P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC

12•halb•1h ago

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jech•54m 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.

alhadrad•32m ago

I don't agree with this.

felooboolooomba•28m 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•10m 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.

als0•53m ago

Reminds me of https://sharedrop.io

julkali•28m ago

It's apparently a fork (Github Readme)

ButlerianJihad•49m ago

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

felooboolooomba•32m ago

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

ssl-3•17m 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.

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