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Cross-platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with WiFi chips (and optionally Bluetooth) in close range.

19 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 6 stories, 13 comments · first 2017-08-10 · latest 2026-04-28

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  1. …p2p the closest I have found is FlyingCarpet [1]. But it is not super reliable or friendly. [1] https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet
    comment by nyreed · 2026-04-28 · in Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
  2. …that's more like AirDrop, doesn't require a local network and configures the hotspot automatically: https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
    comment by spieglt · 2024-01-22 · in Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android"
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    FlyingCarpet: File transfers over ad-hoc WiFi
    story by anewhnaccount2 · 2024-01-21 · 0 comments
  4. Mine does! https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
    comment by spieglt · 2024-01-21 · in Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop
  5. Related projects: - FlyingCarpet: direct transfer over local adhoc WIFI: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet - LANDrop: Drop any files to any devices on your LAN: https://github.com/LANDrop/LANDrop - Snapdrop: In-browser file transfer…
    comment by gslepak · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative
  6. …Chinese, Greek, Russian blogs etc., so hopefully they fill some people's needs besides my own. https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet https://cloaker.mobi https://github.com/spieglt/cloaker https://github.com/spieglt/whatfiles…
    comment by spieglt · 2022-09-30 · in Ask HN: HN people who write meaningful software, how did you learn to program?
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    Show HN: Flying Carpet iOS, file transfer to Windows and Linux, no internet reqd
    story by spieglt · 2022-08-04 · 0 comments
  8. If you're physically close but not on the same network, please check out https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet .
    comment by spieglt · 2020-09-18 · in Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another
  9. Here's an alternative to AirDrop! https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet Linux, Mac, and Windows, requires no network, just two laptops with wireless cards.
    comment by spieglt · 2020-09-18 · in Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another
  10. I wrote github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet because I needed AirDrop on my Linux and Windows machines, pretty much does the same thing as running a Python server but over ad hoc wifi.
    comment by spieglt · 2020-09-03 · in Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?
  11. …when I finish a project I want to take months off, and may not have another idea for a while. *like https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet https://github.com/spieglt/whatfiles https://github.com/spieglt/cloaker
    comment by spieglt · 2020-07-27 · in How to pay your rent with your open source project
  12. It's wonderful just like SnapDrop and I recently found another one: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet I love the "Air Drop" feature from apple and I'm very happy we can do this on linux now without the need to explain someone how to…
    comment by VvR-Ox · 2019-11-04 · in ShareDrop – P2P File Transfer Using WebRTC
  13. …into my project which transfers files between laptops using only wireless cards, no LAN required. https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
    comment by spieglt · 2019-03-12 · in Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service
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    Show HN: Flying Carpet 2.0 – Ad-hoc wifi, cross-platform encrypted file transfer
    story by spieglt · 2019-01-11 · 0 comments
  15. …to phones like this, and yours could benefit from not needing a wireless network like Flying Carpet. http://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
    comment by spieglt · 2018-03-23 · in Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR code from the terminal
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    Flying Carpet encrypted file transfer over ad-hoc WiFi, no wireless AP required
    story by CSDude · 2018-01-11 · 0 comments
  17. …advice on finding users, testers, and contributors besides posting on Show HN, please let me know. https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
    comment by spieglt · 2018-01-10 · in Turning a side project into an open-source project
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    Show HN: Flying Carpet – encrypted file transfer via ad-hoc WiFi, no AP required
    story by spieglt · 2017-12-20 · 1 comment
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    Show HN: Flying Carpet – Ad-hoc wireless, cross-platform, encrypted file sharing
    story by spieglt · 2017-08-10 · 14 comments