P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC

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ssl-3•about 1 hour ago

Seems to work well, at least between my Linux desktop and my wifi-connected Android phone; both showed up without any hassle, and sending files each way was boring in the best of ways.

It also supports something it calls "Private Room," which doesn't require the endpoints to be on the same LAN. This also works well, at least with my phone on 5G and the Linux box ultimately connected with DOCSIS.

No idea how many intermediaries, if any, are involved with any of this, and for my normal purposes I don't care at all.

felooboolooomba•about 2 hours ago

It's crazy that in 2026, transferring files between two random, willing, devices is still a hassle.

mikeweiss•about 1 hour ago

Not anymore with this?

jech•about 2 hours ago

Nice design, but that's the kind of functionality that's best integrated within a chat or videoconferencing application, since within a conference you can be pretty sure that you send the file to the right person.

For a demo, go to <https://galene.org:8443/group/public/hn/>. Login twice in two different browser tabs (leave the password field empty). Click on the username of your partner, and choose Send file.

Orphis•31 minutes ago

In modern conferencing applications, users are not connected with each other, they are connected with a central server.

Transferring files shouldn't involve that central server, so you'd need to establish a direct connection between the users, and with network topologies those days, it will most likely require a relay between the two. It's not great.

felooboolooomba•about 1 hour ago

No, it's best to write the data on a USB stick and see the person in real life. Ask for ID and do a retina scan. Then you can be pretty sure that you give the file to the right person. Make sure to cryptographically sign the data so the recipient can be sure it's you.

ssl-3•about 1 hour ago

I used your demo. It does not do what you say that it does.

I opened a tab and signed in as "username".

Then I opened another tab and signed in as "username" there, too.

Thus a shared chat exists with two users named "username".

Whatever this is, it is not the path of disambiguation.

alhadrad•about 2 hours ago

I don't agree with this.

als0•about 2 hours ago

Reminds me of https://sharedrop.io

julkali•about 1 hour ago

It's apparently a fork (Github Readme)

ButlerianJihad•about 2 hours ago

File Transfer https://m.xkcd.com/949/

P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC

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