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DashBeam vs PrivyDrop: catalog facts
DashBeam	PrivyDrop
Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free to use and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Android, Web, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
No size limits and no cloud storage in between End-to-end encryption with integrity checks and resumable transfers	Direct browser-to-browser transfers with no account No file size or speed limits
Sender and receiver need to be online at the same time Recently renamed, so older guides refer to AltSendme	Unlimited size and resume depend on Chrome's direct-to-disk feature Interrupted transfers need both pages refreshed to restart
Downloadable app, Web application	Web application, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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