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Snapdrop: local file sharing in your browser (snapdrop.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Inspired by Apple's Airdrop

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I found LocalSend to be significantly more reliable than Snapdrop. Also it doesn't require hosting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But can you use it to send to a device where you can't install stuff?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where would that be?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

If you want to send something to a computer in school or a work PC or something without admin rights.

snapdrop / sharedrop work in browser, without any installation, and that's the point. As much as I hate web apps, sometimes they are your only option.

I agree that localsend is great when you need to exchange files between your devices often, but when you quickly need to send a file to someone's PC without admin rights, snapdrop and sharedrop are a faster way to achieve that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I prefer Sharedrop it allows transfer between networks and has a better up time

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Also PairDrop. I tested a few of these sharing apps and found this one to be slightly better for reasons that I can no longer remember.

[–] peregus 1 points 7 months ago

Idem

[–] peregus 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are you selfhosting it? Were you able to set it up to work even with devices on different networks with turn/coturn server?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Not self hosting - just using the web app.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Oh, snapdrop is back? The site has been unreachable for years to me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I currently use KDE Connect. Is it similar?

[–] peregus 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If I don't remember wrong, KDE Connect needs to be installed on both the devices you need to transfer file/text to/from, with Snapdrop (and PairDrop) you just need to selfhost it (or use the official website) without the need to install anything and they *can *work even when sender and receiver are on different network

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

thanks.

does it allow filesystem expose as well, or just sending files?

[–] peregus 2 points 7 months ago

Just sending files