Plik
Scalable and friendly temporary file upload system.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 33 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.4.3 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: WeTransfer alternatives.
At a glance
Plik quick facts
- Health score
- 93/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 1,830
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.4.3, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Plik is a scalable & friendly temporary file upload system — like WeTransfer, self-hosted."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Plik scores 93/100, #4 of 33 in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload: 33 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.4.3, 9 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,830 stars add 13.1 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 6.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
33 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.4.3 released 9 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.1 / 20
1.8k 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
- 33
- Last 90 days
- 590
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #4 of 33 tools in File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload by health , between Zipline (#3) and Slink (#5) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | 1.4.3 · 9 days ago |
| Stars | 1,830 |
| Open issues | 23 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | root-gg/plik ↗ |
Plik vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Plik (File Transfer - Single-click & Drag-n-drop Upload), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plik (this tool) | 93 | 1.8k | MIT | yesterday |
| 015 | 91 | 422 | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| ProjectSend | 83 | 2k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
| Gokapi | 66 | 2.9k | GPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| PictShare | 61 | 951 | Apache-2.0 | 3 days ago |
| Files Sharing | 57 | 289 | GPL-3.0 | 9 days ago |
Plik: common questions
Is Plik still maintained?
Plik had 33 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 1.4.3, is from 9 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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