An open source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

LocalSend

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About

Share files to nearby devices. Free, open source, cross-platform.

This app allows you to send files and messages over the local LAN network.

No internet required, no external servers needed.

Screenshots

Protocol

Devices communicate with each other using a REST API.

Everything is sent securely over HTTPS. The TLS/SSL certificate is generated on the fly on each device.

For more information: LocalSend Protocol v1

Run

After you have installed Flutter, then you can start this app by typing the following commands:

flutter pub get
flutter pub run build_runner build
flutter run

Build

These commands are mostly for the maintainers.

Please ensure that flutter pub run build_runner build has been run. Otherwise, files will be missing.

Android

flutter build appbundle

iOS

flutter build ipa

MacOS

flutter build macos

Windows

Traditional

flutter build windows

Local MSIX App

flutter pub run msix:create

Store ready

flutter pub run msix:create --store

Linux

Traditional

flutter build linux

AppImage

appimage-builder --recipe AppImageBuilder.yml

Snap

Feel free to open a pull request. There is a snap branch to play with.

GitHub

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