plain-app
File Transfer & Sync
v3.3.25
PlainApp is a free Android app that turns the handset into the host: tapping Start launches a web server on the device, and a management dashboard then opens…1mo agoAGPL-3.0No DockerEasy
Self-hosted alternatives to LocalSend
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Also in File Transfer & Sync
Not listed as LocalSend alternatives, but they cover the same ground and are worth a look.
ClipCascadeOpen-source clipboard sync for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android: text, images and files relayed by a self-hosted server or peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted.
DashBeamOpen-source P2P file transfer tool with self-hosted relay and discovery servers; direct device-to-device over QUIC + TLS 1.3, on desktop, Android, CLI and web.
crocSelf-hosted, open-source croc sends files and folders between any two machines with PAKE end-to-end encryption, resumable transfers, and your own relay via Docker.
seedsyncSelf-hosted tool to sync files from remote seedboxes using LFTP, with web UI, auto-queue, and archive extraction.- DelugeDeluge is a lightweight, free, cross-platform BitTorrent client with a daemon/client model, multiple user interfaces (GTK, Web, Console), and a plugin system.
FTPGrabFTPGrab is a self-hosted, open-source CLI tool that pulls files from FTP/SFTP servers on a schedule with filtering, deduplication, and notifications.
About these LocalSend alternatives
2 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to LocalSend are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- plain-app (7 082 GitHub stars, AGPL-3.0 license, written in Kotlin), followed by shotsync
- Easiest to set up
- plain-app
- Recently updated
- shotsync v1.0.0 on 2026-10-28