> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.burakov.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Sidedrop

> Send files straight from one device to another, right in the browser — no app, no cloud, no account.

Sidedrop is a **peer-to-peer file transfer** tool that runs in your browser. Open it on two
devices, pair them with a link, a short code, or a QR, and drop files, folders, or text — the
bytes stream **directly between the two browsers**, encrypted, and are never uploaded or stored.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="How it works" icon="share-nodes" href="/sidedrop/how-it-works">
    Pairing a room, dropping files, and what actually travels between the two devices.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Saving what you receive" icon="download" href="/sidedrop/saving-files">
    Large files, folders, text, and how saving differs across browsers.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Privacy" icon="lock" href="/sidedrop/privacy">
    Why there's nothing to store, what the server sees, and the honest bit about relays.
  </Card>

  <Card title="FAQ" icon="circle-question" href="/sidedrop/faq">
    Limits, browsers, phones, and where the edges are.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The idea in one minute

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Sidedrop on both devices">
    Go to the same site on the two devices you want to move files between — your phone and your
    laptop, or two computers. There's nothing to install and no account to make.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pair them">
    One device shows a room as a link, a short code, and a QR — all three point at the same
    private room. Scan the QR, type the code, or open the link on the other device to connect.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Drop files, folders, or text">
    Once paired, either side can drop files (or whole folders, or a snippet of text). Transfer
    starts immediately — there's no accept step — and a live table shows progress, speed, and ETA.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save at the other end">
    Completed items get a one-click **Save**. On Chromium you pick where; other browsers download
    to their Downloads folder. Close the tabs and nothing is left behind.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Sidedrop is free and open source. It needs both tabs to stay open during a transfer — it isn't
  cloud storage, so there's no "send now, pick up later."
</Note>