LocalSend is like AirDrop that actually works everywhere
LocalSend is a free, open-source alternative to AirDrop and Quick Share that lets you transfer files between nearby devices, regardless of which operating system they use. It supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, making it easy to move photos, videos, documents, folders, and text between phones, tablets, and computers. Transfers take place directly over your local Wi-Fi or wired network, without uploading anything to cloud storage or passing data through a third-party server.
- ▪LocalSend is a free, open-source alternative to AirDrop and Quick Share that lets you transfer files between nearby devices, regardless of which operating system they use.
- ▪It supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, making it easy to move photos, videos, documents, folders, and text between phones, tablets, and computers.
- ▪Transfers take place directly over your local Wi-Fi or wired network, without uploading anything to cloud storage or passing data through a third-party server.
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| Original publisher | TechSpot |
| Canonical URL | https://www.techspot.com/downloads/7814-localsend.html |
| Publication time | Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:06 -0500 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-05T16:10:47.401Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-05T16:10:47.401Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | _bj-TdKi7BqE · 1 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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LocalSend is a free, open-source alternative to AirDrop and Quick Share that lets you transfer files between nearby devices, regardless of which operating system they use. It supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, making it easy to move photos, videos, documents, folders, and text between phones, tablets, and computers. Transfers take place directly over your local Wi-Fi or wired network, without uploading anything to cloud storage or passing data through a third-party server. No account, login, internet connection, or device pairing is required. Open LocalSend on both devices, select what you want to share, and choose the receiving device when it appears. LocalSend automatically discovers compatible devices on the same network and protects transfers using HTTPS encryption.
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