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Life & fun · March 23, 2023

Nousb.co – A seamless multi-platform ephemeral file transfer webapp

Key technical point is that it does NOT rely on webRTC, which is not reliable enough on all browsers, and there are important file system APIs (ie. `showSaveFilePicker`) that are missing on most browsers to do actual file transfers, without storing the whole file in RAM first. The idea is to have something that is as multi-platform as possible, and can work on all browsers, even the embedded webviews in chat apps. And without app installation or account creation. To test it with a common case, which is transferring between a smartphone and a laptop: - Open https://NoUSB.co - Click…

Nousb.co – A seamless multi-platform ephemeral file transfer webapp launched on March 23, 2023 with 6 votes, #2,215 of 5,007 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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What it does

Privacy focused file transfer tool. Drag & Drop and download instantly, no upload, no storage, no Zuckerberg to watch your files when you

You can join an existing drive by entering its 6 characters code below. Make your files instantly available to download by a simple drag & drop. Share the link with any device you want, they can also add their own files to the drive! As soon as you close the tab or browser, your files will disappear from the drive, instantly. Nothing is stored anywhere. Share files directly from your computer with a simple right-click. No cloud storage, no sizefrom nousb.co

In the maker’s words, at launch

Key technical point is that it does NOT rely on webRTC, which is not reliable enough on all browsers, and there are important file system APIs (ie. `showSaveFilePicker`) that are missing on most browsers to do actual file transfers, without storing the whole file in RAM first. The idea is to have something that is as…

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