# File sharing privacy ratings

Tools for sending files privately.

| Name | Grade | Jurisdiction | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [OnionShare](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/onionshare/) | A (90/100) | Unknown | Open source desktop and mobile tool that shares files, hosts websites and runs chat rooms over Tor onion services, directly from the user's device. |
| [croc](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/croc/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Open source command-line tool for sending files and folders between two computers using a short code phrase, with end-to-end encryption and a relay server. |
| [LocalSend](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/localsend/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Open source app for sending files and messages between nearby devices over the local network, without an internet connection or account. |
| [Lufi](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/lufi/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Self-hosted web app for uploading and sharing files with end-to-end encryption in the browser, with expiring download links. Written in Perl. |
| [Magic Wormhole](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/magic-wormhole/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Open source Python library and command-line tool for sending files, folders and text between computers using short one-time codes, with end-to-end encryption. |
| [PairDrop](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/pairdrop/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Open source web app for sending files and text between devices on the same network or paired devices over WebRTC, usable at pairdrop.net or self-hosted. A fork of Snapdrop. |
| [Send](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/send/) | B (80/100) | Unknown | Self-hosted web app for sharing files with end-to-end encryption through expiring links. A community-maintained fork of Mozilla's discontinued Firefox Send. |
| [Wormhole](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/wormhole/) | D (50/100) | United States (Five Eyes) | Web service for sending files with end-to-end encryption through a share link, transferred peer-to-peer or through temporary server storage. Run by WebTorrent, LLC. |
| [SwissTransfer](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/swisstransfer/) | D (47/100) | Switzerland | Free file transfer service from Infomaniak for sending large files by link or email without an account, with files stored in Switzerland for a limited time. |
| [WeTransfer](https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/wetransfer/) | F (28/100) | Netherlands (Nine Eyes) | Hosted service for sending large files by email or download link, with accounts for storing and managing transfers. Owned by Bending Spoons. |

## Criteria

- **Open source** (weight 3): Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
- **No trackers or telemetry** (weight 3): Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
- **No ads or data sales** (weight 2): Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
- **Independent audit** (weight 2): Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
- **Transparency report** (weight 2): Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
- **Tells users about requests** (weight 1): Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
- **TLS configuration** (weight 2, automated): Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
- **Security headers** (weight 1, automated): Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
- **Modern web standards** (weight 1, automated): Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?

Source: https://privacyratings.com/file-sharing/