AirDrop Alternatives
AirDrop is described as 'is the simplest way to send files wirelessly to anyone around you. To share a file, simply drag it onto a person’s contact photo. Your Mac verifies that you want to send the file, then sends a request to the recipient' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 50 alternatives to AirDrop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Android, Mac and Online / Web-based. The best alternative is Syncthing, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AirDrop are RetroShare, Onionshare, ShareDrop and Snapdrop.
AirDrop is mainly a Large File Transfer Service but alternatives to it may also be File Sync Tools or Cloud Storage Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of AirDrop.- Hop is a multi-platform wireless filesharing app supported on Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS.
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Share files or photos online.
- MobiKin Transfer for Mobile is a top-notch phone transfer program for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, or BlackBerry users. With it, you can move contents between them freely and easily.
- Free and open source file sharing service.
- Transfer files the easy way, just drag & drop the file and we will handle the rest.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Salad Room is a web app to share text, links or files quickly between devices. Magically connecting them on the same network. Like AirDrop, but for everyone.
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
- WiFi File Transfer is a light-weight web server that lets you upload and download files to/from your phone over a wireless connection. Transfer files without a USB cable.
- Giver is a simple file sharing desktop application. Other people running Giver on your network are automatically discovered and you can send files to them by simply dragging the files to their photo or icon shown in Giver.
Discontinued
It seems there has been no update after 2007.
No screenshots yet - 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.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Simidude is a cross platform network clipboard. Simidude will connect automatically over your local network. It makes it very easy to drag and drop text, images, files or directories from one computer to another.