<story><title>Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop</title><url>https://www.sharedrop.io/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cmiller1</author><text>All of these &amp;quot;alternatives to airdop&amp;quot; don&amp;#x27;t seem to actually do what airdrop does, which is create an ad-hoc wireless connection.  Airdrop isn&amp;#x27;t just a nice UI for sending files between people, it allows a wi-fi speed transfer between two devices that aren&amp;#x27;t connected to an existing network of that speed.</text></comment>
<story><title>Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop</title><url>https://www.sharedrop.io/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gpchelkin</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve tried a lot of similar tools for sending files between devices in local area network and found that &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;localsend.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;localsend.org&lt;/a&gt; works best. Yes, it requires an application installation, but the transfers are much more faster and reliable when browser is not involved. And its Android application works nicely on Google TV&amp;#x2F;Android TV, so I can send files there easily.</text></comment>