schlagmichdoch/PairDrop
PairDrop: Transfer Files Cross-Platform. No Setup, No Signup.
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 621 days ago, with 81 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #86 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 19, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Enables cross-platform local and internet file sharing via web browsers without setup or signup.
- Offers persistent device pairing and temporary public rooms for seamless transfers across complex networks.
- Use for quick peer-to-peer file transfers between mobile and desktop devices on the same local network.
- Use for sharing files securely over the internet using temporary public rooms or paired device connections.
- Use for integrating file sharing directly from OS context menus, share menus, or command-line interfaces.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
GPL 3.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
- No commits in the last six months (last push Apr 2026).
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
File sharing on your local network that works on all platforms.
Send a file from your phone to your laptop?
Share photos in original quality with friends using Android and iOS?
Share private files peer-to-peer between Linux systems?
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
723+52
Open issues
129+22
Compared with peers in Backend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropics/skills | 192.3K | +5.2K | 75 | — |
| zed-industries/zed | 94.7K | +2.3K | 75 | 6 days ago |
| google/skills | 23.8K | +2.0K | 75 | — |
| NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra | 99.4K | +1.8K | 75 | 19 days ago |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 20.8K | +1.7K | 75 | 7 days ago |
| schlagmichdoch/PairDrop | 11.8K | — | 40 | 621 days ago |
| Category median | 94.7K | +2.0K | 75 | — |
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