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:mailbox_with_mail: Simple, private file sharing. Mirror of https://gitlab.com/timvisee/send

19 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 1 story, 18 comments · first 2021-03-12 · latest 2026-04-28

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  1. I just use send(formerly FF send) and share a URL via chat or whatever: https://github.com/timvisee/send With a CLI tool as well: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend
    comment by zie · 2026-04-28 · in Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
  2. I use ffsend, the old send.firefox.com stuff https://github.com/timvisee/send There are a bunch of public instances available here: https://github.com/timvisee/send-instances/
    comment by zie · 2025-09-12 · in Show HN: I made a small site to share text and files
  3. …https://github.com/schollz/croc 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
  4. …and never had links not usable by the recipient (shared by mail). [1] https://www.sendutil.com/ [2] https://github.com/timvisee/send
    comment by raphinou · 2024-02-15 · in How to copy a file between devices? (2022)
  5. …with varying file size limits and expiring conditions. - Website: https://send.vis.ee/ - Source: https://github.com/timvisee/send - List of instances at: https://github.com/timvisee/send-instances
    comment by uncharted9 · 2024-02-15 · in How to copy a file between devices? (2022)
  6. …but it works well, so I don't know what there is to maintain. It comes with a cli utility as well. https://github.com/timvisee/send
    comment by stavros · 2024-01-13 · in YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution
  7. I've been using Send, which I really like: https://github.com/timvisee/send
    comment by stavros · 2024-01-13 · in YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution
  8. Probably not what you are asking for, but if you would like to host on your own server, there is https://github.com/timvisee/send which is a fork of Firefox's Send. You get a web interface where you can drag and drop files. It uploads the…
    comment by matusnovak · 2024-01-05 · in Ask HN: What is the best FOSS file sharing protocol/app?
  9. …like ffsend came before send.vis.ee, but the fork explicitly kept compatibility (see the readme at https://github.com/timvisee/send )
    comment by yccs27 · 2022-06-24 · in ffsend: A fully featured Firefox Send command line client
  10. Looks like there is a maintained fork here: https://github.com/timvisee/send
    comment by saghul · 2022-06-24 · in ffsend: A fully featured Firefox Send command line client
  11. …Send (A fork of Mozilla's Send): - Site: https://send.vis.ee/ - Source: https://github.com/timvisee/send - CLI: https://gitlab.com/timvisee/ffsend I've personally used Snapdrop and Croc before and they're both very nice
    comment by Gadiguibou · 2022-01-02 · in OpenDrop: An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python
  12. This is what firefox send did. The code is still maintained here: https://github.com/timvisee/send
    comment by zie · 2021-08-09 · in Show HN: Ots – share a secret via one-time URL
  13. …about "FreeMarker" being the top language so I clicked on it, surprisingly it returns zero code: https://github.com/timvisee/send/search?l=freemarker So does "javascript": https://github.com/timvisee/send/search?l=javascript
    comment by fireattack · 2021-05-05 · in Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send
  14. It should be excluded from the stats as it's marked as documentation though: https://github.com/timvisee/send/blob/master/.gitattributes
    comment by timvisee · 2021-05-05 · in Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send
  15. I think it's the locale files, like this one: https://github.com/timvisee/send/blob/master/public/locales/... If you look at github/linguist, that's what recognizes languages in repos. It has this rule for FreeMarker:…
    comment by TheDong · 2021-05-05 · in Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send
  16. …i18n files with an ".ftl" extension which is the default extension for freemarker templates. Ex: https://github.com/timvisee/send/blob/master/public/locales/...
    comment by niea_11 · 2021-05-05 · in Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send
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    Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send
    story by andredz · 2021-05-05 · 141 comments
  18. …Send is down, but I'm maintaining a fork with a public instance. :) https://send.vis.ee/ ( https://github.com/timvisee/send )
    comment by timvisee · 2021-03-12 · in Bitwarden Send - A trusted way to securely share information with anyone
  19. https://send.vis.ee/ https://github.com/timvisee/send :)
    comment by timvisee · 2021-03-12 · in Bitwarden Send - A trusted way to securely share information with anyone