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

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