Peer-to-peer file sharing
Send files straight to anyone.
Ferry moves files and folders directly from your device to theirs, end-to-end encrypted. Nothing is uploaded to a cloud, there's no account to make, and no file is too big.
Free and open source · Windows, macOS, Linux and Android
How it works
Share a link. They download from you.
Ferry doesn't keep a copy anywhere. While you share, your device serves the files itself, and Ferry checks every byte on arrival.
Share
Pick files or folders in Ferry on your computer. You get a link, a QR code, and an optional password-protected ticket file.
Send the link
Paste it into any chat or email, or let someone scan the QR code with their phone. Anyone with the link can download, so send it privately.
Receive
They open the link in Ferry and the files come straight from your device. Interrupted downloads pick up where they stopped.
Connections
Direct whenever the networks allow it.
Ferry connects the two devices directly, through most home routers too. Keep Ferry running until they finish: they download from you, not from a server.
Straight from you to them
On the same Wi-Fi, and on most home connections, the files travel the shortest way between the two devices.
Through strict firewalls
When a direct path is blocked, an encrypted relay passes the data along. Relays can't read your files. You can run your own relay, or turn relays off.
Download
Get Ferry.
Computers share and receive. Phones receive for now: scan a QR code or open a link, and the files land in your Downloads.
Windows, macOS and Linux
Installers for Windows (x64), Macs with Apple silicon or Intel, and Linux (.deb and AppImage). Ferry keeps itself up to date, except the .deb, which your package manager updates.
Each release lists checksums you can verify.Android
Scan a share's QR code or open its link, and Ferry saves the files to Downloads/Ferry. Android 10 or newer.
The APK is Ferry Direct, which updates itself.iPhone and iPad
Ferry for iOS is in the works. Until then, open share links on a computer or an Android phone.
Privacy and source
Your files are none of our business.
Ferry has no accounts, no analytics and no ads, and we never see what you share or with whom. The whole app is open source, so you can check exactly what it does.