SMB

1 recommend 1 criticize 1 moved to it

Why hackers recommend it

“No transcoding, best format support, and best performance for large files I've found yet”
dmos62, 2026-04-14original comment ↗

What hackers criticize

“SMB especially in its newer versions seems to be a protocol developed by MS with one of its goals being to make third-party implementations as difficult as possible.”
userbinator, 2026-02-01original comment ↗

Use SMB? Get alerted when hackers criticize it.

Tell us the tools in your stack. When hackers start criticizing one of them, or moving to an alternative, you will hear about it first.

Hackers moved from SMB to

Nobody yet.

Hackers moved to SMB from

Badge

Show the number of hackers who recommend SMB in your README or site.

hackerpicks badge for SMB

[![hackerpicks](https://hackerpicks.org/badge/smb.svg)](https://hackerpicks.org/tool/smb)