OpenNearby
Beam files across the nearby. Fast. Secure. Reliable.
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OpenNearby shares files between devices on the same WiFi/LAN no cloud upload, no account, no signaling server. Any device opens a browser and gets the same UI, with nothing to install for guests. Free and open source.
PH · launched Sep 12, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: peer-to-peer file sharing tools · 99 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▼ -11% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Home
- Open Source
- GitHub
- Wi-Fi
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More like this: all 99 launches in peer-to-peer file sharing tools →
Could you build this?
Yes OpenNearby hosts a lightweight local HTTP server with mDNS/multicast DNS discovery, allowing local network devices to upload and download files directly via a web browser.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 227 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #192 of 228 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 272 days after the earliest competitor.
- OmniBeam · ph · 2026-11-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Nearby Share · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Beam-It · ph · 2026-10-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- WiFiRoom · ph · 2026-10-06 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- WispFile · ph · 2026-09-25 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- ShareFilesFree · ph · 2026-09-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- XCopy · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- ShareNod · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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