Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

#1

Post by samarthv » Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC

Specifically for sending between your friends who might not have AirDrop lol.

Re: Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

#2

Post by dotcoma » Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC

I tend to upload stuff to filen.io and share from there.

Re: Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

#3

Post by DarknessEoL » Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 2:14 AM UTC

I use wormhole.app lately. Used to use gofile.io

Re: Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

#4

Post by ghammondca » Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 3:25 AM UTC

It depends on how big the file is. I've used everything from ftp (for videos), to Dropbox, or filetransfer.io (6gb limit), to send.now (maximum of 100gb), or even a USB stick (if they are local and you don't need the stick back right away).

(I'm not affiliated with any of these sites)

Re: Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

#5

Post by samarthv » Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 3:36 AM UTC

ghammondca wrote: post #4

It depends on how big the file is. I've used everything from ftp (for videos), to Dropbox, or filetransfer.io (6gb limit), to send.now (maximum of 100gb), or even a USB stick (if they are local and you don't need the stick back right away). (I'm not affiliated with any of these sites)

Thanks a lot. I might look into send.now

Re: Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

#6

Post by satvikpendem » Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC

Look into Sendme and AltSendme which is a GUI around the former, they use iroh which is an open source secure peer to peer relay service to send data so there are no limits whatsoever for sending and receiving files, because there's no central server.

Re: Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?

#7

Post by samarthv » Sun, Apr 26, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #6

Look into Sendme and AltSendme which is a GUI around the former, they use iroh which is an open source secure peer to peer relay service to send data so there are no limits whatsoever for sending and receiving files, because there's no central server.