Features Packed for Classrooms
Everything you and your classmates need to share files, code snippets, notes, and chats instantly in a secure room.
6-Digit Pin Join
No emails, usernames, or signups. Just input a simple 6-digit PIN generated by the room creator and enter instantly.
Wait-to-Join Knocking
Secure workspace gatekeeping. Guests wait in a custom waiting room overlay until the host accepts them from their dashboard.
Real-time Text Chat
Playful dialogue card interfaces. Your own messages align dynamically to the right with tail bubbles, WhatsApp style.
Physical File Sharing
Upload files like PDFs, presentations, slides, and images. Classmates inside the room can preview and download them instantly.
Code Snippets Sharing
Share formatted code snippets with classmates. Perfect for computer science lectures, lab assignments, and group projects.
Collaborative Sticky Notes
Write, update, color, or delete floating notes on a shared dashboard to collaborate on group tasks and lecture reminders.
Host Control Panel
Room creators keep full admin control. Mute spam messages, lock the room to new visitors, or remove unruly participants.
Auto-Delete Timer
Keep study materials secure. Set a timer (from 30 minutes to 24 hours) after which the room and all its content automatically delete.
How Lab Buddies Works
A secure, zero-friction path to temporary student collaborations in 4 simple steps.
Create a Room
Hit the 'Create Room' button. Choose a name for your workspace, set the max participant limit (up to 100 members), and configure an auto-delete self-destruct timer (from 30 minutes up to 24 hours). We will instantly spawn a room PIN in the database.
Share the Credentials
Copy the 6-digit room PIN. Share it with your friends, classmates, or project buddies. There are no registration links or passwords; they just need the PIN to connect.
Approve & Collaborate
As the host, you receive a floating entry notification when buddies knock to join. Click 'Accept' to let them enter. Once inside, everyone can upload physical files, write text chat messages, share code snippets, and organize sticky notes on a shared wall.
Automatic Self-Destruct
Keep your details completely private. As soon as the host's configured countdown timer expires, the server triggers an automated scrub. The room status changes to 'Expired', clearing the chat feed, physical files, sticky notes, and room history from memory.
Designed to Connect Classmates
We believe study resources should be shared instantly, privately, and seamlessly.
The Story behind "Lab Buddies"
During computer lab lectures and group study sessions, sharing code scripts, PDF slides, and terminal stack outputs was incredibly frustrating. Emailing files felt archaic, setting up GitHub repos for simple debugging code took too much time, and using common messaging boards leaked personal emails or phone numbers.
We designed Lab Buddies to solve this exact bottleneck. It is a lightweight, zero-configuration study room workspace where anyone can launch a collaboration session under a 6-digit PIN.
By combining instant chat messaging and shared sticky notes with file sharing and code helpers, we created the ultimate lightweight study room for students.
Zero-Friction Access
Collaboration should start instantly. We cut out registration walls, authentication screens, and emails. Enter a study room in two clicks.
Privacy by Design
We don't sell your data. Files shared are ephemeral. Rooms, logs, chats, and documents self-destruct from the servers as soon as your timer completes.
Built for Students
Built for labs, study grids, hackathons, and lectures. Simple features tailored specifically to code compiling, PDF reviewing, and exam note mapping.
Everything You Need to Know About Lab Buddies
Fast answers to common questions about cross-device file sharing, anonymous study rooms, and alternatives.
How does Lab Buddies compare to Snapdrop and Sharedrop?+
Unlike Snapdrop and Sharedrop which strictly require both devices to be on the exact same Wi-Fi subnet (failing frequently on university campus networks, mobile hotspots, and VPNs), Lab Buddies connects devices instantly using a simple 6-digit Room PIN across any network or cellular connection, while adding real-time code snippet formatting, collaborative sticky notes, and WhatsApp-style chat.
Can I share files between Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac, and Linux?+
Yes! Lab Buddies is 100% browser-based and works seamlessly as a Progressive Web App (PWA) across all modern operating systems and web browsers without downloading any third-party software or browser extensions.
Is there any signup, login, or personal info required?+
No. Lab Buddies requires zero logins, no emails, and no phone numbers. You can launch a workspace or join an existing study room in two clicks using just a 6-digit Room PIN.
How does the auto-delete self-destruct timer protect my files and notes?+
Every room has a configured self-destruct countdown timer (from 5 minutes up to 24 hours). Once the countdown expires, all shared files, code snippets, notes, and chat logs are permanently purged from the servers.
Is Lab Buddies completely free to use?+
Yes! Lab Buddies is 100% free for students and developers to create temporary collaboration workspaces, transfer files, run lab attendance, and share formatted code snippets.