Droopy is described as 'Say you’re chatting with a friend on MSN Messenger (perhaps with the excellent pidgin ?). She wants to send you amazing photos she took last week-end, so she uses Messenger file transfer. Unfortunately, the zip file is over 50 MB and it’s painfully slow' and is a Web Server in the backup & sync category. There are five alternatives to Droopy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Droopy alternative is HFS 2 (HTTP File Server), which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Droopy are HFS 3 (HTTP File Server), PHFS ~ Python HTTP File Server, weborf and mini_httpd.
You can use HFS (HTTP File Server) to send and receive files. Its different from classic file sharing because it uses web technology to be more compatible with todays Internet. It also differs from classic web servers because its very easy to use and runs "right out-of-the.
HFS is a web file server to run on your computer. Share folders or even a single file thanks to the virtual file system. HFS is the best way via web to access or share files from your disk. You be the server, share files fresh from your disk, with unlimited space and bandwidth.
As it's father HFS, this is a software for easy file-sharing & customizable webpage (template), but also aims at cross-platform and stability.
A small HTTP server with SSL, directory listings, virtual hosting and CGI. It is available in Debian's and Ubuntu's repositories as package "mini-httpd" and on Alpine Linux as package "mini_httpd".
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Downloading multiple files is easier with weborf than with droopy. Although I did not find the option to download a directory (except in archived form).