Drop

Drag, Drop & Destroy — High-performance ephemeral server for sharing files over the local network.

The problem: the friction of "send it to me"

Sharing a large file (video, installer, database dump) between two computers in the same room is harder than it should be:

• Cloud (Drive/Dropbox): Upload to the internet and download again. Wasted bandwidth and limited by your upload speed.
• Messaging (WhatsApp/Slack): Compresses files, has size limits, and clutters your chats.
• USB drives: It's 2026; nobody wants to hunt for cables or USB ports.

The solution: Drop

Drop turns your computer into an instant transfer node only on your local network.

| Benefit | Description | |---------|-------------| | LAN speed | Transfer is only limited by your network card and router (1 Gbps+). No internet traffic. | | Ephemeral URL | When you "drop" a file, Drop generates a local link (e.g. http://192.168.1.15:8080/vuelo-402). | | Self-destruct | When the recipient finishes downloading, the server shuts down and data is wiped from RAM, no trace left. |

Requirements

• Bun (recommended runtime).

Installation

npm (recommended)

npm install -g @husseymarcos/drop

From source

bun install

Usage (CLI)

Share a file on the local network with an expiration time:

drop -f <file> [-t <time>]

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -f, --file | Path to the file to share. | | -t, --time | Time until the drop expires (e.g. 5m, 1h, 300 seconds). Defaults to 5m. | | -a, --alias | Publishes alias.local via mDNS (e.g. john -> http://john.local:8080/...) and still shows a direct LAN URL fallback. |

Example:

# Installed globally via npm
drop -f ./video.mp4 -t 10m

# From source
bun run index.ts -f ./video.mp4 -t 10m

The server starts, generates a local URL (e.g. http://192.168.1.15:8080/abc123), and when the time expires or after the download completes, it shuts down and wipes the data.