CUPS Printing vs Share To Computer
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
CUPS Printing
This app provides a Print Service to Android. This means that once it's installed, you need to enable it in the 'Print' section of the settings app. Once the service is enabled, printers are automatically discovered using the mDNS protocol. You can print anything you want from any app, as long as the print service is enabled. Of course, printing document is an important matter. Because your documents are your most private information, you don't want anybody to have access to this information. This is why this app is completely open sourced and free to use, modify and redistribute.
Share To Computer
Description Easiest and fastest way to share text, images or any files from your phone to your computer or phones. Feature - Share to your computer, use browser to download the files shared (require no installation on computer) - Share to other phones, choose "scan QR code" - Through wifi no internet access required - No ads, free - Open source check the full source code at https://github.com/jimmod/ShareToComputer
| Feature | CUPS Printing | Share To Computer |
|---|---|---|
| License | LGPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | Media PlayerMessagingVideo | Media PlayerMessagingVideo |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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