Pingvin Share X
File sharing platform with support for logins, reverse shares, share expiry, S3 Buckets, advanced authentication, ClamAV for security scans and more (fork of Pingvin Share).
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 103 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.1.0 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
Pingvin Share X quick facts
- Health score
- 91/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 546
- Last commit
- 3 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.1.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- BSD-2-Clause
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Pingvin Share X is a fork of Pingvin Share, a self-hosted file sharing platform and an alternative for WeTransfer."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Pingvin Share X scores 91/100, #8 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 103 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.1.0, 5 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 546 stars add 11.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 9.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
103 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.1.0 released 5 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 11.0 / 20
546 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 103
- Last 90 days
- 212
- Last 12 months
- 3 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #8 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between 015 (#7) and Flare (#9) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause |
| Platforms | Docker, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v2.1.0 · 5 days ago |
| Stars | 546 |
| Open issues | 40 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | smp46/pingvin-share-x ↗ |
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Pingvin Share X: common questions
Is Pingvin Share X still maintained?
Pingvin Share X had 103 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 3 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.1.0, is from 5 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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