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Snapdrop: local file sharing in your browser (snapdrop.net)
submitted 10 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Inspired by Apple's Airdrop

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[–] mrus@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] mrus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where would that be?

[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 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.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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@lemmy.world 1 points 10 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?

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Not self hosting - just using the web app.

[–] peregus@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Idem

[–] harry315@feddit.de 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Unbeelievable@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

It's been so unreliable. I switched to PairDrop.net, a fork that works just as well and has better uptime.

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I currently use KDE Connect. Is it similar?

[–] peregus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 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

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

thanks.

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

[–] peregus@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Just sending files

[–] Dymonika@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

What is the filesize limit? Is it better than Mozilla's list of Send instances or ToffeeShare?

[–] sorter_plainview@lemmy.today 2 points 10 months ago

There is no limit implemented, but it constantly failed to get an 8gb file to be transferred between two VMs. LocalSend is more reliable in my case.

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

i think there is no limit (at least on the software side), because it's local network only, so nothing is uploaded to a server but directly to the recipient. i could be wrong though.