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Slink vs XBackBone: catalog facts
SlinkXBackBone
Free

Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.

Free

Free and open source; you host it yourself.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Private-by-default shares with optional password and expiry
  • Local, SMB or S3 storage backends
  • One-click uploader configs for ShareX and other capture tools
  • Local, S3, FTP and SFTP storage backends
  • Requires running your own server with Docker
  • Focused on images rather than general files
  • Version 4 is a ground-up rewrite still under development
  • Needs a PHP server or similar setup to host
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: AGPL-3.0 License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed Account needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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