Iroh is a relay protocol for peer to peer transfers over the Internet so it doesn't have this problem, check out my other comment here about wrappers around the protocol for sending files, Sendme is the one I use.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47935026

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eigenspace 2 days ago | parent [-]

I don't want to send things over the internet, I want to do things locally.

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landr0id 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.iroh.computer/sendme

Iroh's protocol can figure out if the devices are on the same LAN and avoid going over the internet. It can work without a discovery server too -- i.e. completely LAN.

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t43562 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

bluetooth is local. Actually, I realise I'm being facetious since I've not managed to get Apple bluetooth to connect to anything non Apple yet.

	▲	eigenspace 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Bluetooth is also very slow. Airdrop and Localsend achieve speed by using local wifi networks. The problem with Localsend is that the user themselves need to manage the creation of the local network.