Send large files
Pingvin Share
Self-hosted WeTransfer alternative.
open source self-hostable Pingvin Share project · ?Upload, get a link, set an expiry — on your own server.
Website ↗ Source ↗ Plan “Send large files” with it
How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
Facts
| Company / project | Pingvin Share project (jurisdiction unknown) |
|---|---|
| Licence | BSD-2-Clause |
| Self-hosting footprint | 128 MB RAM · 0.25 vCPU · 5 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | WeTransfer |
| Upstream (awesome-selfhosted-data) | 395 stars · updated 2026-08-31 · Docker, Nodejs |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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