- cross-posted to:
- opensource@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- opensource@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/41988045
This is a personal passion project of mine, it is still in its early infancy (many core features are still missing) and the development is slow but deliberate.
why should I care?
if you care about speed and deep integration with the OS this project might be of interest to you.
why?
Wireless file sharing between my devices is still unnecessarily slow, half-baked, and unintuitive. Direct-Share is my attempt to build a file transfer tool that makes local file transfer more seamless than:
- Android ↔ Android (Nearby Share / Quick Share)
- Apple AirDrop
- LocalSend
- Blip
…but for Linux desktops and Android phones, using Wi-Fi Direct.
what?
- Python, GTK4/Libadwaita on Linux
- Kotlin, jetpack compose on Android
if you want to stay up to date with the project or want to know or read more, you can take a look at the GitHub repo
Have you tried KDE Connect? It’s cross platform and works on Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS. It’s what I use for sharing files from my phone to my computer and vice versa. It supports a lot more than just file sharing though.
Yes actually I have tried it and I use it to share text between my devices and receive notifications.
The file sharing feature though is unbearably slow.
Interesting… The file sharing is extremely quick for me at home.
I haven’t figured out how to get it working at work though (between my work phone and my work PC, both on the same network). Might not be possible with their firewalls.
Could always try localsend
https://localsend.org/
Open source and works pretty well
What about
https://pairdrop.net/
I find it really buggy, it often loses connection and won’t connect to multiple devices at once.