Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
Top comments
All of these "alternatives to airdop" don't seem to actually do what airdrop does, which is create an ad-hoc wireless connection. Airdrop isn't just a nice UI for sending files between people, it allows a wi-fi speed transfer between two devices that aren't connected to an existing network of that speed.
It sounded interesting until: Allow www.sharedrop.io to run "Adobe Flash"? Then: We're really sorry, but your browser is not supported. Please use the latest Chrome for Desktop or Android or Opera. Firefox support is coming soon! So basically, this is a webkit app, not a HTML5 app?
> Devices need to have the same public IP to see each other. That is kind of unfortunate as vpns break this. Mentions it is using firebase which I assume it needs for discovery. Too bad there is no mdns support on browsers. The name is kind of annoying me just because I already use a service called dropshare (https://dropshare.app)
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HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 400
- Total comments
- 223
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-25 | Show HN: HTML5 clone of OS X AirDrop – Easy P2P file transfers in a browserFirst breakout | szimek | 165 | 68 |
| 2020-04-02 | ShareDrop: Free app to securely share files directly between devices | doener | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-01-22 | Sharedrop.io: P2P File Transfer | dtrailin | 2 | 1 |
| 2023-05-01 | ShareDrop – P2P file sharing with WebRTC | Hbruz0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-01-21 | Free and Open Source Alternative to AirdropHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | linkdd | 228 | 154 |