hop
AirDrop-style file transfer between Mac and Windows
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GITHUB · launched Oct 27, 2026 · 22 upvotes (top 61%) · 0 views
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
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Could you build this?
Yes Hop is LAN file transfer with device discovery and direct peer-to-peer streaming, all standard networking (mDNS or UDP broadcast plus TCP) wrapped in a desktop UI. Packaging for macOS and Windows adds friction but no hard research.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1282 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #730 of 1283 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 361 days after the earliest competitor.
- omdrop-plugin · github · 2026-09-15 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.75
- snapdrop · github · 2026-09-14 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.72
- LAN-Share · github · 2026-10-06 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.66
- omdrop-owl · github · 2026-10-08 · 2401 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup · hn · 2026-09-17 · 109 upvotes · similarity 0.63
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- Altersend · hn · 2026-06-05 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- MediaFetch · github · 2026-10-19 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.58
- FreeMyPhone · ph · 2026-11-01 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.58