qft: A tool to quickly transfer files over a holepunched P2P connection

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  1. qft

    Quick Peer-To-Peer UDP file transfer

    The git repo: https://github.com/tudbut/qft - The releases page has precompiled binaries for linux, mac, and windows.

  2. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  3. magic-wormhole.rs

    Rust implementation of Magic Wormhole, with new features and enhancements

    This is cool but it really should be using TCP. (You can do holepunching with TCP, check out https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole.rs/blob/master/src/transit.rs)

  4. rust-tcp-holepunch

    P2P Communication across Network Address Translators with TCP

  5. kcp

    Reliable-UDP Library for Rust (by Matrix-Zhang)

  6. tachyon-networking

    https://github.com/gamemachine/tachyon-networking/blob/master/src/tachyon.rs (This is just one file, there are many more as well)

  7. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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