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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 89 points 4 days ago (6 children)

LocalSend should be called God Send because it'll save your life. It's AirDrop, but for everything and open source. Works really well, no setup, no server.

[–] FrederikNJS@lemmy.zip 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I love LocalSend, the only downside is that both devices must be on the same network. So it won't work for sending a file to someone else at a bar.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What if they connect to your hotspot?

[–] FrederikNJS@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

That works but requires that you hand over a key for the hot-spot which makes it significantly more cumbersome, especially compared to airdrop

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, its not reliable. For large media files it gets stuck. Also, sometimes the local server is not discoverable on the other end. Even though I tried the troubleshooting step.

I had tested with windows and android so it could be different on Linux.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 1 points 2 days ago

I've never personally had these issues. Sent large files without problem and never had discovery issues.

[–] Artisian@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

LocalSend link

[–] SteveCC@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Looks awesome. Found it for Android on fdroid.

[–] Deckname@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

I like pairdrop more, because i can use it e. G. to send files to my university working pc

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 4 days ago

Been using it for a long time, it's great!