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What’s New Version 1.17.1
Translation fixes
Description
LocalSend is a secure, offline-first file transfer solution, purpose-built for professionals, teams, and organizations operating in high-trust, security-critical environments.
With over 8 million downloads globally, LocalSend enables fast, encrypted peer-to-peer file sharing — without the cloud, without internet access, and without surveillance.
Fully offline operation – transfer files over local Wi-Fi or LAN, no internet required
End-to-end TLS encryption – full confidentiality and integrity of your data
Cross-platform compatibility – available on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux
No tracking, no data collection, no ads
Open-source & fully transparent – trusted worldwide in defense, critical infrastructure, and secure enterprise environments
Designed for use cases where control, privacy, and operational integrity are non-negotiable.
Ideal for deployment in corporate networks, mobile field units, temporary infrastructures, and air-gapped or connectivity-constrained environments.
Capabilities
In-App Purchases
Accessibility
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Version history 25 versions
Build 876232751v1.17.12025-07-09 04:58:35
Translation fixes
Build 872639256v1.17.02025-02-20 03:50:27
Improved media picker
Build 870223619v1.16.22024-11-06 13:51:31
- Fix sharing from other apps in iOS 18
Build 870195264v1.16.12024-11-05 10:17:16
- improve performance
- add option to only accept requests from favorites
Build 870156737v1.16.02024-11-03 06:07:10
- improve performance
- add option to only accept requests from favorites
Build 868329695v1.15.42024-08-20 10:15:05
- add retry button on failed transfers
- fix: memory leak when sending files
Build 867820847v1.15.32024-07-29 22:43:01
Limit receive history to 30 entries to improve performance
Build 867741353v1.15.22024-07-25 17:27:13
- fix memory leak when receiving large files
Build 867584806v1.15.12024-07-18 18:19:57
- save text messages to history
- add PIN confirmation option
- sanitize file names with invalid characters
Build 865560136v1.15.02024-07-15 01:28:03
- save text messages to history
- add PIN confirmation option
- sanitize file names with invalid characters
Build 862220355v1.14.02024-02-26 21:20:26
Add option to automatically accept requests when sharing via link
Build 862105180v1.13.22023-12-11 00:12:31
Fix various crash issues
Build 862057177v1.13.12023-12-08 19:06:50
Fix various crash issues
Build 861885764v1.13.02023-12-05 15:33:20
- option to automatically finish transfer
- permission fixes
Build 860979098v1.12.02023-10-26 05:46:39
Save to favorites, OLED color mode, Improve GPU usage
Build 859647557v1.11.12023-09-05 09:41:56
- hide color setting when dynamic colors are not supported
- fix: possible race condition leading to zero total files
Build 859473950v1.11.02023-08-28 21:00:43
- fix saving GIF and image metadata
- optionally enable encryption when share via link
- optionally disable saving to history
- small UI improvements
Build 857555043v1.10.02023-06-02 18:50:19
- fix: cancellation fixes during active file transfer
- fix: could not save HEIC files
Build 856901158v1.9.12023-05-06 06:59:39
- add folder should include the folder itself
- fix: handle file names with special characters in link share mode
Build 856593314v1.9.02023-04-23 13:37:28
- directory share
- share via browser link (for non-LocalSend users)
- add "delete from history" button when file could not be opened (by @TheGB0077)
- close message request when copied / opened link
- slightly improve transfer speed
- implement LocalSend protocol v2 with v1 fallback
- scan (sync) button automatically scans all network interfaces when count less than 3
- add "Save to gallery" setting button in file receive options
- fix: in multi-recipient mode, retrying causes a "canceled by sender" on the recipient device
- fix: clear selection after finished message transfer
- fix: could not scan local network on iOS 14+ (by @TheGB0077)
- fix): fallback asset picker strings to English translation (by @TheGB0077)
- i18n: add fa
Build 855336907v1.8.02023-03-05 22:33:42
- add send modes (single recipient, multiple recipients)
- selection gets cleared after finish by default (part of send modes feature)
- share to multiple recipients in parallel
- add troubleshoot page
- add 2 buttons to receive history: open folder + delete history
- cleanup scan UI by hiding multiple network interfaces inside the scan button
- edit text message in selected files
- improve device discovery by answering with TCP instead of UDP
- handshake error in unencrypted mode
- also scan multicast when pressing on a subnet sync button
- show error message when saving to gallery failed
- add bn, nl, uk
Build 854908068v1.7.02023-02-12 15:56:31
- improve device discovery by enabling multicast
- received file history
- show recent IP addresses in manual IP input
- improve error handling and add possibility to show exact error message for debugging
- add unencrypted HTTP mode (for debugging)
- separate language settings page
- message input is horizontally scrollable when multiline is unselected
- open message normally in QuickSave mode (instead of saving it into a file)
- use bigger default window size if display is big enough
- cache cleanup on iOS
- add ar, es-ES, fr-FR, hu, in, it, iw, ja, ko, ne, pl, pt-BR, ru, sv, tr, zh-Hant-HK, zh-Hant-TW (Thanks to all the contributors!)
Build 854627331v1.6.12023-01-28 00:43:09
- feat: show thumbnail in progress page
- feat: improve cache clearing mechanism
- feat: hashtag input now tries all combinations when multiple subnets are given
- feat: add multiline toggle to message input
- fix: show correct file count in progress page
- fix: add self-discovering prevention
- i18n: add Simplified Chinese
Build 854635683v1.6.22023-01-28 17:15:33
- feat: show thumbnail in progress page
- feat: improve cache clearing mechanism
- feat: hashtag input now tries all combinations when multiple subnets are given
- feat: add multiline toggle to message input
- fix: show correct file count in progress page
- fix: add self-discovering prevention
- i18n: add Simplified Chinese
Build 854564983v1.6.02023-01-27 10:32:55
- feat: show thumbnail in progress page
- feat: improve cache clearing mechanism
- feat: hashtag input now tries all combinations when multiple subnets are given
- feat: add multiline toggle to message input
- fix: show correct file count in progress page
- fix: add self-discovering prevention
- i18n: add Simplified Chinese
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Availability 1 of 1 storefronts
| Region | Language | Price | Ratings | Avg | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | en-US | Free | 612 | 4.5 | 1.17.1 |
Change log 29 changes · US
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releaseNotes updated
Translation fixes
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description updated
LocalSend is a secure, offline-first file transfer solution, purpose-built for professionals, teams, and organizations operating in high-trust, security-critica
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subtitle updated
Cross-Platform File Sharing
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name updated
LocalSend
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Version 1.17.1 released
Translation fixes
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Version 1.17.0 released
Improved media picker
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Version 1.16.2 released
- Fix sharing from other apps in iOS 18
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Version 1.16.1 released
- improve performance
- add option to only accept requests from favorites
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Version 1.16.0 released
- improve performance
- add option to only accept requests from favorites
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Version 1.15.4 released
- add retry button on failed transfers
- fix: memory leak when sending files
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Version 1.15.3 released
Limit receive history to 30 entries to improve performance
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Version 1.15.2 released
- fix memory leak when receiving large files
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Version 1.15.1 released
- save text messages to history
- add PIN confirmation option
- sanitize file names with invalid characters
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Version 1.15.0 released
- save text messages to history
- add PIN confirmation option
- sanitize file names with invalid characters
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Version 1.14.0 released
Add option to automatically accept requests when sharing via link
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Version 1.13.2 released
Fix various crash issues
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Version 1.13.1 released
Fix various crash issues
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Version 1.13.0 released
- option to automatically finish transfer
- permission fixes
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Version 1.12.0 released
Save to favorites, OLED color mode, Improve GPU usage
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Version 1.11.1 released
- hide color setting when dynamic colors are not supported
- fix: possible race condition leading to zero total files
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Version 1.11.0 released
- fix saving GIF and image metadata
- optionally enable encryption when share via link
- optionally disable saving to history
- small UI improvements
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Version 1.10.0 released
- fix: cancellation fixes during active file transfer
- fix: could not save HEIC files
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Version 1.9.1 released
- add folder should include the folder itself
- fix: handle file names with special characters in link share mode
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Version 1.9.0 released
- directory share
- share via browser link (for non-LocalSend users)
- add "delete from history" button when file could not be opened (by @TheGB0077)
- close message request when copied / opened link
- slightly improve transfer speed
- impl
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Version 1.8.0 released
- add send modes (single recipient, multiple recipients)
- selection gets cleared after finish by default (part of send modes feature)
- share to multiple recipients in parallel
- add troubleshoot page
- add 2 buttons to receive history: op
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Version 1.7.0 released
- improve device discovery by enabling multicast
- received file history
- show recent IP addresses in manual IP input
- improve error handling and add possibility to show exact error message for debugging
- add unencrypted HTTP mode (for d
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Version 1.6.2 released
- feat: show thumbnail in progress page
- feat: improve cache clearing mechanism
- feat: hashtag input now tries all combinations when multiple subnets are given
- feat: add multiline toggle to message input
- fix: show correct file count i
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Version 1.6.1 released
- feat: show thumbnail in progress page
- feat: improve cache clearing mechanism
- feat: hashtag input now tries all combinations when multiple subnets are given
- feat: add multiline toggle to message input
- fix: show correct file count i
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Version 1.6.0 released
- feat: show thumbnail in progress page
- feat: improve cache clearing mechanism
- feat: hashtag input now tries all combinations when multiple subnets are given
- feat: add multiline toggle to message input
- fix: show correct file count i