nearby VS localsend

Did they? I know of https://github.com/google/nearby, but I don't think it's enough to implement. I could be wrong but...

nearby is open, hence my suggestion :) https://github.com/google/nearby

You may want to check this project out: https://github.com/google/nearby. It is in C++, though. It is a medium agnostic socket over bt and wifi. It seems similar to what you are trying to do.

Yeah, I respect the fact that Google made Nearby Share open-source recently (https://github.com/google/nearby-connections).

No plans for Linux right now. You're right that parts of the port would be easier for Linux than Windows. We have a /platform folder (https://github.com/google/nearby-connections/tree/master/cpp/platform/impl) that has abstractions for concepts like 'file', 'lock', and 'bluetooth_classic'. We're having to rewrite a lot of the core files ('file', 'lock', 'thread') for Windows while we could have reused what we already have if we were targeting Linux/MacOS. But rewriting the radio classes ('bluetooth_classic', 'wifi_lan', 'ble') would have had to happen regardless.

See: https://github.com/google/nearby-connections

I agree and get your point.

But localsend has worked well for me. Yes, it requires an app but if we could get vendors to bundle that rather than a boatload of bloatware.

I know that it would be to optimistic to hope for Google.

See https://localsend.org/

Spread the word.

https://github.com/localsend/localsend

Something to consider, although I'm not sure how much it practically matters.

It works like a charm, and is really easy to use

https://github.com/localsend/localsend

Use local send to send files and folders.

I've recently discovered and can recommend LocalSend. It's FOSS, cross-platform, and it just works. Github page with more details here

Edit: This is very simple implementation, even a POC, for personal use between our own devices at home or other personal private network. Even works on hotspot. But no HTTPS, so don's use on non-private networks. LocalSend, as suggested by u/Fede777 seems to be better for every other use.