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Pingvin Share

Self-hosted file sharing alternative to WeTransfer

File Sync & Storage Archived ★ 4.7k stars Easy setup BSD-2-Clause

This project is archived. Upstream development has stopped, so expect no new features or security fixes. Consider an actively maintained file sync & storage alternative.

Pingvin Share is a self-hosted file sharing platform with a clean interface, designed as an alternative to WeTransfer and Firefox Send. It supports expiring shares and password protection.

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Key features

  • Expiring share links
  • OAuth and LDAP login
  • Password-protected shares

Strengths

  • Released under the BSD-2-Clause license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (4.7k GitHub stars)

Is Pingvin Share secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Pingvin Share's latest release (v1.13.0). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2025-22137, published 2025-01-08 (644 days ago), fixed in 1.4.0

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Pingvin Share replaces

Self-hosted WeTransfer alternativesSelf-hosted Firefox Send alternatives

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