This is for file sharing, while Syncthing is for file synchronization. While you could use Syncthing for file sharing as well (and I have used it for that before), it's definitely more complicated to use, and requires a bit more setup.

[–] sunstoned@lemmus.org 1 points 5 months ago

Excellent distinction! That makes a lot of sense, thank you

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's for a completely different purpose. This is more close to AirDrop

[–] sunstoned@lemmus.org 1 points 5 months ago

Hm.. if I'm reading the README correctly this is a LAN only drop mechanism between a phone and a laptop. Syncthing does that already, albeit with a cumbersome number of features and config for that use case. If that's not accurate I'm sure you'll let me know :)

I would love to see this develop an airdrop-esque Bluetooth / PAN phone to phone feature though! Especially if a compatible iOS app were available that would be really slick.

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

It looks like an alternative to LocalSend rather than Syncthing