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Dropper
Drop a file, get a link, straight to your own bucket
Dropper is a tiny Mac menu bar app for sharing files fast. Drag anything onto it and it uploads to your own Cloudflare R2 bucket, then drops a clean share page link on your clipboard. It converts web-unfriendly formats on the way up, so nobody writes back saying it won't open. No middleman, no subscription, and the links keep working even if the app goes away.
Hey Product Hunt!
I built Dropper because I was tired of the usual file sharing dance. Either you upload to some service that wraps your file in their branding and a download wall, or you pay a subscription for the privilege, or the link dies in a month.
Dropper sits in your Mac menu bar. You drag a file onto it, it uploads straight to your own Cloudflare R2 bucket, and a clean share page link is waiting on your clipboard a second later. No accounts for the people you send it to, no middleman holding your files, no monthly fee. R2's free tier covers 10GB with no egress fees, so for most people it genuinely costs nothing.
A few things I care about that made it into this version:
- It converts Apple-only formats (HEIC, AIFF, MOV) on the way up so your links open fine for people on Chrome or Windows
- The share pages are actually nice to look at: real audio player with waveforms, a proper video player, image galleries, rendered markdown
- Built-in screenshot capture and markup so you can grab something and share it without leaving the menu bar
- Your links keep working even if Dropper disappears, because they're just files served from your own bucket
Setup takes about three minutes with a guided wizard. It's free and source-available on GitHub. Would love to hear what you think, and happy to answer any questions!
About Dropper on Product Hunt
“Drop a file, get a link, straight to your own bucket”
Dropper was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #153 on the daily leaderboard. Dropper is a tiny Mac menu bar app for sharing files fast. Drag anything onto it and it uploads to your own Cloudflare R2 bucket, then drops a clean share page link on your clipboard. It converts web-unfriendly formats on the way up, so nobody writes back saying it won't open. No middleman, no subscription, and the links keep working even if the app goes away.
On the analytics side, Dropper competes within Mac, Productivity and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 772.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Dropper performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Dropper?
Dropper was hunted by John Wheeler. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Dropper including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
John Wheeler