YouTransfer vs snapdrop

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YouTransfer		snapdrop
	Project
11	Mentions	430
1,952	Stars	17,355
0.7%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
12 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
Apache License 2.0	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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.

YouTransfer

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

YouTransfer: Self-hosted file transfer and sharing solution
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jan 2024
Looking for easy-peasy web server for the occasional sharing of large files
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 11 Mar 2023

Might be a bit overkill but does basically what you want. Alternatively Youtransfer might be of interest to you.
Send and Receive (large) files
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 17 Feb 2023

Maybe YouTransfer?
Temporary File Hosting
14 projects | /r/selfhosted | 30 Jan 2023

YouTransfer (unmaintained) - 1.6k stars
Quick no-login file upload/download?
4 projects | /r/selfhosted | 6 Oct 2022

I'm looking for something that allows you to quickly upload and download files without any login. I found this app, but it hasn't been updated in over 7 years so I'm hesitant to use it.
Looking for simple, secure, file sharing
11 projects | /r/selfhosted | 20 May 2022
Self hosted Dropbox alternative
3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 8 Apr 2022
Alternative to YouTransfer
2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 26 Oct 2021

https://github.com/YouTransfer/YouTransfer TLDR I need a filehost, drop the file to upload, asks where I want to email it to, emails it
YouTransfer.io - the simple & elegant file-sharing solution
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 20 Oct 2021
A turnkey opensource software for file uploading via web-brower?
1 project | /r/opensource | 27 May 2021

I think you searching for https://www.youtransfer.io/

snapdrop

Posts with mentions or reviews of snapdrop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-31.

WebRTC API
2 projects | dev.to | 31 Mar 2024

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.
LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices
35 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Mar 2024
How to copy a file between devices?
32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Feb 2024
Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jan 2024

similar: I have been using https://snapdrop.net/ for a few years now.
Is there a way to get to linux devices (say a desktop and a laptop) to sync and share files between them?
2 projects | /r/linux | 27 Nov 2023

Localsend for sharing files once in a while, snapdrop is an online alternative. Syncthing to sync folders between devices.
Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative
32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023

Related projects:
- FlyingCarpet: direct transfer over local adhoc WIFI: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet
- LANDrop: Drop any files to any devices on your LAN: https://github.com/LANDrop/LANDrop
- 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
- Croc: similar to magic wormhole: https://github.com/schollz/croc
- Wormhole: user-friendly in-browser based e2e encrypted file transfer: https://wormhole.app/
Ask HN: What method do you use to send a link from smartphone to laptop?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Sep 2023
Transfer files from android
1 project | /r/ipad | 6 Jul 2023

I can’t 100% vouch for it, but snapdrop.net seems like a good cross platform option here.
How to transfer videos from iPhone to PC?
1 project | /r/pcmasterrace | 13 Jun 2023

https://snapdrop.net/. Been using it for years for quick iOS > Windows transfers. Works great and unique names mean you know what device you’re sending to!
PSA: LocalSend is the easiest way to copy files to your deck wirelessly
2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 29 May 2023

I use snapdrop.net. Doesn't necessarily need an app.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing YouTransfer and snapdrop you can also consider the following projects:

ProjectSend - ProjectSend is a free, open source software that lets you share files with your clients, focused on ease of use and privacy. It supports clients groups, system users roles, statistics, multiple languages, detailed logs... and much more!

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

PsiTransfer - Simple open source self-hosted file sharing solution.

PairDrop - PairDrop: Local file sharing in your browser. Inspired by Apple's AirDrop. Fork of Snapdrop.

transfer.sh - Easy and fast file sharing from the command-line.

LANDrop - Drop any files to any devices on your LAN.

droppy

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

Jirafeau

libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit

lufi - Read-only mirror of https://framagit.org/fiat-tux/hat-softwares/lufi/

updog - Updog is a replacement for Python's SimpleHTTPServer. It allows uploading and downloading via HTTP/S, can set ad hoc SSL certificates and use http basic auth.