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timvisee
ffsend
Rust2019–2026
timvisee / ffsend

ffsend

:mailbox_with_mail: Easily and securely share files from the command line. A fully featured Firefox Send client.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

:mailbox_with_mail: Easily and securely share files from the command line. A fully featured Firefox Send client.

GitHub

Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

Firefox Send is still around in hobbyist land: send.vis.ee along with ffsend[0] maybe? 0: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend I love and use ffsend every day.

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year27 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2019-03-03 12:58:26 UTC to 2026-04-28 14:40:58 UTC.

02468102019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 2 submissions, 7 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC927
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC707
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

27 sources
timvisee·May 5, 2021
Encryption is done with JavaScript on the client. The decryption key is attached as hash to the download URL on the client side as well. When visiting the URL, the key never reaches the server because the hash-part of an URL is never sent and is a local-only thing. So there's no need to strip logging. The client downloads the encrypted blob, and decrypts it on the client. More info: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/lqegb5/reminder_th... And: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend#security
In Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send
timvisee·Sep 18, 2020
Sad! Developer of `ffsend` here. I've built `ffsend` as CLI tool for Send to securely share files from the command line. It has been a great success! Thanks Mozilla, for building and providing this amazing service! For the interested: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend I'm currently hosting a public Send instance myself so ffsend keeps working. Let's see how long I can keep this going (and funded). It's available at send.vis.ee .
In What happened to Firefox Send?

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