# root-gg/plik

Plik is a temporary file upload system (Wetransfer like) in Go.

Repository: https://github.com/root-gg/plik
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plik
Homepage: https://plik.root.gg
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: golang, file-upload, file-sharing, docker, self-hosted, e2ee, mcp
Last push: 2026-08-19T03:39:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 77, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4154, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 155, "gap_med": 13.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1814, forks 196 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.831130+00:00)

## What it is
Plik is a self-hosted temporary file upload and sharing system similar to WeTransfer, written in Go with a Vue 3 web UI and a powerful CLI client. It supports multiple storage and metadata backends, authentication providers, TTL-based auto-cleanup, one-shot downloads, stream mode, and end-to-end encryption with Age.

## Use cases
- self-host a wetransfer alternative
- share temporary files with expiring links
- upload files from the command line
- send one-time download links that delete after first download
- share files with end-to-end encryption
- stream files between users without storing them
- integrate file uploads into an AI assistant via MCP

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, scalable temporary file sharing service
- you need CLI and web clients with interoperable E2E encryption
- you want flexible storage backends like S3, Swift, or GCS
- you need one-shot or TTL-expiring uploads with auto-cleanup

## When to avoid
- you need permanent long-term file hosting
- you want a fully managed SaaS without running your own server
- you need peer-to-peer transfer without a server component

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: file-upload, http-server, cli, cryptography, self-hosted, mcp
- domain: files, self-hosted, web-development, privacy
- platform: windows, self-hosted, go, cli
- tags: file-sharing, temporary-file-upload, wetransfer-alternative, end-to-end-encryption, oneshot-downloads, stream-mode, vue3-frontend, prometheus-metrics, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- root-gg/plik (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.831130+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:21:06.485007+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/root-gg/plik (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.831130+00:00, sha f8c8f6e7f569)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.