Hi Product Hunt 👋 I'm Syafiudin, the maker of Thawdrop. I built Thawdrop because sending a big file to someone shouldn't mean uploading it to a third party's server first, waiting for it to finish, and hitting a size limit along the way. [Replace with your own story: what happened that made you build it?] How it works: • Pick a file or folder in the desktop app (or right-click it), and you get a link and a QR code. • The link is a magnet link. Your file never leaves your computer until someone opens the link. • The receiver just opens it in any browser, no install and no account. They see the file list and download only the files they pick. • The transfer goes straight from your device to theirs over WebRTC. A few things you can turn on: a password (files are encrypted before sharing), an expiry time, and a download limit. Being upfront about the trade-offs: • Because there's no server holding the file, you need to keep Thawdrop running until the download finishes. • The desktop app is available for macOS (Apple Silicon) and Windows. The Windows installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may show a warning. • Very strict networks can block direct connections. It's open source (MIT): https://github.com/papateo/thawdrop I'd love your feedback, especially on what would make you use it instead of your current way of sending files. Thanks for taking a look! 🙏

Thawdrop

Share files & folders peer-to-peer. No upload, no size limit

Share files & folders peer-to-peer. No upload, no size limit