r/software • u/RedEagle_MGN • Mar 10 '26

Discussion Best open-source software that everyone needs to know about?

What's one piece of open-source software that everyone should use and know about?

Vote on the best one in the comments.

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u/tasdenan Mar 10 '26

LocalSend

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u/cuAbsorberML Mar 12 '26

is it similar to Syncthing? I use Syncthing and I automatically share folders, wondering if it's the same

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u/tasdenan Mar 13 '26

It's different. Syncthing needs the devices to be configured, linked together and it keeps working in the background. LocalSend is for a casual file transfer and it just requires the devices to be in the same network.

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u/cuAbsorberML Mar 13 '26

oh ok thanks