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:mailbox_with_mail: Simple, private file sharing. Mirror of https://gitlab.com/timvisee/send (by timvisee)
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Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
For true crossplatform p2p the closest I have found is FlyingCarpet [1].
But it is not super reliable or friendly.
[1] https://github.com/spieglt/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.
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spieglt/FlyingCarpet is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 only which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of FlyingCarpet is Rust.
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