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Pingvin Share X vs Gokapi: catalog facts
Pingvin Share XGokapi
Free

Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause licence.

Free

Free and open source to host yourself.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Reverse shares for receiving files from others
  • OIDC and LDAP sign-in
  • Uploads restricted to the administrator, so it cannot be abused as a public host
  • Optional AWS S3 storage backend
  • A fork maintained by a single developer
  • Needs Docker or Node.js to host
  • Only the administrator can upload, so it does not suit collecting files from others
  • You need to run and maintain your own server
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause License not stated
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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 24, 2026

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