Show HN: AirFlick Drop – AirDrop for Windows with zero mobile app installs

Category: devtools

Tags: file-transfer, cross-platform, windows, pwa, flask

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 6, Utility: 6)

AirFlick Drop is a cross-platform AirDrop alternative that lets users send files from any mobile browser to a Windows desktop companion app without installing a mobile app. It combines QR-code pairing, chunked HTTP streaming, local Wi-Fi or Cloudflare Tunnel connectivity, and a PyQt6 GUI with a mobile PWA. The project addresses a real gap for iPhone-to-Windows transfers but claims are ambitious and the repository is early-stage with minimal community traction.

Target audience: general users, Windows users, mobile users

Repository: https://github.com/k39139215-gif/airflick-drop · Python · 1 stars

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