WeTransfer
LocalSendPick
App95.6k
Sends files and text to nearby devices over your own Wi-Fi, encrypted, with no internet or account needed.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Stays on device
- No account
- Free
- Android
- iPhone
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
SwissTransfer
Service in File transfer
Free Swiss service from Infomaniak for sending files up to 50 GB without an account.
Not end-to-end encrypted; Infomaniak holds the keys.
Privacy passport
2 of 5 checks- No trackingNot statedThe maker doesn't say.
- Open sourceNoThe code is closed.
- Only you can read itNoThe provider can technically read your data, even if it promises not to.
- No accountYesWorks without signing up.
- FreeYesFree to use.
Where it stands among 12 file transfer tools
No tracking
Yes
Partly
Not stated
Open source
Yes
Partly
No
Only you can read it
Yes
No
No account
Yes
Free
Yes
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