LinkDrop — AirDrop links from your Mac - AirDrop links from your Mac
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Copy a link anywhere, press ⌥⌘L, and the AirDrop picker opens. The thing macOS should have shipped with. Free, open source, notarized.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋
LinkDrop exists because of one tiny, maddening gap in macOS: you can AirDrop a photo, a file, a note — but a link? Only if you open the page in Safari first. I use Chrome. So every time I wanted to send an article or a video to my phone, I ended up texting URLs to myself like a caveman.
So I fixed it in the most Mac way I could think of: a menu bar app. Copy a link anywhere — Chrome, Slack, a PDF, even a URL buried inside a paragraph of copied text — press ⌥⌘L, and the native AirDrop picker opens with the link ready to send. You can also just drag a link (or a file) onto the menu bar icon.
Things I cared about while building it:
• Zero permission prompts — no Accessibility access, no Input Monitoring, nothing to grant. It just works after install.
• Native and tiny — pure Swift + AppKit, no Electron, no background bloat.
• Free & open source (MIT) — read every line on GitHub, build it yourself, or install with a single brew command.
• Notarized by Apple — no scary warnings on first launch.
It's a small tool that scratches one itch well. Would love to hear what you'd want next — a configurable hotkey and sending the frontmost browser tab (without copying) are top of my list.
Thanks for checking it out! 🔗
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The keyboard shortcut to open the AirDrop picker directly is such a clean touch, feels like something Apple should have added years ago.
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honestly this is one of those "why isn't this built in already" apps. only thing i'd want is letting it remember a default device so you don't have to pick every single time when you're just sending to the same mac or iphone nearby.
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Finally something that makes AirDrop actually useful for sharing links. The keyboard shortcut feels native and it just works—no extra clicks or weird permissions popups. Genuinely surprised this isn't a built-in macOS feature.
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Finally something macOS should have built in ages ago. The shortcut feels right at home and the AirDrop picker actually pops up instantly on my MacBook.
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The keyboard shortcut to open the AirDrop picker directly is such a clean touch, feels like something Apple should have added years ago.
honestly this is one of those "why isn't this built in already" apps. only thing i'd want is letting it remember a default device so you don't have to pick every single time when you're just sending to the same mac or iphone nearby.
Finally something that makes AirDrop actually useful for sharing links. The keyboard shortcut feels native and it just works—no extra clicks or weird permissions popups. Genuinely surprised this isn't a built-in macOS feature.
Finally something macOS should have built in ages ago. The shortcut feels right at home and the AirDrop picker actually pops up instantly on my MacBook.