Instant.io VS Snapdrop

Instant.io Reviews

Snapdrop Reviews

1. Jeff    

   over 1 year ago
   A Complete waste of time from a 4 decade mac pro user

   Takes forever to send even small video files with high speed internet. Horrible documentation for transferring instructions. No option in the app menu to choose a destination folder. There's no way to compress all of your videos on an android to send to the Mac, even though that is suggested in their "features". And not 1 single video could I find in 2 hours of google searches that answered these questions. For a company touting such "ease of use", as a 40 year mac user, this was another waste of time app. If the company would like to contact me and answer these questions, if it is indeed an "easy, reliable app", I will gladly help them make a video that actually walks people through the problems I have encountered.

2. Gar    

   over 2 years ago
   Excellent way to share a folder with multiple files to another computer

   SnapDrop does an excellent job in sharing multiple files to another computer. Just zip/compress a folder with multiple files and select that zipped folder to send to the other computer or mobile device.

   🏁 Competitors: AirDrop by Apple

Instant.io mentions (23)

• Best current way to stream torrents inside chrome?

  These, but they won't hide your IP so you probably will need to use them with a VPN - https://instant.io/ - https://btorrent.xyz/ - https://ferrolho.github.io/magnet-player/. Source: 5 months ago

• This page exists only if someone is looking at it

  The page mentions the possibility of file sharing/torrents using WebRTC which does exist if anyone is interested: https://webtorrent.io/ and https://instant.io/ The projects are open source: https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• 0x0: Share Files from Terminal

  I wish there was a command line program like this, but one that would make a torrent of that file [1] and return a magnet link for the torrent. The next weak point is the centralization around the tracker. You can solve this by sharing all the tracker information on Nostr [2], maybe? 1. https://instant.io. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Whats the best alternative for Airdrop if you wanna transfer files between non Apple devices?

  Option #2 https://instant.io/ (unlimited size - uses WebTorrent). Source: over 1 year ago

• No longer on Disney+ UK?

  So, what's the client you should use? There are many. For Windows/MacOS/Linux, maybe qBitTorrent? For Android, there's Flud, LibreTorrent, etc. If on iOS/iPhone/iPad, there's no app because Apple doesn't allow it (lol..), but you can use a "web client" like https://instant.io/ which behaves like the program/app. You'll need to keep the window open while it downloads and in this website's case, it doesn't accept... Source: over 1 year ago

Snapdrop mentions (227)

• WebRTC API

  Snapdrop.net is one of many examples of the uses for this API, using it with WebSocket API allows endpoints on the same local network to distribute files and send data between them. We can find the source code for the project here. - Source: dev.to / 24 days ago

• How to copy a file between devices?

  Here is a list of open source options. This isn't the first time I have shared this on here either. Perhaps this is another sign that web search is failing us. SnapDrop - Site: https://snapdrop.net/ - Source: https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop - Source: https://github.com/szimek/sharedrop - Source: https://github.com/kern/filepizza - - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

• Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop

  Similar: I have been using https://snapdrop.net/ for a few years now. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Is there a way to get to linux devices (say a desktop and a laptop) to sync and share files between them?

  Localsend for sharing files once in a while, snapdrop is an online alternative. Syncthing to sync folders between devices. Source: 5 months ago

• Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative

  Related projects: - FlyingCarpet: direct transfer over local adhoc WIFI: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet - In-browser file transfer similar to Airdrop: https://snapdrop.net/ - Magic Wormhole: simple file transfer from computer-to-computer over the net: https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole - Wormhole: user-friendly in-browser based e2e encrypted file transfer: https://wormhole.app/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago