offline-browser-communication vs snapdrop

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offline-browser-communication		snapdrop
	Project
4	Mentions	431
185	Stars	17,430
2.2%	Growth	-
2.0	Activity	0.0
14 days ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
Go	Language	JavaScript
-	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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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.

offline-browser-communication

Posts with mentions or reviews of offline-browser-communication. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-05.

P2pcf: P2P WebRTC via Cloudflare Workers
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jan 2024

I think that’s an amazing idea. I tried with https://github.com/pion/offline-browser-communication but it requires standards improvements
If you are interested I would love to work together! Join the Pion slack and would love to brainstorm
Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jul 2023

Yes that is (almost) possible!
https://github.com/pion/offline-browser-communication
If the W3C accepted this as a valid use case it could be available quickly.
OBS Merges WebRTC Support
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jun 2023

Yes WebRTC does require a discovery mechanism. That is where WHIP/Signaling comes into play.
I have a chapter on signaling here https://webrtcforthecurious.com/docs/02-signaling/
I have an example of WebRTC without signaling https://github.com/pion/offline-browser-communication. Each side has to agree on things ahead of time. Useful for security cameras/IoT/LAN stuff though!
Is it possible to build a file sharing (only for local networks) web app using WebRTC?
4 projects | /r/WebRTC | 3 Apr 2021

I made offline-browser-communication to show how it could be done. It connects two peers without a signaling server and is portable between networks.

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 2024-05-05.

Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages without any server
13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 May 2024
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!

What are some alternatives?

When comparing offline-browser-communication and snapdrop you can also consider the following projects:

Node.js-LAN-File-Sharing - A small Node.js app designed for sharing files while on the same network. Especially useful when you are trying to get a file from a friend and their device has a single Type-C port used for charging.

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

awesome-peer-to-peer - A list of peer-to-peer resources.

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

webrtc-for-the-curious - WebRTC for the Curious: Go beyond the APIs

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

PortScanner - A port scanner through the web browser.

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

libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit

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.

croc - Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:

NekoX - A third-party Telegram android app.