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Pingvin Share X vs Safebucket: catalog facts
Pingvin Share X	Safebucket
Free Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Reverse shares for receiving files from others OIDC and LDAP sign-in	Files go directly to storage, not through the server SSO through any OIDC provider plus TOTP
A fork maintained by a single developer Needs Docker or Node.js to host	Requires S3-compatible storage and several supporting services Aimed at teams more than individual users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-2-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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