Plik
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The facts
Each one read from Plik's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI assistant integration
- The CLI includes an MCP server for AI coding assistants, with tools to upload text and files and retrieve server information.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API
- Plik documents a REST API whose endpoints accept and return JSON unless otherwise noted.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Authentication
- Authentication options include local accounts and providers such as Google, GitHub, OVH, and OpenID Connect.checked 11 Oct 2026
- CLI
- Plik includes a cross-platform Go command-line client with archive, encryption, and auto-update support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Custom branding
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- Official installation options include release binaries, Docker images, Debian or Ubuntu packages, source builds, and Kubernetes Helm.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Optional age end-to-end encryption runs client-side, so the server stores encrypted bytes and does not access the plaintext or passphrase.checked 11 Oct 2026
- End-to-end encryption
- Optional age encryption runs client-side so the server stores encrypted bytes and does not have access to the plaintext or passphrase.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Expiration and one-shot downloads
- Uploads can have configurable time-to-live and can be set to delete after the first download.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Expiration and one-shot uploads
- Uploads support configurable expiration and one-shot downloads that delete a file after its first download.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The project lists a ShareX uploader, a .NET API client, and a Thunderbird add-on as third-party clients.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- Plik is released under the MIT License.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Metadata
- The product page lists SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL as metadata backends.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The security documentation says server-side MIME detection can misidentify Office files such as DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX as ZIP files.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Plik is a self-hosted temporary file sharing platform described as similar to WeTransfer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security headers
- File download responses include nosniff, DENY framing, and a restrictive Content Security Policy.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Storage
- File storage backends include local filesystems and S3-compatible storage, with OpenStack Swift and Google Cloud Storage also listed on the product page.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Streaming
- Stream mode transfers data through the server without persisting it to disk, and waits for a downloader to connect.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Web interface
- It has a Vue 3 web interface for uploading, downloading, and managing files.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- CLI platforms
- The CLI documentation lists binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows, among other platforms.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Desktop app
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
