localsend VS sharik

I wish someone forced Apple to make AirDrop an open standard because it is an amazing user experience.

It’s great that Microsoft is trying to make an alternative, but ultimately it’s no different than any other AirDrop-like app that you can find around.

And it seems like alternatives like LocalSend are potentially much better: https://localsend.org/

Link to Windows is going to require Windows, but LocalSend is cross-platform across Linux and Android with no need for a Windows system.

I have been using LocalSend (https://localsend.org) between macOS, Windows, and Linux. It works great. It has Android and iOS clients as well but I haven't tried on mobile yet.

For local network sharing between my devices I tend to use LocalSend [0] which is absolutely brilliant, pretty much replaced my USB stick for transferring files/folders between devices on the same network.

[0] https://localsend.org/

I tried most of these apps some time ago, and the best ones for large files were Landrop and Localsend. If you have a VPN, you can use them to transfer files remotely too.

https://landrop.app

https://localsend.org

Have you tried LocalSend⁽¹⁾ before?

I share the same experience with Snapdrop-like websites, self hosted or otherwise, where establishing connections would have a 30% failure rate, speeds progressively deteriorate on very large files, and bundling files together would need them to zipped first which can waste time. LocalSend has none of these issues and has been rock solid in my year of use so far, and I also like that it can send plaintext easily, which fills the gap sites like SimpleSavr and Pushbullet would normally cover.

The only caveat is that you need to have the application installed on all the devices you want to use it with (so it's not a true universal AirDrop or QuickShare alternative) but for your own devices, this is fine.

(1) https://localsend.org/

I agree and get your point.

But localsend has worked well for me. Yes, it requires an app but if we could get vendors to bundle that rather than a boatload of bloatware.

I know that it would be to optimistic to hope for Google.

See https://localsend.org/

Spread the word.

https://github.com/localsend/localsend

Something to consider, although I'm not sure how much it practically matters.

Sharik- We couldn't figure out a way to select multiple photos from the gallery. Whenever I select one photo, it automatically sends it without giving me the option to choose more.

Someone recommened me to check out sharik https://github.com/marchellodev/sharik

Obtainium (For app Updates) Sharik (For cross platform file/text sharing especially via hotspot)

no problem. also I just remembered another one. sharik is open source and available on fdroid but I have barely used it so I couldn't give you an opinion.

It's called Sharik

Sharik available for all cross platforms you can also send files & text across devices

Sharik?

When on the same network, you don't even need to host anything. Look at sharik.

Sharik Or Snapdrop

For file transfers within my LAN I use sharik.