Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
  • Paired Devices and Public Rooms — Internet Transfer
  • Persistent Device Pairing
  • Temporary Public Rooms
  • Improved UI for Sending/Receiving Files
• Send Files or Text Directly From Share Menu, Context Menu or CLI
• Built with the following awesome technologies
• Links

Introduction

Features

File sharing on your local network that works on all platforms.

• A multi-platform AirDrop-like solution that works.
  • Send images, documents or text via peer-to-peer connection to devices on the same local network.
• Internet transfers
  • Join temporary public rooms to transfer files easily over the Internet.
• Web-app
  • Works on all devices with a modern web-browser.

Send a file from your phone to your laptop? Share photos in original quality with friends using Android and iOS? Share private files peer-to-peer between Linux systems?

Paired Devices and Public Rooms — Internet Transfer

• Transfer files over the Internet between paired devices or by entering temporary public rooms.
• Connect to devices in complex network environments (public Wi-Fi, company network, iCloud Private Relay, VPN, etc.).
• Connect to devices on your mobile hotspot.
• Devices outside of your local network that are behind a NAT are auto-connected via the WebDrop TURN server.
• Devices from the local network, in the same public room, or previously paired are shown.

Persistent Device Pairing

Always connect to known devices

• Pair devices via a 6-digit code or a QR-Code.
• Paired devices always find each other via shared secrets independently of their local network.
• Pairing is persistent. You find your devices even after reopening WebDrop.
• You can edit and unpair devices easily.

Temporary Public Rooms

Connect to others in complex network situations, or over the Internet.

• Enter a public room via a 5-letter code or a QR-code.
• Enter a public room to temporarily connect to devices outside your local network.
• All devices in the same public room see each other.
• Public rooms are temporary. Closing WebDrop leaves all rooms.

Improved UI for Sending/Receiving Files

• Files are transferred after a request is accepted. Files are auto-downloaded upon completing a transfer, if possible.
• Multiple files are downloaded as a ZIP file
• Download, share or save to gallery via the "Share" menu on Android and iOS.
• Multiple files are transferred at once with an overall progress indicator.

Send Files or Text Directly From Share Menu, Context Menu or CLI

Ah, I see! Here are the links with the text inside the brackets removed:

• Send files directly from context menu on Ubuntu
• Send files directly from the context menu on Windows
• Send directly from the "Share" menu on iOS
• Send directly from the "Share" menu on Android
• Send directly via the command-line interface

Built with the following awesome technologies:

• Vanilla HTML5 / JS ES6 / CSS 3 frontend
• WebRTC / WebSockets
• Node.js backend
• Progressive web app (PWA) unified functionality
• IndexedDB API storage handling
• zip.js library
• cyrb53 super-fast hash function
• NoSleep display sleep, add wake lock
• heic2any HEIC/HEIF to PNG/GIF/JPEG
• Weblate web-based localization tool

Links

• Source Code

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