Altersend
File sharing without cloud
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HN · launched Jun 5, 2026 · 14 upvotes (top 31%) · 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
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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More like this: all 99 launches in peer-to-peer file sharing tools →
Could you build this?
Yes A serverless or peer-to-peer file sharing app can be readily built using WebRTC data channels, standard WebSockets for signaling, and off-the-shelf P2P libraries.
Discussion
7 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Security vulnerability risk with firewall bypass and remote listening socket, Large binary size (476.7MB Windows), Lack of documentation on how Hyperdrive works, Unclear how NAT traversal is handled
Feature requests: Pause and resume transfer capability
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1812 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #519 of 1813 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 218 days after the earliest competitor.
- RocketShare · hn · 2026-02-25 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.69
- snapdrop · github · 2026-09-14 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.68
- nsgo-hando · github · 2026-11-10 · 12 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- block-roll · github · 2026-11-05 · 164 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- FluxSharing · ph · 2026-10-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- hop · github · 2026-10-27 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- filet · github · 2026-09-13 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- cetrafs · github · 2026-10-22 · 21 upvotes · similarity 0.59
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