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FlyingCarpet
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Rust | Rust | |
- | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Show HN: BeaconDB – An Alternative to Mozilla Location Services
Reading the MLS retirement issue[1] it seems that multiple established organizations (e foundation, Graphene) are also interested in providing an alternative service. Does this mean that we're now in a situation where multiple open source location service providers are competing, or is this the only publicly accessible project in this space for now?
This project is cool and all, but seems to just be a one person effort with not a lot of engagement on GitHub[2]. Are you in talks with other people with similar goals to expand and collaborate on the project? Having the backing of an existing developer community could really bring this to the next level.
1) https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/issues/2065
2) https://github.com/beacondb/beacondb
FlyingCarpet
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life [2] - I want to build a file sharing app
Fortunately I found a reddit post which mentioned about a software named Flying Carpet after tinkering with that, and checking its code I found out there is something call Wireless ad hoc network (WANET), it its basically a decentralised type of wireless network which does not rely on router or wireless access points.
- FlyingCarpet: File transfers over ad-hoc WiFi
- Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop
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Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative
Related projects:
- FlyingCarpet: direct transfer over local adhoc WIFI: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet
- LANDrop: Drop any files to any devices on your LAN: https://github.com/LANDrop/LANDrop
- In-browser file transfer similar to Airdrop: https://snapdrop.net/
- Magic Wormhole: simple file transfer from computer-to-computer over the net: https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole
- Croc: similar to magic wormhole: https://github.com/schollz/croc
- Wormhole: user-friendly in-browser based e2e encrypted file transfer: https://wormhole.app/
- Direct file transfer over ad hoc WiFi. Linux/macOS/Windows versions rewritten in Rust with Tauri. Android and iOS versions also available.
- File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi, no network infrastructure required. Desktop versions rewritten in Rust.
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HELP
network transfer
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Why is building a UI in Rust so hard?
I'm rewriting https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet. It will be public when it's finished and the Android/iOS versions are out but it'll be a few more months probably.
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Ask HN: HN people who write meaningful software, how did you learn to program?
I don't really know how many users I have, so I don't know how "meaningful" my projects are, but I have found some of them posted on French, Chinese, Greek, Russian blogs etc., so hopefully they fill some people's needs besides my own.
https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
https://cloaker.mobi
https://github.com/spieglt/cloaker
https://github.com/spieglt/whatfiles
https://github.com/spieglt/winage
I learned to program because I was frustrated that after working in IT consulting for several years, I still had no idea how computers worked. I started with "Learn Python the Hard Way" and "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python". Then got a job doing some Windows consulting stuff, and they said they'd hire me as a software engineer if I learned Go, which was a pretty easy step from Python. I'd tried to learn programming as a kid several times and always found it too frustrating. I started working on side projects as a way to learn new languages, improve my resume, and scratch my own itches. The hardest part was coming up with ideas for useful/worthwhile projects. I was super frustrated one day that the easiest way to get a file between two machines that were right beside each other was sending them out to the internet via Google Drive or Dropbox, which made me want to write "cross-platform AirDrop", which became Flying Carpet. If you find yourself wanting a simple piece of software that seems like it should already exist, that's a great project idea.
- Flying Carpet: transfer files directly to/from Windows and Linux over ad hoc WiFi, no wireless network or internet required
What are some alternatives?
rfparty-monitor - its like a tricorder, for your wireless world.
localsend - An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
webinterface-wifi - View the web interface over wifi. For the ReMarkable Tablet.
uploadserver - Simple Rust file server which lets you upload, share, and download files from a web browser. Ready-to-run binaries for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Free/Open-Source alternative to AirDrop/Dropbox for transferring files on your local network without having to install anything. A more sophisticated version of `python3 -m http.server 8000`.
apple-corelocation-experiments - Experimenting with Apple's WPS location service
protocol - The LocalSend REST API
TowerCollector - The OpenCellID and BeaconDB contributor's app.
whatfiles - Log what files are accessed by any Linux process
ichnaea - Mozilla Ichnaea
destiny - Destiny – Cross-platform Magic Wormhole graphical client
oDrop - oDrop, a fast efficient cross-platform file transfer software for server and home environments
Cloaker - Simple, drag-and-drop, password-based file encryption