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Sending Pics
Free for personal and family use

Send whole albums, straight from your computer.

Sending Pics hands your photos and videos directly to the people you love. Nothing is uploaded to a cloud service, there are no size limits, and nobody sits in the middle — just a one-time code and a direct, encrypted connection.

Windows 10 & 11  ·  standalone  ·  no account  ·  you choose who receives your files

Free for personal and family use — unlimited sets, photos and videos, with all sharing controls included.
Free two-week trial for organizations — business, government and non-profit, then a license per seat.
A Set of photos in Sending Pics, ready to share
The gallery view Screenshot slot — sendingpics-create-set.png
A Set gathered and ready to send, straight from your computer.
No size limitNothing is uploaded, so there is no upload cap to hit.
Nobody in the middleA direct, encrypted channel between the two computers.
You can take it backRevoke any code at any time, or unshare the whole set.
Why Sending Pics

Built for sending memories, not managing accounts

Everything you need to hand a whole album to someone, and nothing you do not.

Large sets and long clips

Whole folders, thousands of files, long 4K clips. Nothing is uploaded to us, so there is no upload cap — it streams straight to your recipient.

Direct and encrypted

A private, end-to-end encrypted channel connects the two computers, authenticated in both directions. No server ever holds your pictures.

One-time share codes

Each code allows a set number of downloads, then burns out and is deleted. Choose how long it lives — a day, a few days, whatever suits.

Preview before download

Your recipient sees crisp thumbnails and short video previews first, then chooses what to pull down.

Share with as many as you like

Make a code good for one copy, or for five. Create as many independent codes as you want, each managed and revoked on its own.

You are in control

Revoke any code at any time, unshare a whole set, or stop all sharing from the app. Codes expire on their own and the app goes quiet by itself.

Sets, not attachments

Gather the shots and clips you want into a Set, and hand over the whole thing at once instead of splitting an album across a dozen messages.

Watch it arrive

A live progress line shows what is being downloaded and how fast, along with the download history for every code you have handed out.

How it works

Four steps, start to finish

1

Pick your photos

Browse your drives, select the shots and clips you want, and gather them into a Set.

2

Create a code

Choose how many downloads it allows and when it expires. Add a PIN if you like.

3

Send the code

Text or email the short code to your recipient. The previews are ready and waiting.

4

They download

They paste the code, look through the previews, and pull the files straight from your computer while you watch the progress.

Security

Your pictures go PC to PC, not through a cloud service

Sending Pics opens a direct, encrypted connection between your computer and your recipient’s, with authenticated handshakes and measures against abuse built in.

End-to-end encryptedA private channel, authenticated in both directions.
One-time credentialsCodes burn after use and are deleted, and are not honored again.
Hardened against abuseRate limiting, automatic back-off and connection caps.
Stop all sharingFrom the app, at any time, in one click.
The in-app photo and video viewer
The built-in viewer Screenshot slot — sendingpics-preview.png
Looking through a Set before anything is downloaded.
Licensing

Free for personal and family use.
Licensed for organizations.

Personal, family and home use is free. A license covers commercial and organizational use, and starts with a free two-week trial.

Personal & family

Free

No account. No license key. No time limit.
  • Unlimited sets, photos and videos
  • Direct encrypted sharing, computer to computer
  • One-time and multi-download codes
  • Preview thumbnails and video clips
  • All sharing controls
Download free for Windows
Business · Government · Non-profit

Free two-week trial

Then a license per seat.
  • Fourteen days free, with no card and no sign-up
  • Everything in the free edition
  • Studio and client gallery delivery
  • Support by email
  • Volume and site licensing available
Buy a license →
Organization licenseSeatsPrice per seat
Small organization1 to 10$19.99
Medium-sized organization11 to 49$14.99
Large organization50 and over$9.99

Commercial and client delivery and email support at every tier; priority support and purchase orders from eleven seats; site licensing and invoiced billing from fifty. Perpetual and machine-bound, activated once online and valid offline thereafter.  ·  See license options and buy

What counts as personal use?

Sharing your own photos and videos with family and friends, from your own computer, with no commercial purpose. If money, clients or an organization are involved, a license is required. When in doubt, ask before you buy.

Open source components

Sending Pics is built with open source components. The complete list of third-party software and its licenses is inside the app, under Help → View open source licenses.

Questions

Straight answers

Is there a size limit?
No. Nothing is uploaded, so there is no upload cap to run into. Whole folders, thousands of files and long 4K clips all work the same way — they stream directly from your computer to your recipient’s.
Does my recipient need the app?
They need the code you send them, and they see previews before deciding what to download. The files come straight from your computer rather than from a server in between.
What happens to a code after it is used?
It burns out and is deleted. A code allows the number of downloads you set, and expires after the time you choose. Codes are not honored again once spent.
Can I take a share back?
Yes. Revoke any single code at any time, unshare a whole Set, or stop all sharing from the app. Codes also expire on their own, so a share does not stay open by accident.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and no registration, for you or for the person you are sending to.
Can I use it for client work?
Yes, with a license. Personal, family and home use is free; studios, photographers and any use inside a company or organization begins with a free two-week trial, after which a license per seat is required.
Free for personal and family use

Download Sending Pics

A standalone Windows application. Install it, pick your photos, send a code.

Windows 10 & 11  ·  standalone  ·  no account required

Operating systemWindows 10 or 11
AccountNone — no sign-up
Where your files liveOn your own computer
Cloud storage usedNone
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