Send large files
PairDrop
AirDrop for every device, in the browser.
open source self-hostable PairDrop project · ?Send files between devices on the same network or via a room code; can be self-hosted in minutes.
Website ↗ Source ↗ Plan “Send large files” with it
How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted in Europe | region unknown | free | unknown — We do not yet know where this company or its servers are. |
Facts
| Company / project | PairDrop project (jurisdiction unknown) |
|---|---|
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Self-hosting footprint | 64 MB RAM · 0.1 vCPU · 0 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | WeTransfer |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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