The LocalSend media kit
LocalSend in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by LocalSend.
Media kit
LocalSend is an open-source app released under the Apache License 2.0, with no company behind it: the site's imprint names Tien Nam Do in Berlin as the person responsible. It charges nothing and takes money only through GitHub Sponsors, an in-app donation and a merchandise shop.
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from LocalSend’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by LocalSend. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2022
The year LocalSend was founded, in Berlin
In a sentence
LocalSend is an open-source app released under the Apache License 2.0, with no company behind it: the site's imprint names Tien Nam Do in Berlin as the person responsible. It charges nothing and takes money only through GitHub Sponsors, an in-app donation and a merchandise shop.
In a paragraph
LocalSend was founded in 2022 and is based in Berlin, Germany. No staff is stated; the home page counts more than 230 contributors to the project.
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Part 02 · Funding
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
No funding is announced anywhere on the site. The donate page asks for recurring or one-off support through GitHub Sponsors or the in-app donation option, and the site also runs a merchandise shop.
LocalSend, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Open-source file sharing between nearby devices, no cloud
Desktop UtilitiesFree plan4.5 on the App Store
Best for sending files between nearby devices with no cloud. LocalSend sends files and text straight from one device to another over your Wi-Fi, with no account, no cloud and no internet needed.
LocalSend’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 04 · News
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
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Announcements since Feb 19, 2025
Only accounts LocalSend’s own site links to. No personal addresses.
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what LocalSend’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by LocalSend, and LocalSend’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are LocalSend’s own, from its website and app-store listings.
