I Built "AirDrop for Text" with Node.js, Socket.IO and a QR Code — No Cloud, No Accounts

I kept emailing myself code snippets and URLs just to move them from my phone to my PC. Cloud notes apps felt like overkill — and I hated that every keystroke went through someone else's server.

So I built AirTextPad: a live scratchpad that syncs across all devices on your local Wi-Fi. Scan a QR code, start typing on your phone, watch it appear on your PC. Zero internet, zero accounts, zero cloud.

How it works

The whole trick is three pieces:

Express serves a tiny web app on your LAN (0.0.0.0:3000)

I Built "AirDrop for Text" with Node.js, Socket.IO and a QR Code — No Cloud, No Accounts

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