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Sharry vs Pingvin Share X: catalog facts
Sharry	Pingvin Share X
Free Free and open source to host yourself.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-2-Clause licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Handles both sending and receiving files Docker and Nix deployment options	Reverse shares for receiving files from others OIDC and LDAP sign-in
Requires your own server The Scala/JVM stack is heavier than minimal alternatives	A fork maintained by a single developer Needs Docker or Node.js to host
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	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 September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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