Your phone is already a server.

Short, practical guides on moving files between your own devices without a cloud account: Android as a NAS, WebDAV and FTP on a phone, LocalSend-compatible transfers, and what the Chrome extension is for.

Guide · 7 min · 15 Oct 2026

How to turn an Android phone into a NAS without root or cloud

Start sharing, open the address on a laptop, mount it as a drive, keep it running through the night. Everything stays on your WiFi.

Read → Comparison · 5 min · 15 Oct 2026

A LocalSend alternative for Android that also serves a browser and a drive

Shelf speaks the LocalSend protocol, so you lose nothing, and adds a web file manager, WebDAV, FTP, a download manager and chat.

Read → How-to · 6 min · 15 Oct 2026

Mount your Android phone as a network drive with WebDAV or FTP

Finder, Windows Explorer, GNOME Files, FileZilla and Solid Explorer, step by step, including the one registry setting Windows needs.

Read → Guide · 5 min · 15 Oct 2026

Transfer files from phone to PC over WiFi, no cable, no cloud

Four ways to move a 4 GB video in about a minute, what each needs on the PC side, and which one to pick.

Read → How-to · 4 min · 15 Oct 2026

Send files, links and pages from Chrome to your Android phone in one click

Install Shelf Connect unpacked, pair it with the phone, then right-click anything to send it, and get files back as notifications.

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