PairDrop vs destiny

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PairDrop		destiny
	Project
25	Mentions	3
2,362	Stars	208
-	Growth	26.4%
9.2	Activity	2.1
3 months ago	Latest Commit	11 months ago
JavaScript	Language	Dart
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

PairDrop

Posts with mentions or reviews of PairDrop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-13.

PairDrop – Local file sharing in the browser
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Mar 2024
PairDrop: Local File Sharing in the Browser
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Jan 2024

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023
PairDrop: Local file sharing in the browser. Inspired by Apple's AirDrop
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jan 2024
YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jan 2024

Been running a selfhosted PairDrop instance for about a year now and it's amazingly useful. No apps to install, just web based "AirDrop" that works across macOS, Windows, iOS, Linux...
https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative
32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023

It's worth quoting here fellow commenter https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37940411:
https://pairdrop.net/ is a fork of SnapDrop with a more responsive maintainer (apparently: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/PairDrop/discussions/115)
LANDrop – Drop any files to any devices on your LAN
13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Aug 2023

It's using webrtc for a p2p connection, see https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop/blob/master/docs/...
Alternatives to Snapdrop
5 projects | /r/selfhosted | 21 Jun 2023

Pairdrop
LocalSend | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Offline File sharing
2 projects | /r/fossdroid | 3 May 2023
NearDrop: Airdrop photos from Android phone to Mac!
3 projects | /r/macapps | 19 Apr 2023

destiny

Posts with mentions or reviews of destiny. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-18.

Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative
32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023

https://winden.app is a Web client
"Destiny" is an Android and iOS client https://github.com/LeastAuthority/destiny/
(These two use servers run by Least Authority by default so to talk to other clients you have to configure Destiny to use the defaults, or the other side to use the non-default servers).
Destiny – Cross-platform Magic Wormhole graphical client
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Aug 2023
⟳ 6 apps added, 31 updated at f-droid.org
7 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 29 Nov 2022

Destiny: Send files with end-to-end encryption without revealing your identity

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PairDrop and destiny you can also consider the following projects:

snapdrop - A Progressive Web App for local file sharing

QNearbyShare - Nearby Share implementation for Linux

localsend - An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

FlyingCarpet - Cross-platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with WiFi chips in close range.

hugo-quick-start - Hugo Quick Start on Render

Earth-View-Muzei - Google Earth View plugin for Muzei on Android

NearDrop - An unofficial Google Nearby Share app for macOS

sharedrop - Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC - inspired by Apple AirDrop

flutter_file_picker - File picker plugin for Flutter, compatible with mobile (iOS & Android), Web, Desktop (Mac, Linux, Windows) platforms with Flutter Go support.

winpinator - An unofficial port of Linux Mint's Warpinator for Windows

shareviahttp - Share Via Http - Android