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owl
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Smartphone sales are so bad even the holidays couldn’t help, says IDC
I guess that wouldn't be convenient because they'd have to press several buttons. Possibly also Airdrop is faster? It uses direct wi-fi transfer (and bluetooth at the same time, somehow). Seems there are open-source reverse-engineered implementations written in C and Python: OWL in C, OpenDrop in Python.
- An open Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL) implementation written in C
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AirDrop for Android
The only working airdrop compatible is opendrop which makes use of AWDL reverse engineer OWL
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An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python
Nope, it depends on this project and they specifically mention that WSL doesn't work because they need direct access to Wi-Fi card.
Two clicks further: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl
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AirDrop Anywhere – Making it work on Windows
"it is unlikely that a non-Apple device has hardware support for adhoc wireless connections between devices. This makes implementation of AirDrop directly on non-Apple devices practically impossible without additional hardware. Instead we’ll implement a proxy..."
I get what they mean here, but it has been done. It does require a Wi-Fi card with support for monitor mode and frame injection. OWL did it with an Atheros AR9280.
See OWL:
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl
And Open drop:
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
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Channel selection in a mesh network
There’s an open source implementation called OWL — https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl — it’s experimental, requires certain features to be supported by the wireless driver on Linux and no support for Windows.
snapdrop
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WebRTC API
Snapdrop.net is one of many examples of the uses for this API, using it with WebSocket API allows endpoints on the same local network to distribute files and send data between them. We can find the source code for the project here.
- LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices
- How to copy a file between devices?
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Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop
similar: I have been using https://snapdrop.net/ for a few years now.
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Is there a way to get to linux devices (say a desktop and a laptop) to sync and share files between them?
Localsend for sharing files once in a while, snapdrop is an online alternative. Syncthing to sync folders between devices.
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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/
- Ask HN: What method do you use to send a link from smartphone to laptop?
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Transfer files from android
I can’t 100% vouch for it, but snapdrop.net seems like a good cross platform option here.
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How to transfer videos from iPhone to PC?
https://snapdrop.net/. Been using it for years for quick iOS > Windows transfers. Works great and unique names mean you know what device you’re sending to!
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PSA: LocalSend is the easiest way to copy files to your deck wirelessly
I use snapdrop.net. Doesn't necessarily need an app.
What are some alternatives?
opendrop - An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python
sharedrop - Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC - inspired by Apple AirDrop
mbpfan - A simple daemon to control fan speed on all MacBook/MacBook Pros (probably all Apple computers) for Linux Kernel 3 and newer
PairDrop - PairDrop: Local file sharing in your browser. Inspired by Apple's AirDrop. Fork of Snapdrop.
forceFullDesktopBar - Utility for macOS that modifies the Dock process so that the desktop bar in Mission Control is always full size and showing previews
LANDrop - Drop any files to any devices on your LAN.
airdrop-keychain-extractor - Extracting Apple ID Validation Record, Certificate, and Key for AirDrop
localsend - An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
htop - htop - an interactive process viewer
libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit
GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input
updog - Updog is a replacement for Python's SimpleHTTPServer. It allows uploading and downloading via HTTP/S, can set ad hoc SSL certificates and use http basic auth.