAP sign-in	No database needed, data is kept in JSON files Expiry dates, download limits and passwords per bundle
A fork maintained by a single developer Needs Docker or Node.js to host	Requires a PHP server or Docker to run Uploader access is limited to IP rules or a login and password
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: GPL-3.0
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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