LocalSend – Local Network File Sharing Between Linux, Windows and Mac | Linux Today

LocalSend – Local Network File Sharing Between Linux, Windows and Mac

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TecMint
Jan 5, 2026

One of the most important uses of a network is for file sharing purposes, and there are multiple ways Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X users on a network can share files with each other.

In this article, we’ll cover LocalSend, a modern, cross-platform, open-source application that makes file sharing across your local network incredibly simple.

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