AirDrop Alternatives

AirDrop is described as 'With AirDrop, you can wirelessly send documents, photos, videos, websites, map locations, and more to a nearby iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 100 alternatives to AirDrop for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Android, Mac and Linux apps. The best AirDrop alternative is LocalSend, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AirDrop are Syncthing, KDE Connect, OnionShare and Send.

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  1. Free peer-to-peer device sync. Share files and text between devices instantly by scanning a QR code. No account, no cloud, no installation required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. NovoSend icon
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    NovoSend allows creative freelancers (and all freelancers in general) to send large files via a professional and branded page. The download page, what customers see, can be customized with your logo, brand colors, and fonts.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Plik icon
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    Plik is a temporary file upload system (Wetransfer like) in Go.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Always sync your info on all your devices, just like your info flows around you.

    73 Send to myself alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. Upload your files anonymously and free. It offers you hotlinking, 5 GB file size limit and unlimited bandwidth and is a large file transfer service in the backup & sync category.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. portal CLI icon
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    portal is a fast and secure file transfer utility for sending files from one computer to any other computer. All communication beyond the initial client handshake is encrypted. If the sender and receiver can reach each other directly, the file transfer involves no servers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Simple command line based HTTP file server to share local file system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  8. Packet icon
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    An implementation of the Google Quick Share protocol to send and receive files to Android devices or another instance of Packet.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. SuperShareit is the easiest way to Share Files, Folders Movies, Video, Apps, Pictures with other Android phones while being Offline without the Internet and with no Limitations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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