PairDrop Reviews and Details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup

  First, snapdrop shouldn't be used at all, it was sold to LimeWire along with some other similar P2P sites (sharedrop, easyupload) so only https://pairdrop.net/ can be trusted. The difference is that localsend has dedicated apps as well, but sometimes you just quickly need the web version and for me https://web.localsend.org/ is often too slow to connect or devices can't see each other, meanwhile... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup

  Why does this look exactly like https://pairdrop.net/ ? - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• My homelab stack in 2026: what runs, why, and how it all connects

  Pairdrop is AirDrop for the local network, any device on the LAN can discover others and transfer files peer-to-peer through the browser. No account, no cloud relay, no app install. I use it constantly for moving files between phone, laptop, and desktop without thinking about it. - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago

• Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

  PairDrop [0] gets the job done as a "good enough" cross-platform / cross-device AirDrop replacement if you're on the same network. For practical, casual use with non-tech users (likely on cellular or not the same network), you do need an internet connection though (you can make a temporary "room" that you both join to then facilitate the transfers), and the caveat there is that method transfers slower than if... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• What Happened to Apple's Legendary Attention to Detail?

  Sharik looks great! They need a canonical domain receivers can visit without entering IPs like https://pairdrop.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely

  Another simple solution works on LAN https://pairdrop.net/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Blip: Peer-to-Peer Massive File Sharing by Former Dropbox Engineers

  Free open source alternative: https://pairdrop.net. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a users' local network

  I've used https://pairdrop.net/ before to share files between devices on the same LAN. It obviously wouldn't have to be a website, but it's pretty convenient since all my devices I wanted to share files on already have a browser. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser

  The thing that usually annoys me about these services is that they tend to give you an intractably complex URL to share with the recipient. This poses a problem because almost every time I need such a P2P transfer, I’m communication with someone over a phone and they need the file on their computer. https://file.pizza does this better than most, as the URL consists of real words. But all the words are ingredients... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser

  I keep a long list of browser based and CLI p2p file transfer tools[1]. LimeWire (which now has its crypto currency probably) has been on a rampage recently aquiring some of really good tools including ShareDrop and SnapDrop. https://pairdrop.net/ is the last one standing so far. [1]: https://gist.github.com/SMUsamaShah/fd6e275e44009b72f64d0570256bb3b2. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Query Apple's FindMy Network with Python

  If the constraint is that you don't want to install any software, there are a bunch of these web based AirDrop clones, besides the ones mentioned here are two more: https://pairdrop.net/ https://snapdrop.net/ I've tried PairDrop, it works well. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely

  I've been running Pairdrop - https://pairdrop.net/ on my home network and it works great to let my wife out visitors easily share files off phones or laptops when you need a GUI. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Sharedrop: Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC – inspired by Apple AirDrop

  Https://pairdrop.net is a fork that let’s you change your name. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Sharedrop: Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC – inspired by Apple AirDrop

  Imho https://pairdrop.net/ is the best one of these. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages without any server

  Looks good but any plans to make it open source? Similar open source solutions exist like: - https://pairdrop.net/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• How to copy a file between devices?

  No, you can use https://pairdrop.net/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• How to copy a file between devices?

  Https://pairdrop.net/ works well enough for me, but it still requires internet unlike airdrop... I wish these bluetooth transfer things were just magically cross-platform. Maybe someday. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Does KDE connect work with Libretto XFCE de

  Https://pairdrop.net/ which didn’t work well for some reason. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative

  Https://pairdrop.net I've tried all the options in this thread but only discovered pairdrop 20 minutes ago (thanks to this thread) and it's by far the best option. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative

  Https://pairdrop.net/ is a fork of SnapDrop with a more responsive maintainer (apparently: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/discussions/115 ). - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative

  Piling some more alternatives, a fork to snapdrop: https://pairdrop.net/ From the author:. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago