nullify882 hours ago
I've used a bunch of similar tooling like airdrop and localsend. I don't have alot faith in them a little since they usually choke on large files or many files. I'm still looking for something that works well in those cases without resorting to a cable / MTP which isn't fantastic either.
mhitza26 minutes ago
I can't report on percentage improvement, but after a long time localsend recently pushed out a version that claims to be much better (to be read as faster) for the transfer of large/many files.
For a long time the issue was blocked because of an upstream library, maybe LLMs finally unblocked the devs to push the fixes through.
smusamashah9 hours ago
But SnapDrop was sold to LimeWire from what I remember, wasn't it? I have it on my (somewhat popular) list https://gist.github.com/SMUsamaShah/fd6e275e44009b72f64d0570...
Edit: so that was SnapDrop.net this is so confusing now. Are you the author of that GitHub repo?
jtokoph5 hours ago
It seems to be the original developer relaunching. Here is an old show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10791403
xp844 hours ago
Wait, LimeWire? That still exists? How??
ranger_danger8 hours ago
There is a fork of it here: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
smusamashah6 hours ago
Looking at the history of the github repo of this show hn, the readme was previously linking to now Sold to LimeWire SnapDrop.net. Github author recently changed that to SnapDrop.me and is either doing a Show HN himself or this is another fishy play by LimeWire.
nitin76 hours ago
I have used localsend. How is snapdrop this different from https://github.com/localsend/localsend?
noncoml4 hours ago
LocalSend doesn’t work for non /24 subnets
bart3r3 hours ago
I wanted to try it out, so i fired it up on my laptop and my phone. The laptop experience was pleasant, but on the mobile, the ads seemed to be covering the nearby devices, and it felt like full scam-ware.
So close, yet, so far.
ftchd3 hours ago
I'll usually go with pairdrop.net, never failed me!
inexcf8 hours ago
Why does this look exactly like https://pairdrop.net/ ?
lawilli7 hours ago
Pairdrop is listed in the “Inofficial” instances section of Snapdrop’s GitHub FAQ
https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop/blob/master/docs/faq....
SoKamil6 hours ago
Pairdrop is a fork with new features.
See: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop#differences-to-th...
EagnaIonat2 hours ago
Both look like Airdrop. Is this for people who don't have airdrop? I am not seeing the benefits.
hn_acc17 hours ago
So does this host the files? For free? How long before ads start / you have to register / subscription model, etc?
tredre34 hours ago
> None of your files are ever sent to any server. Files are sent only between peers. Snapdrop doesn't even use a database. If you are curious have a look at the Server. Even if Snapdrop was able to view the files being transfered, WebRTC encrypts the files on transit, so the server would be unable to read them.
https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop/blob/master/docs/faq....
Redster8 hours ago
If you like Snapdrop, you'll love croc!
I used Snapdrop before they got bought and found it pretty reliable. It sometimes would not transfer and I went exploring.
I used magic-wormhole-based Warp and liked it, but now I use croc of getcroc.com for almost everything. Whether it's sending files to myself or others, it's just the most flexible and seems to be reliable and fast from my use.
(I haven't been using it super long, but I heartily recommend.)
monomania2 hours ago
I like croc but you can get magic wormhole clients for platforms that your SO uses through the usual distribution channels without having to resort to "weird" installation methods like Obtanium or Fdroid.
canadiantim8 hours ago
What about something like Iroh?
Redster8 hours ago
I've never used Iroh; can you use it with no setup or without an account? I send/receive files often enough from non-technical people, having a no-install/accountless solution for sending files is essential. For my use-case, my go to is croc or Bitwarden Send (I'm on a paid acct), depending on the person.
Update: I see that there are many ways to do this accountless. For some reason the search result was iroh.computer and I made some assumptions. There are definitely some iroh-based options that look like they would have essentially the same UX that I'm going for. Would love to hear if there's some specific pros or cons to croc or iroh.
saadn929 hours ago
I've had this need recently and noticed that tailscale is extremely useful between phone to mac transfers as well. I mean you can also technically use airdrop too, but that sometimes is unreliable for me.
lolc9 hours ago
This can be very useful.
Indeed my Android phone sees my Linux PC. And the PC can send a file to the phone. At first the file transfer to the PC didn't work and the icons just twitched. After 5 minutes it works now strangely enough.
rtvn832 hours ago
does my file stay local?
mathfailure8 hours ago
File transfers do not work. Even after allowing microphone access on both ends.
_carbyau_3 hours ago
What is the microphone access for?
Do you need to say "My voice is my passport." or something?
ProAm7 hours ago
What year is this?
kyxsc6 hours ago
Use Tether!!
djfobbz6 hours ago
Terrible service. I used to use it back in the days until it starting going down all of the time. Switched to localsend and never looked back.
analog83746 hours ago
I like localsend mself
dhanizael7 hours ago
good work!
dingody3 hours ago
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