📶 No cloud, no cable — beam files between phone, laptop & tablet over WiFi

[SRZ]

Same WiFi, zero middleman — your files beam straight across the room, never through a server.

Open wifibox.app on two devices on the same WiFi — they appear, you drop, the file lands. Free, no app, no account, no cloud.

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One WiFi wire — eight powers

Power	What you can now do	Start here
Browser beams	Open a URL on two devices and they appear to each other — no install	PairDrop
Built-in + sync + cast	Use what your phone already has to beam files and keep folders in step	Quick Share
Jolt gems	Beams so wild they skip WiFi — light and QR carry your bytes	Beam
Encrypted + terminal	Type the same code phrase on two machines for a safe cross-internet beam	Magic-Wormhole
Phone = wireless USB stick	Tap start and your phone becomes a drive your PC can reach on WiFi	WiFi FTP Server
QR + clipboard + camera	Scan a code to share text, or turn your phone into a wireless webcam	DroidCam
Native offline apps	AirDrop-style apps that work with zero internet and no router	LocalSend
PC = LAN download site	One command turns a folder into a page any phone on WiFi can open	miniserve

The full shelf — 40+ free tools

Browser beams

• FilePizza — file.pizza — drop a file, get a link, streams P2P
• ToffeeShare — toffeeshare.com — any size, E2E, close tab = stop
• ShareLAN — sharelan.com — same-WiFi auto-discovery
• Kamui — kamui.onthewifi.com — browser P2P over LAN
• LocalSend Web — web.localsend.org — browser LocalSend, same network
• WIFIDrop — wifidrop.js.org — P2P + auto-discovery PWA
• Winden — winden.app — wormhole web, real-time, ≤200MB
• Wormhole.app — wormhole.app — E2E auto-expiring link

Built-in + sync + cast

• Windows Nearby sharing — microsoft.com — PC↔PC beam
• Apple AirDrop — apple.com — iPhone/iPad/Mac, no internet
• Google Files — files.google.com — preinstalled offline share
• KDE Connect — kdeconnect.kde.org — files + clipboard + links
• Syncthing — syncthing.net — folders stay identical forever
• Resilio Sync — resilio.com/sync — P2P folder sync, no size limit
• Nextcloud — nextcloud.com — self-hosted Dropbox
• LocalSend — localsend.org — cross-platform AirDrop app
• WebDrop — webdrop.space — browser group P2P + messages
• Jellyfin — jellyfin.org — free media server
• Plex — plex.tv — media server
• BubbleUPnP — bubblesoftapps.com — cast to DLNA TV
• VLC — videolan.org — play LAN files

Jolt gems

• AirGap QR — airgapqr.com — screen-to-camera QR, AES-256
• Code to QR Code — sdcvo.github.io — files→animated QR, offline
• NBTools 局域网传文件 — nbtools.cn — 4-digit room code broadcast
• OKYA Share — share.okya.app — P2P + screen-share + whiteboard
• Warp — warp.ishannaik.com — open-source P2P, 50GB folders

Encrypted + terminal

• croc — github.com/schollz/croc — one command, resumable
• OnionShare — onionshare.org — .onion link over Tor
• Oshi Send — oshi-messenger.com/send — auto-delete 24h
• Send — send.vis.ee — E2E expiring link
• ffsend — github.com/timvisee/ffsend — Send from terminal
• Wormhole William — github.com/psanford/wormhole-william — single-file Go CLI
• Wormhole William Mobile — github.com/psanford/wormhole-william-mobile — phone↔computer by passcode
• Rymdport — rymdport.github.io — drag-drop GUI + QR
• Warp (GNOME) — apps.gnome.org/Warp — desktop app, code or QR
• PrivyDrop — privydrop.app — P2P file+clipboard, resumable
• SwarmDrop — swarm-apps.github.io — LocalSend freed from LAN
• DropWire — github.com — E2E + resume on iroh
• sendme — github.com/n0-computer/sendme — one-command send

Phone = wireless USB stick

• Primitive FTPd — f-droid.org — open-source FTP/SFTP
• HTTP FS — play.google.com — phone as web page + WebDAV
• MiXplorer — mixplorer.com — file manager with servers
• CX File Explorer — play.google.com — one-tap FTP
• FV File Explorer — play.google.com — built-in FTP
• Swap — f-droid.org — browser link anyone opens
• WebDAV Server — play.google.com — mount as a drive
• LudyServer — apps.apple.com — iPhone WiFi server + WebDAV
• Expose HTTP Server — apps.apple.com — iOS web/WebDAV
• Share Server — apps.apple.com — simple HTTP server
• iFiles Wi-Fi Transfer — ifiles.app — drag-drop web server

QR + clipboard + camera

• IcyZip — icyzip.com — QR → shared live text box
• ClipShare — clipshare-app.vercel.app — shared clipboard Mac↔Win
• Clipboard Bridge — mattboxx.github.io — text/photos/files Windows↔phone
• qrcp — github.com/claudiodangelis/qrcp — one command → QR
• Iriun Webcam — iriun.com — phone camera = webcam
• IP Webcam — play.google.com — network camera
• VDO.Ninja — vdo.ninja — phone camera → PC WebRTC
• ScreenStream — screenstream.io — mirror phone screen
• scrcpy — github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy — mirror + control Android

Native offline apps

• LANDrop — landrop.app — auto-find LAN, drag-drop
• Warpinator — github.com/linuxmint/warpinator — Mint encrypted LAN
• NitroShare — github.com/nitroshare/nitroshare-desktop — auto-discovers LAN
• LanXchange — lanxchange.com — zero-setup Java
• TrebleShot — trebleshot.monora.org — phone-to-phone/hotspot
• Sharik — github.com/marchellodev/sharik — one-tap, 5 platforms
• FlyingCarpet — github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet — its own WiFi, no router
• NearDrop — github.com/grishka/NearDrop — Mac ← Android Quick Share
• B0Pass — github.com/bitepeng/b0pass — one Go file LAN drop
• RelayPony — github.com/norsehorse-dev/RelayPonyAndroid — E2E WiFi Direct
• Overskride — github.com/kaii-lb/overskride — Linux↔phone Bluetooth

PC = LAN download site

• python http.server — docs.python.org — built-in download page
• Dufs — github.com/sigoden/dufs — browse + upload + zip
• Caddy file-server — caddyserver.com — tidy browsable site
• darkhttpd — unix4lyfe.org — tiny C binary
• woof — codeberg.org/nomis/woof — serve one file, quits
• updog — github.com/sc0tfree/updog — download + upload back
• websitino — trikko.github.io — single binary, password/HTTPS
• LanShare — github.com/ZuhanLin/lanshare — npx → QR, download + upload
• HFS — rejetto.com/hfs — windowed app share link
• FileBrowser — filebrowser.org — self-hosted file manager
• webd — github.com/webd90kb/webd — 90KB binary