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Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup

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nitin7 · 1789694265 · focus · HN ↗
I have used localsend. How is snapdrop this different from <a href="https://github.com/localsend/localsend" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/localsend/localsend?
1. noncoml · 1789702639 · focus · HN ↗
  LocalSend doesn’t work for non /24 subnets
  1. justusthane · 1789735789 · focus · HN ↗
    Are you sure? That would be a bizarre limitation. It seems much more likely there's something else going on where it's not working
    noncoml · 1790038441 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://github.com/localsend/localsend/issues/74" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/localsend/localsend/issues/74
    justusthane · 1790260808 · focus · HN ↗
    Well I'll be. It does seem that the ability to get the subnet mask is present in the beta version of Dart, so hopefully this will be resolved.
  2. fmajid · 1789741250 · focus · HN ↗
    Works just fine on my 10.0.0.0/8
    noncoml · 1790038446 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://github.com/localsend/localsend/issues/74" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/localsend/localsend/issues/74
2. sfwf · 1789727913 · focus · HN ↗
  First, snapdrop shouldn't be used at all, it was sold to LimeWire along with some other similar P2P sites (sharedrop, easyupload) so only <a href="https://pairdrop.net/" rel="nofollow">https://pairdrop.net/ can be trusted.
  The difference is that localsend has dedicated apps as well, but sometimes you just quickly need the web version and for me <a href="https://web.localsend.org/" rel="nofollow">https://web.localsend.org/ is often too slow to connect or devices can't see each other, meanwhile <a href="https://pairdrop.net/" rel="nofollow">https://pairdrop.net/ always work.
  1. [deleted] · 1789733273 · focus · HN ↗
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