Why LocalSend?
AirDrop doesn’t exist outside the Apple ecosystem. LocalSend does the same thing — discover nearby devices, send files but works across NixOS, Android, Windows, and anything else on the local network. Open-source, no account required, no cloud involved.
Simple and Effective
Files go from phone to laptop or laptop to phone without cables, cloud uploads, or messaging apps. It discovers devices on the same network, or over Tailscale and transfers directly.
What it covers
- Phone to laptop: photos, screenshots, and files from Android to NixOS
- Laptop to phone: documents and media going the other direction
- Cross-platform: works with any device on the local network regardless of OS
- No cloud: direct peer-to-peer transfer, nothing leaves the network
Status
Active: local file transfer between devices.