shareviahttp vs QNearbyShare

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Share Via Http - Android (by marcosdiez)

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Nearby Share implementation for Linux (by vicr123)

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shareviahttp		QNearbyShare
	Project
3	Mentions	1
167	Stars	99
-	Growth	-
6.3	Activity	6.8
5 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Java	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	MIT License

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shareviahttp

Posts with mentions or reviews of shareviahttp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-03.

The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Apr 2024

I use https://github.com/marcosdiez/shareviahttp all the time, to share with other phones or with my ereader or PC.
Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative
32 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023
Briar 1.4 – offline sharing, message transfer via SD cards and USB sticks
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Nov 2021

>https://github.com/marcosdiez/shareviahttp
adds a share option (Android) that bundles everything into a zip, starts an http server, and creates a QR code (to http://my-ip-address/).
Not out of the box, and susceptible to wifi blocking p2p, but otherwise very usable.
And where you have python installed you can do

QNearbyShare

Posts with mentions or reviews of QNearbyShare. 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

There's also QNearbyShare [0], a CLI implementation for Linux, which sadly can't send to Android yet, but receiving works just fine
[0]: https://github.com/vicr123/QNearbyShare

What are some alternatives?

When comparing shareviahttp and QNearbyShare you can also consider the following projects:

qrsend - ⌨ Send files over WIFI by scanning QR code in terminal

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

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

uploadserver - Simple Rust file server which lets you upload, share, and download files from a web browser. Ready-to-run binaries for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Free/Open-Source alternative to AirDrop/Dropbox for transferring files on your local network without having to install anything. A more sophisticated version of `python3 -m http.server 8000`.

destiny - Destiny – Cross-platform Magic Wormhole graphical client

qr-filetransfer - Transfer files over WiFi between your computer and your smartphone from the terminal

protocol - The LocalSend REST API

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

NearDrop - An unofficial Google Nearby Share app for macOS

wormhole-william - End-to-end encrypted file transfer. A magic wormhole CLI and API in Go (golang).