Instant text handoff from phone to desktop.
Text Drop is a lightweight Windows desktop application for quickly sending text from your phone to your computer over your local Wi-Fi network. It's perfect for copying URLs, notes, or short text snippets without setting up cloud sync or messaging apps.
Just open the app, scan the URL with your phone, enter the PIN, and send. Your text appears instantly on your desktop—no accounts, no cloud, no history saved.
- Modern Frameless UI — Clean, borderless window with a sleek dark theme
- Compact Floating Window — Stays visible without blocking your workflow
- Copyable & Selectable Text — Click any message to select, copy, or clear
- URL Copy Area — Quick access to copy the phone input URL
- Auto-Changing Password — PIN rotates every 2 hours for simple security
- System Tray Support — Minimize to tray, restore, or exit from the tray icon
- Auto-Hide to Screen Edge — Window slides away when not in use; hover or click to reveal
- Message Queue Display — Configurable queue size (default: 5 messages)
- Dark Mode — Semi-transparent buttons and a modern dark design
- Opacity Control — Adjust window transparency for overlay use
Desktop Interface
Phone Input View
Download the latest release from the Releases page.
- Download the
text-drop-x.x.x.zipfile - Extract to your preferred location
- Run
text-drop.exe
No installer required—portable and ready to run.
- Windows 10 or later
- CMake 3.10 or newer
- Qt 5.15.19 (Open Source or Commercial)
- A supported compiler:
- MinGW (recommended for development)
- Visual Studio 2019 or 2022 (MSVC)
# Configure the project
cmake --preset qt-mingw-ninja
# Build the application
cmake --build --preset qt-mingw-ninjaIf your Qt installation requires a license bypass:
$env:QTFRAMEWORK_BYPASS_LICENSE_CHECK='1'
cmake --build --preset qt-mingw-ninjaThe build automatically runs windeployqt to copy required Qt DLLs next to the executable.
.\build\qt-mingw-ninja\text-drop.exe| Preset | Description |
|---|---|
qt-mingw-ninja |
Qt 5.15.19 MinGW build with Ninja |
qt-msvc2019-vs |
Qt 5.15.19 MSVC build with Visual Studio 2019 |
qt-msvc2019-vs2022 |
Qt 5.15.19 MSVC 2019 kit built from Visual Studio 2022 |
qt-msvc2019-ninja |
Qt 5.15.19 MSVC build with Ninja from a VS developer shell |
- Launch — Start Text Drop on your desktop
- Connect — Open the displayed URL on your phone (same Wi-Fi network)
- Authenticate — Enter the current PIN shown in the app
- Send — Type your message and submit—it appears instantly on your desktop
- Copy — Click any message in the queue to select and copy
- Minimize to Tray — Window hides to the system tray
- Restore — Double-click the tray icon or select "Show"
- Exit — Right-click tray icon and choose "Exit"
- The window slides to the screen edge when not focused
- Hover near the edge to peek, or click to pin the window back
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queue Size | 5 messages | Maximum messages shown in the queue |
| Password Refresh | 2 hours | Time between automatic PIN rotation |
| Window Opacity | Adjustable | Set transparency for overlay use |
Future versions will support persistent preference storage for window position, opacity, and queue size.
- Persistent user preferences (window position, opacity, queue size)
- Additional phone input adapters
- Improved first-run setup and diagnostics
- Signed Windows release builds
- macOS and Linux support
This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.
Text Drop — Simple, fast, and private text transfer.