LAN file sharing
Share easily on your LAN.
Share with a nearby phone or computer. Open a local link or scan a QR code to send and receive in a browser, without installing another app.
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Feature tour
Better Share overview showing service status, drag-and-drop selection, the QR code and LAN access card, quick send, and clipboard monitoring
Better Share overview showing service status, drag-and-drop selection, the QR code and LAN access card, quick send, and clipboard monitoring
Better Share overview showing service status, drag-and-drop selection, the QR code and LAN access card, quick send, and clipboard monitoring
Better Share clipboard page showing monitoring status, detected items, monitoring rules, the privacy notice, and the event log
Local-firstNo servers, analytics, or crash reporting; files stay on your LAN and Mac instead of going through the internet.
Browser send and receiveA QR code or short code opens a temporary share page so phones, tablets, and other computers can download or upload without installing the app.
iPhone ScreenshotsUse an iPhone Shortcuts screenshot automation to post screenshots to a dedicated folder on your Mac and preview them in the app.
Stay in controlLink expiry, visitor PINs, upload policy, receive review, and local history remain under your control.
Browser sharing
Choose files or folders to create a temporary link, QR code, and short code; visitors download what you share in a browser.
When guest uploads are enabled, visitors send files to your Mac and you review them before writing them to disk.
Pair an iPhone (iOS 27) Shortcuts screenshot automation with a token-protected LAN address that saves captures to a dedicated Mac folder.
Use cases
Let a phone, tablet, or Windows PC scan a QR code or enter a short code to download or upload in a browser without installing Better Share.
Allow confirmation, automatic acceptance, or refusal, then inspect files and their destination before saving when review is enabled.
Create a screenshot automation in iPhone Shortcuts and send captures over the LAN to Better Share's dedicated folder.
Boundaries
Privacy & security
Better Share has no servers, no analytics, no crash reporting, or internet file transfer. Share links, transfer history, and temporary files stay on the Mac; browser uploads record the browser name and LAN IP, and history can be cleared or exported as CSV / JSON.
Pages
From Overview to Settings, each page does one job.
Help
Use the browser channel. Once a share is running, the other person scans the QR code with a phone or PC, or enters the short code on the same LAN, and downloads or uploads in the browser with nothing to install.
The current version does not provide device-to-device transfer or AirDrop integration. Use system AirDrop when both devices support it; for mixed devices, use Better Share's LAN browser sharing.
No. There are no servers, no accounts, and no internet file transfer. The browser share page is served directly by your Mac on the LAN.
That is your call. The guest upload policy can require confirmation, accept automatically, or refuse; it requires confirmation by default. Before receiving, you see each file's name, size, extension-based risk hint, destination, and free space, and you can accept only some of them.
No. The risk column is a heuristic based only on the file extension, there to flag executables and scripts; it does not replace malware scanning. Files from the network receive the macOS quarantine attribute, so the system asks again the first time they are opened.
Monitoring is off by default. When on, it reads only the type, size, filename, and the first 80 characters of text to show a prompt; items from password managers and text that looks like keys, certificates, or one-time codes are suppressed. Nothing is shared until you click generate link or send.
A browser share can be pinned to one network interface, and the link is reachable only on that interface's subnet. Better Share warns when other subnets cannot reach it; connect the other device to the same network, or pin a different interface.
It is free, with no in-app purchases.
PRICING & BENEFITS
The app is free, with no in-app purchases. Browser sharing requires devices on the same local network.
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Get it through the official channel
See this page for compatibility and capability details.
Read the product guides, or reach us through the support center and email.
