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PairDrop: Transfer Files Cross-Platform. No Setup, No Signup.
28 mentions on Hacker News by 22 people: 9 stories, 19 comments · first 2023-02-11 · latest 2026-09-18
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Pairdrop is a fork with new features. See: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop#differences-to-th...
comment by SoKamil · 2026-09-18 · in Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup -
There is a fork of it here: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
comment by ranger_danger · 2026-09-17 · in Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup -
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PairDrop: Transfer Files Cross-Platform. No Setup, No Signupstory by cachius · 2026-04-28 · 1 comment
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Pairdrop is awesome! The docs are a bit hidden, the FAQ is at https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop/blob/master/docs/... and the How-To for integration into Share menu on Android, iOS and Windows at…
comment by cachius · 2026-04-28 · in Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop -
https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop A similar project but this one works entirely in the browser and can connect to clients beyond your local network with "public" rooms
comment by miguel-muniz · 2026-04-28 · in Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop -
…visit without entering IPs like https://pairdrop.net/ It even has a shortcut for the share menu! https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/blob/master/docs/...
comment by cachius · 2025-10-24 · in What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail? -
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PairDrop – Cross-Platform open source AirDrop alternativestory by _benj · 2025-06-17 · 1 comment
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PairDrop: Open-Source Transfer Files Cross-Platformstory by _benj · 2025-04-28 · 0 comments
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I really like PairDrop https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
comment by arthursw · 2025-03-12 · in Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser -
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PairDrop: Transfer Files Cross-Platform, no setup, no signupstory by diggan · 2025-01-21 · 0 comments
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…https://github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh https://github.com/timvisee/send https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop https://github.com/SnapDrop/snapdrop
comment by haunter · 2024-08-17 · in Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely -
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PairDrop – Local file sharing in the browserstory by abbe98 · 2024-03-22 · 0 comments
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…2. SnapDrop https://snapdrop.net/ https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop . A fork PairDrop https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop 3. Instant.io https://instant.io/ 4. file ai http://fileai.com/ 5. Send Anywhere…
comment by smusamashah · 2024-03-11 · in LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices -
…work everywhere obviously but it does seem to effectively solve this problem within my household. https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
comment by XorNot · 2024-02-15 · in How to copy a file between devices? (2022) -
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PairDrop: Local File Sharing in the Browserstory by bovem · 2024-01-24 · 0 comments
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…pairdrop [1] which works even in situations when you have Apple Private Relay or a VPN. [1] https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
comment by bluish29 · 2024-01-21 · in Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop -
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PairDrop: Local file sharing in the browser. Inspired by Apple's AirDropstory by thunderbong · 2024-01-14 · 0 comments
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…No apps to install, just web based "AirDrop" that works across macOS, Windows, iOS, Linux... https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
comment by luckman212 · 2024-01-13 · in YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution -
PairDrop works: https://pairdrop.net/ https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop Other alternatives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38915909
comment by ckcheng · 2024-01-13 · in YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution -
…: https://pairdrop.net/ is a fork of SnapDrop with a more responsive maintainer (apparently: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/discussions/115 )
comment by j1elo · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
…sharing files, but the bug ticket in Pairdrop does not make me hopeful for a good solution (see: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/issues/44 ) Are you able to achieve similar performance in Pairdrop that you did with Localsend?
comment by bigjay517 · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
https://pairdrop.net/ is a fork of SnapDrop with a more responsive maintainer (apparently: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/discussions/115 )
comment by thristian · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
Piling some more alternatives, a fork to snapdrop: https://pairdrop.net/ From the author: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop#differences-to-sn...
comment by axytol · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
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PairDrop: Local File Sharing in the Browserstory by thunderbong · 2023-10-19 · 0 comments
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…locally host PairDrop, so there are no third parties required for the transfer. Check it out here: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop Or try it out here: https://pairdrop.net/
comment by moontear · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
It's using webrtc for a p2p connection, see https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop/blob/master/docs/...
comment by hjalle · 2023-08-25 · in LANDrop – Drop any files to any devices on your LAN -
…Found snapdrop at https://onedoes.github.io/snapdrop/ and a fork PairDrop is in active development https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop
comment by smusamashah · 2023-08-24 · in LANDrop – Drop any files to any devices on your LAN -
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PairDrop: Local File Sharing in the Browserstory by thunderbong · 2023-02-11 · 2 comments