Alternatives to Blip

An app for sending files and folders of any size directly between devices and people. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Blip.

  • Send Anywhere

    A cross-platform file sharing service that sends files between devices using one-time keys or links.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb

    Send Anywhere uses one-time keys or links and adds a web version, so recipients can use a browser, while remaining closed source like Blip.

  • LocalSend

    Sends files between nearby devices over your own network, with no account, server or internet connection.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    LocalSend is open source under Apache-2.0 and needs no account, but only works between devices on the same local network rather than over the internet.

  • Magic Wormhole

    A command-line tool that sends files between computers securely using short one-time codes.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    Magic Wormhole is open source under MIT with end-to-end encryption and short codes, but it is command-line only with no mobile apps.

  • sendme

    A command-line tool that sends files and folders directly between computers using iroh.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    sendme is an open-source command-line tool that sends whole directories across NAT with verified, resumable transfers, but it has no graphical or mobile apps.

  • Feem

    App for sending files directly between phones and computers over local Wi-Fi without internet.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    Feem works over local Wi-Fi without internet using TLS 1.3 encryption, but devices must share the same network, unlike Blip's transfers across the internet.

  • LANDrop

    A cross-platform app for sending files to other devices on the same local network.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    LANDrop is free and discovers devices automatically on the local network, sending uncompressed media, but it does not transfer across the internet like Blip does.

  • FilePizza

    An open-source web app for peer-to-peer file transfers directly between two browsers.

    FreeOpen sourceWeb

    FilePizza is open source and runs in the browser with no install, but the sender must keep the page open and both people must be online.

  • WeTransfer

    A web service for sending large files to other people by link or email.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    WeTransfer sends large files by link or email from a browser, with no app needed for recipients, but files pass through a third-party server.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Blip as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Warpinator

    Linux Mint's app for sending and receiving files between computers on the same local network.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Blip sends files and folders of any size between devices and people with resumable transfers on all major platforms, but it is closed source.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.