winstall vs snapdrop

winstall

A web app for browsing and installing Windows Package Manager apps. (by omaha-consulting)

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winstall.app

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snapdrop

A Progressive Web App for local file sharing (by RobinLinus)

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winstall		snapdrop
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33	Mentions	431
1,061	Stars	17,383
0.9%	Growth	-
7.8	Activity	0.0
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	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.
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winstall

Posts with mentions or reviews of winstall. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-10.

LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices
35 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Mar 2024

https://winstall.app. There's also winget.run, but it's no longer updated.
Sudo for Windows
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Feb 2024
Microsoft Store in Perpetual Update (I've tried everything Google has had to say but to no avail)
1 project | /r/WindowsHelp | 12 May 2023

What I'm thinking now is you may just want to solve this with the nuclear option like this guy did - https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/f4tw3k/cannot_open_any_microsoft_store_apps_windows/ A pain in the ass, but most 3rd-party applications can export settings, and a program like Patch My PC or winstall can reinstall software quickly. https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
Dependency Workaround for Win32 app requiring Store For Business/MS Store App?
1 project | /r/Intune | 12 Apr 2023
Things You Immediately Install On Your New PC Starter Pack
7 projects | /r/starterpacks | 10 Mar 2023

As a happy Winget user: https://winstall.app/
Software Deployment Gurus needed :-)
2 projects | /r/sysadmin | 11 Feb 2023

Here's a front end someone made to easily browse it: https://winstall.app/
apt-pilled meme
5 projects | /r/linuxmemes | 22 Jan 2023
Switched Back to Windows After a Year and a Half of Linux
7 projects | /r/Windows11 | 21 Jan 2023

You can replicate that experience with winstall. It gives you the script file when you finish selecting the desired packages, so you can install all the desired apps on any Windows machines on one go without installing additional software.
When reinstalling Windows, there are a few things you can always count on... this is one of them
1 project | /r/pcmasterrace | 1 Jan 2023

you have that usb installer for windows you just made. there's still some room on it. make a new folder there and stuff your initial batch of application installers in it, or at least something like ninite or patchmypc or a script made from winstall.app
SteamDeck Windows 11 Guide - Installed Win 11 on the SteamDeck and don't know what to do next? This is for you.
28 projects | /r/WindowsOnDeck | 28 Dec 2022

Winstall

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 winstall and snapdrop you can also consider the following projects:

Cider - A new cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind. 🚀

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

winget-pkgs - The Microsoft community Windows Package Manager manifest repository

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

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

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

dxvk-async

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

mpc-hc - Media Player Classic

libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit

uwufetch - A meme system info tool for Linux, based on nyan/uwu trend on r/linuxmasterrace.

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.