# Self-hosted alternatives to LocalSend

> 2 self-hostable, open-source alternatives to LocalSend, ranked by score.

- [plain-app](https://selfhost.directory/project/plain-app)
- [shotsync](https://selfhost.directory/project/shotsync)

## Head-to-head

- [plain-app vs shotsync](https://selfhost.directory/compare/plain-app-vs-shotsync)

## Also in File Transfer & Sync

Not listed as LocalSend alternatives, but from the same category:

- [ClipCascade](https://selfhost.directory/project/clipcascade): Open-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.
- [DashBeam](https://selfhost.directory/project/dashbeam): Open-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.
- [croc](https://selfhost.directory/project/croc): Self-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.
- [seedsync](https://selfhost.directory/project/seedsync): Self-hosted tool to sync files from remote seedboxes using LFTP, with web UI, auto-queue, and archive extraction.
- [Deluge](https://selfhost.directory/project/deluge): Deluge is a lightweight, free, cross-platform BitTorrent client with a daemon/client model, multiple user interfaces (GTK, Web, Console), and a plugin system.
- [FTPGrab](https://selfhost.directory/project/ftpgrab): FTPGrab is a self-hosted, open-source CLI tool that pulls files from FTP/SFTP servers on a schedule with filtering, deduplication, and notifications.

All 32 File Transfer & Sync projects: https://selfhost.directory/file-transfer-sync

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