Walled gardens
AirDrop, Nearby Share, and OEM “quick share” tools stop at the brand line. Mixed groups improvise with email, chat apps, or USB cables.
Peer-to-peer · no cloud storage
Android to iPhone. Laptop to phone. Same room, same Wi‑Fi—or even a phone hotspot with zero cellular data. Share moves files directly device-to-device. Nothing sits on our servers waiting to leak.
Sound familiar? AirDrop only works in Apple’s world. Nearby Share falters across ecosystems. Cloud links mean uploading, waiting, accounts, and “did that actually finish?” Share is built for the moment you just need the file there—cleanly and privately.
The pain
People shouldn’t need the same brand of phone to hand someone a photo across the table. Yet that’s the daily reality—especially for Android and iOS users stuck in the same room.
AirDrop, Nearby Share, and OEM “quick share” tools stop at the brand line. Mixed groups improvise with email, chat apps, or USB cables.
Drive and chat uploads work… slowly. They need accounts, internet, storage quotas, and they leave a copy somewhere you didn’t mean to keep forever.
Events, basements, flights, dead zones—when the network is gone, most “share” features die. Share can still host on a phone hotspot with no data plan at all.
The mission
Share is a mission-driven project: make local, private file transfer between real people feel obvious—whether they’re on Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac, or Linux.
Create or join a short room code. Share a link or QR so the other person lands in the same space—no account signup.
See who’s online in the room. Tap them, choose one or many files, and they accept what they want—before anything bulk-downloads onto their device.
Bytes go WebRTC device-to-device. The host only helps with signaling (tiny messages to connect you)—not storing your vacation video.
Accept or decline per file, cancel one file without killing the batch, and get a clear state if someone leaves or the link drops.
Built for real use
Not a cloud drive. Not a social network. A focused tool for “you’re here, I’m here, take this file.”
Web, Android host, iOS host, and desktop (Windows / Mac / Linux). Same room protocol so mixed device groups aren’t second-class.
File bytes are not uploaded to Share for storage. Transfer is direct (encrypted in transit via WebRTC). Signaling is only presence and connection help.
Send several files at once. Receivers can accept a subset. Progress and cancel work per file so one bad pick doesn’t wipe the whole batch.
Get someone on the same room without spelling a URL over noise. Ideal when you’re shoulder-to-shoulder at a table or event.
Host on a phone, turn on mobile hotspot, friend joins that Wi‑Fi only—even with no carrier data—and still complete transfers on the local network.
Run the web + signaling stack on your own machine or TrueNAS. Keep the product under your roof while store apps keep joining easy.
Everywhere you are
Use the browser against a host you trust, or a native host app that brings the room with it.
Store listings and public downloads will land here as builds ship. Until then, self-host from the open monorepo or run the web app on your LAN.
Google Play, App Store, and desktop store links will appear here when published.