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Snapdrop Web Extension (Addon)

Share files between devices in your local network.

Description

By default, this addon just displays a popup with the Snapdrop website so you can start recieving files and texts easily. In the popup the URL of the current tab is posted to the Message Dialog (right click). You can change the mode in the addons settings either to 'Popup in new window' or 'Open Tab instead' or 'Open in Sidebar'.

Background mode
can be enabled in the settings
This runs Snapdrop in the background so you can receive files/texts anytime and get notifications.

Server
The URL can be specified in the settings, protocol required (http/https)

ATTENTION: make sure that Snapdrop is only running once. (The background service will stop running if Snapdrop is opened in any tab, just make sure not to open Snapdrop in several tabs)

Kown issue

Firefox: sending files from the popup does not work (FilePicker causes the Popup to close), this is a known bug. Therefore I recommend changing the Mode in the addons settings either to 'Popup in new window' or 'Open Tab instead' or 'Open in Sidebar'. Chrome: Unrecognized manifest key 'browser_specific_settings'

Install

current version: 1.9.7

Firefox

Snapdrop for Firefox - Firefox Addons

Chrome

• Download the latest release zip and extract
• open chrome://extensions (enable developer mode)
• 'Load unpacked extension' and select the extracted folder

That's it, enjoy! (if you want to add it to Chrome Web Store, please open an issue/discussion)

Acknowledgements

Thanks for the awesome work of Snapdrop

I also recommend using this great app: Snapdrop for Android

Chrome Support thanks to WebExtension browser API Polyfill by Mozilla

License

GNU General Public License v3.0