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LocalSend should be called God Send because it'll save your life. It's AirDrop, but for everything and open source. Works really well, no setup, no server.
I love LocalSend, the only downside is that both devices must be on the same network. So it won't work for sending a file to someone else at a bar.
What if they connect to your hotspot?
That works but requires that you hand over a key for the hot-spot which makes it significantly more cumbersome, especially compared to airdrop
Unfortunately, its not reliable. For large media files it gets stuck. Also, sometimes the local server is not discoverable on the other end. Even though I tried the troubleshooting step.
I had tested with windows and android so it could be different on Linux.
I've never personally had these issues. Sent large files without problem and never had discovery issues.
Looks awesome. Found it for Android on fdroid.
Been using it for a long time, it's great!
I like pairdrop more, because i can use it e. G. to send files to my university working pc
Local send has worked really poorly for me, and so has every program similar to it open source or not. The only network file sharing program that has always worked (mostly) floorlessly for me is AirDrop.