JustDropFile

Send a file straight to another device

Drop the file in, share the link or QR code, and it moves directly from your browser to theirs.

Drop files here or choose files

Any type, any size. They go straight to the other device.

Both of you need to be online at the same time. Nothing is stored anywhere.

Files go directly from your device to theirs, end to end encrypted, and are never uploaded to or stored on a server. Read the full technical explanation

Both of you need to be online at the same time. There is no storage, so there is nothing to come back for later.

This is not cloud storage. Nothing is kept anywhere, by anyone.

Want to strip location and camera data before you send? Wipe metadata first

Video too big to send comfortably? Compress the video

Sending a lot of photos? Compress images first

Why send it this way?

No upload, no server copy

Most "send a file" sites are storage with a link. This one is a wire. Your file is never on a server, so it cannot leak, expire, or be scanned.

End to end encrypted

A random key in the link, which browsers never send to any server, encrypts every byte before it leaves your device. Even if the connection has to be relayed, the relay only sees ciphertext.

No account, no size limit

Nothing to sign up for and nothing to install. Multi-gigabyte videos work: files stream to disk on the other side instead of piling up in memory.

How it works

1

Drop your files

Pick one or more files. You get a link and a QR code immediately. Nothing has been sent anywhere yet.

2

Share the link

Send the link however you like, or let them scan the QR code with their phone camera. They see the file names and sizes before accepting.

3

It streams across

Once they accept, the files travel directly between the two browsers, encrypted. Keep your tab open until it finishes.

Read the full technical explanation

Questions people ask

How do I send a file without uploading it anywhere?

Use a peer to peer transfer. This page connects your browser to the other person's browser using WebRTC, the same technology video calls use, and streams the file over that connection. A tiny connection handshake goes through our server so the two browsers can find each other; the file itself never does.

Is there a file size limit?

No fixed limit on direct connections. Files are read and written in small pieces, so a 5 GB video does not need 5 GB of memory on either side. On networks that force a relayed connection there is a 2 GB cap per transfer, because relayed bytes cost us money.

Do I need an account?

No. No account, no email, no app. Open the page, drop the file, share the link.

Can you see my files?

No. The file is encrypted in your browser with a key that lives only in the link, after the # sign. Browsers never send that part of a link to any server, so neither our connection server nor the relay can read it. What we can see is described plainly on the privacy page.

Why do both of us need to be online?

Because there is no middle. The file goes from your device to theirs and is never stored on the way. If you want a link someone can open next week, you want a storage service, and this is deliberately not one.

It says it could not connect. What now?

Some office, hospital, school, and hotel networks block peer connections entirely. Try a different network on one side, or a phone hotspot. The connection falls back to an encrypted relay automatically when it can; when even that is blocked, nothing gets through.