Show HN: Payload, X-Platform Desktop App for LAN File Transfers [Tauri/Rust, Go]

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  • payload

    File transfer for humans. (by betamos)

  • Thanks a ton for trying out! I get >100 MB/s between my M1 and Windows machine (with significantly worse specs than yours) so this was a cold shower. Can I ask:

    - Did you transfer a large e.g. a large directory (I haven't optimized for large amount of files) or just a single file? If so, was that file large enough to let the speed ramp up?

    - Did you happen to notice high CPU or memory usage during the transfer? Expected memory usage of payload-agent.exe is ~7-20 Mb. CPU can sometimes be a bottleneck if Payload decides to use Quic (but it should prefer TLS/TCP under normal conditions and 40 MB/s is still too slow).

    ..or free to file a bug report at https://github.com/betamos/payload

  • FilePizza

    :pizza: Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser

  • https://file.pizza afaik does LAN transfers using webrtc

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  • sharedrop

    Easy P2P file transfer powered by WebRTC - inspired by Apple AirDrop

  • I tried it recently as well as P2P based apps like https://www.sharedrop.io/ but it doesn't work great for large files (> 500MB). The speed decreases the longer the transfer takes.

    I have to try if it is the same case with Payload.

  • nasefa

    Send and receive files using NATS

  • Congrats on the launch.

    I recently released something similar[1][2] (cross-platform file transfer, mostly for LAN but also works over the internet).

    I feel like our projects are kinda complementary, you do frontend well, I think I win in terms of backend.

    Hit me up if you want to chat and/or collaborate.

    [1] https://github.com/mprimi/nasefa

    [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32027970

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