localshare

A CLI tool to make downloading files from devices easier (inspired from LocalSend and AirShare)

Installation

Using pip:

pip install git+https://github.com/scrazzz/localshare

Using uv:

uv tool install git+https://github.com/scrazzz/localshare

Usage

1. Share a directory

$ localshare --directory ~/Downloads

Serving C:\Users\scruz\Downloads
Available at: http://share.local:8000

2. Open the link on another device

3. Download the file you want

Why

• Did not want the unnecessary bloat (qrcode generator, static HTML files) from AirShare.
• AirShare has obfuscated static HTML files used for the web UI (sus, but I'm 99% sure it doesn't do anything shady).
• Wanted a simple way to transfer large files from my laptop to iPad because LocalSend sometimes fails to download larger files on iPad.