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

submitted 7 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 35 points 7 months ago

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

[-] vort3@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

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

[-] mrus@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 6 months ago

Where would that be?

[-] vort3@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 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.