grishka/NearDrop
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An unofficial Google Nearby Share/Quick Share app for macOS
11 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 3 stories, 8 comments · first 2023-04-14 · latest 2025-08-08
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NearDrop: A Partial Implementation of Google's Nearby/Quick Share for macOSstory by airhangerf15 · 2025-08-08 · 0 comments
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I've enjoyed NearDrop[0] for file transfer. I don't do copy/paste between devices. https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop
comment by lylejantzi3rd · 2024-11-13 · in Ask HN: Apple like integration between iPhone/Android and Linux -
I made NearDrop, a macOS implementation of Google's Nearby Share: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop
comment by grishka · 2024-07-07 · in Sharedrop: Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC – inspired by Apple AirDrop -
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NearDrop: An Unofficial Google Nearby Share App for macOSstory by cglong · 2024-06-29 · 0 comments
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I use NearDrop for sharing files between my Samsung and Macbook: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop
comment by nkzd · 2024-05-23 · in Ask HN: Those who use an Android and macOS, how do you manage sync? -
…on linux (even if via chrome). I made NearDrop, which is a macOS implementation of Nearby Share: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop And of course, someone tried to reimplement it for other OSes: https://github.com/PlutoHDDev/CrossDrop
comment by grishka · 2024-03-11 · in LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices -
I've been using NearDrop, which is open source, for this use-case: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop The most annoying thing is you can't share clipboard text easily, only files or links. Does Ubidrop address that?
comment by bilalq · 2024-01-21 · in Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android" -
…the butt that eventually grew so immense I reverse engineered Google's Nearby Share and made this: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop Though yes, I'm not North American so iMessage is just a non-issue to me. I don't know anyone who uses…
comment by grishka · 2023-12-09 · in Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access -
…tell each other that they're "unable" to do "paired key encryption" and the connection continues: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md
comment by grishka · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
And I reverse engineered enough of its protocol and made an unofficial macOS app: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop
comment by grishka · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
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NearDrop: a partial implementation of Google's Nearby Share for macOSstory by Lutzb · 2023-04-14 · 0 comments