We built the file transfer tool we wanted to use.

The problem we couldn't stop thinking about

Every existing file transfer service does the same fundamentally wasteful thing: it uploads your file to a server, holds it there for hours or days, then lets the recipient download it. Your bandwidth bill pays for the round trip twice. Their storage bill pays for keeping a copy of your file you didn't ask them to keep. And worst of all — your file sits on someone else's machine, indexable, scannable, breachable.

WeTransfer caps free transfers at 2 GB. Smash caps at 5 GB but throttles you. Google Drive needs an account. Dropbox needs an account. AirDrop only works between Apple devices on the same network. Snapdrop only works on the same network. None of these solve the actual user need: "I just want to send this big file to that other person, now, without uploading it anywhere."

What we built instead

FileTransferNow uses WebRTC — the same peer-to-peer technology that powers Google Meet and Discord voice — to open a direct, end-to-end encrypted channel between two browsers. Files stream straight from sender to receiver. There is no upload step. There is no server hop. There is no file-size limit. There is no signup.

We run a tiny signaling server (a Cloudflare Worker) that helps the two browsers find each other on the public internet. Once they're connected, the signaling server is idle and never sees a byte of your file. We've tested transfers of 100+ GB on real networks. The only real limit is your internet speed and the recipient's free disk space.

Our principles

• Your bytes are your business. We don't store, scan, log, or analyze your file content — ever. The architecture makes it physically impossible for us to read your data, not just a policy promise.
• No accounts, ever. Accounts are a tax. They turn a 10-second task into a 3-minute one. They become a security liability. They become a marketing CRM. We built the whole product around not having them.
• No size limits, ever. "Upgrade to Pro to send larger files" is the cloud-storage business model. Since we don't store anything, we have nothing to charge for.
• Works everywhere a browser does. iPhone to Windows. Android to Mac. Linux to ChromeOS. Same flow, same code, no installer, no app store.
• Open and honest. The source code is open. The encryption is standard. The architecture is documented on how it works and privacy. Nothing is hidden behind "trust us."

Who built this

FileTransferNow is built and maintained by Shrestha Tripathi, an independent software engineer based in India. It started as a weekend project to scratch a personal itch — sending a 40 GB video file to a friend without paying WeTransfer's "Pro" upcharge — and grew into a full open-source tool used by people all over the world.

There is no company. There is no investor. There is no roadmap meeting. Just one person who thinks file transfer should be free, fast, private, and unlimited — and the code to prove it.

How we keep this free

Because we don't store your files, our infrastructure cost is genuinely tiny — a small Cloudflare Worker for signaling and the static page hosting. We may show unobtrusive contextual ads on content pages (never on the transfer interface itself) to cover server costs. We will never charge you to send larger files, faster files, or more files. We will never sell or share user data — because we don't collect any.

Get in touch

Found a bug? Have a feature idea? Just want to say hi? See the contact page for all the ways to reach us.