LocalSend
Send files between your phone and laptop over the local network, with no account, cable or internet.
Cost
Completely free
Free and open source. No file size limit.
Open source
Yes
The code is public. Anyone can inspect it, and it cannot be taken away from you.
Your data
Stays on your computer
Nothing is uploaded. This matters for anything confidential.
Use it for this
Getting a photo off your phone or a document onto it, without emailing it to yourself or putting it through WhatsApp and losing the quality.
Do not use it for this
Sending to someone on a different network — both devices must be on the same Wi-Fi.
A moment where you would reach for it
Moving a 300 MB video from your phone to your laptop in seconds, with no cable.
How hard is it to pick up?
Anyone can use this on day one.
Worth knowing before you use it
The file goes straight from one device to the other over your own Wi-Fi. It never touches a company's server, so nothing to trust and nothing to delete afterwards.
About this entry
Checked on 1 Sept 2026. Prices and free limits change without warning, and often quietly. Treat everything above as a starting point and confirm on the official site before you rely on it.
Nothing here is sponsored. A tool appears because it solves a real problem, not because someone paid for it to be listed.