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Products that do what Butterfly Drop does

Instant P2P file sharing — private, fast, and serverless

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   DROP▲683

   Empowering extraordinary file sharing

   2024

2. 2
   DROP▲426

   Your AI-driven creative hub to create, share, host with ease

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3. 3
   just f***ing send it▲155

   Send any file, any size, straight from browser to browser

   Jun 2026 · jfsendit.com

4. 4
   FileRoom.io▲324

   Browser airdrop to send files to anyone, on any device

   2018

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   DropIT▲151

   Instant file sharing platform

   2024

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   Balloon▲369

   A drop box for your Dropbox

   2015

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   Plover▲218

   Browser Airdrop - transfer files to anyone, any device

   2018

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   AnyDrop▲86

   AirDrop for the browser: share files, chat and sync notes

   May 2026 · anydrop.org

9. 9HC
   HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browser▲165

   2014 · sharedrop.io

10. 10OS
    Open-source P2P file transfer▲49

    I have decided to open source this project to increase trust even further. In case you have seen my previous posts, this is an update for berb.app, a WebRTC file sharing app. My goal is simple: send files between devices in real-time without installing crap or uploading to any servers.

    2025 · github.com

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    Warpdrop▲6

    AirDrop for CLI & Web. Private, P2P, Self-Hostable.

    Dec 2025 · warpdrop.qzz.io

12. 12
    ShareGo▲135

    You’ll wonder how you ever used AirDrop without it.

    2025

13. 13AP
    A P2P Web App for Chat, File Transfer, and Video Calls▲22

    I’d like to share a open source project I’ve been working on: Weblink, a pure web-based file transfer and chat application built on WebRTC. No downloads or installations are needed—everything works directly in your browser. Key features include: - Works seamlessly as a PWA for sharing files/text through the system - File synchronization and resuming interrupted transfers - Video calling - Clipboard and folder transfer (folders are auto-compressed) Weblink uses a serverless P2P architecture, supporting multiple backends like Firebase and self-hosted WebSocket, and ensures signaling…

    2024 · github.com

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    Droppy▲136

    The Apple airdrop alternative for browsers

    2025

15. 15SD
    Sendfiles.dev – quick, secure P2P file transfer using WebRTC▲43

    2021 · sendfiles.dev

16. 16AE
    A example of running P2P network in browser (WASM+WebRTC+Chord DHT)▲35

    2023 · rings.rs

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    P2P File Transfer▲4

    Serverless, E2E encrypted P2P file transfer via WebRTC.

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    PeerDrop — Encrypted peer▲3

    No server, no database, crypto encrypted file transfer.

    Jul 2026 · peer-drop-pi.vercel.app

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    PhantomDrop▲11

    Secure file transfer web app.

    2025

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    Refly▲7

    P2P File Transfer

    2025

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    Pairlane▲6

    Send files P2P — no accounts, no uploads, no storage

    Jan 2026 · getpairlane.com

22. 22MO
    My OSS P2P file transfer tool for learning Next.js (as a C++ dev)▲16

    Hey HN, I'm a C++ algorithms engineer, and today I'd like to share my first full-stack web project: PrivyDrop. This project was born from two ideas: First, I wanted to solve a daily annoyance of mine: I needed a simple, AirDrop-like way to send text, links, or screenshots between my phone and PC. I tried many tools, but they either required me to sign up, had various limitations, or uploaded my data to their servers, which I was never comfortable with. Second, this was a personal experiment. Last year, with all the talk about "AI replacing programmers," I got curious. As a developer with no…

    2025 · privydrop.app

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    DropBeam▲3

    Share files instantly. Privately. Peer-to-peer.

    26d ago · dropbeam.space

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    Tether▲8

    Cross-platform AirDrop

    Jul 2026 · tether.zip

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