Installation

From Release

Download the latest release and run:

wget https://github.com/root-gg/plik/releases/download/1.4.2/plik-server-1.4.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xzvf plik-server-1.4.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
cd plik-server-1.4.2/server
./plikd

Plik is now running at http://127.0.0.1:8080.

Edit plikd.cfg to adjust the configuration (ports, TLS, TTL, backends, etc.).

TIP

Standalone client binaries for all platforms are also available on the release page. See the CLI documentation for installation instructions.

From Source

Requires Go and Node.js:

git clone https://github.com/root-gg/plik.git
cd plik && make
cd server && ./plikd

Docker

Plik provides multiarch Docker images for linux amd64/i386/arm/arm64:

docker run -p 8080:8080 rootgg/plik

Available tags:

• rootgg/plik:latest — latest release
• rootgg/plik:{version} — specific release
• rootgg/plik:dev — latest master commit

See the Docker Deployment Guide for custom configuration, persistent storage, and Docker Compose examples.

Debian / Ubuntu

Plik provides .deb packages for amd64, arm64, armhf, and i386 via an APT repository hosted on GitHub Pages.

# Add the repository
curl -fsSL https://root-gg.github.io/plik/apt/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/plik.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/plik.gpg] https://root-gg.github.io/plik/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plik.list
sudo apt update

# Install server
sudo apt install plik-server
sudo systemctl start plikd

# Or install just the CLI client
sudo apt install plik-client

The server package installs:

• /usr/bin/plikd — server binary
• /etc/plik/plikd.cfg — configuration (preserved on upgrade)
• Systemd service (plikd.service)
• Webapp, client binaries, and changelog under /usr/share/plik/
• Data directory at /var/lib/plik/

TIP

The plik-server package creates a plik system user and automatically adjusts the default configuration paths for the Debian filesystem layout.