File sharing on your local network that works on all platforms.
- A multi-platform AirDrop-like solution that works.
- Send images, documents or text via peer-to-peer connection to devices on the same local network.
- Internet transfers
- Join temporary public rooms to transfer files easily over the Internet.
- Web-app
- Works on all devices with a modern web-browser.
Send a file from your phone to your laptop?
Share photos in original quality with friends using Android and iOS?
Share private files peer-to-peer between Linux systems?
Differences to the Snapdrop it is based on
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- Transfer files over the Internet between paired devices or by entering temporary public rooms.
- Connect to devices in complex network environments (public Wi-Fi, company network, iCloud Private Relay, VPN, etc.).
- Connect to devices on your mobile hotspot.
- Devices outside of your local network that are behind a NAT are auto-connected via the PairDrop TURN server.
- Connect to devices on your mobile hotspot.
- Devices from the local network, in the same public room, or previously paired are shown.
Always connect to known devices
- Pair devices via a 6-digit code or a QR-Code.
- Paired devices always find each other via shared secrets independently of their local network.
- Pairing is persistent. You find your devices even after reopening PairDrop.
- You can edit and unpair devices easily.
Connect to others in complex network situations, or over the Internet.
- Enter a public room via a 5-letter code or a QR-code.
- Enter a public room to temporarily connect to devices outside your local network.
- All devices in the same public room see each other.
- Public rooms are temporary. Closing PairDrop leaves all rooms.
- Files are transferred after a request is accepted. Files are auto-downloaded upon completing a transfer, if possible.
- Multiple files are downloaded as a ZIP file
- Download, share or save to gallery via the "Share" menu on Android and iOS.
- Multiple files are transferred at once with an overall progress indicator.
- Send files directly from context menu on Ubuntu (using Nautilus)
- Send files directly from the context menu on Windows
- Send directly from the "Share" menu on iOS
- Send directly from the "Share" menu on Android
- Send directly via the command-line interface
- Change your display name to easily differentiate your devices.
- Paste files/text and choose the recipient afterwards
- Prevent devices from sleeping on file transfer
- Warn user before PairDrop is closed on file transfer
- Open PairDrop on multiple tabs simultaneously (Thanks @willstott101)
- Video and audio preview (Thanks @victorwads)
- Switch theme back to auto/system after dark or light mode is on
- Node-only implementation (Thanks @Bellisario)
- Auto-restart on error (Thanks @KaKi87)
- Lots of stability fixes (Thanks @MWY001 @skiby7 and @willstott101)
- To host PairDrop on your local network (e.g. on Raspberry Pi): All peers connected with private IPs are discoverable by each other
- When hosting PairDrop yourself, you can set your own STUN/TURN servers
- Translations.
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- Vanilla HTML5 / JS ES6 / CSS 3 frontend
- WebRTC / WebSockets
- Node.js backend
- Progressive web app (PWA) unified functionality
- IndexedDB API storage handling
- zip.js library
- cyrb53 super-fast hash function
- NoSleep display sleep, add wake lock (MIT)
- heic2any HEIC/HEIF to PNG/GIF/JPEG (MIT)
- Weblate web-based localization tool
Host your own instance with Docker or Node.js.
PairDrop is libre, and always will be.
I footed the bill for the domain and the server, and you can help create great softeare by supporting me.
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Thanks a lot for supporting copylefted libre software!
Feel free to open an issue or a pull request, following the Contributing Guidelines.