[HN Gopher] LANDrop - Drop any files to any devices on your LAN
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LANDrop - Drop any files to any devices on your LAN
Author : kosasbest
Score : 77 points
Date : 2023-08-24 16:58 UTC (6 hours ago)
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| dnxx wrote:
| LocalSend is also worth checking out. It has a much better UX.
| whoomp12342 wrote:
| can this replace sync thing?
| seabrookmx wrote:
| This seems like an Airdrop replacement as opposed to an
| iCloud/Dropbox/GDrive replacement like syncthing?
| issafram wrote:
| What protocol is used for the file transfer?
| crooked-v wrote:
| I use LANDrop regularly. It's the lowest-friction solution I've
| found so far to the whole "why doesn't this #$%@#$% SMB access
| work, it was working fine last week" thing with a mixed-OS set of
| computers.
| RF_Savage wrote:
| Samba/SMB being so bad is the main reason I still often fire up
| ftpdmin and winscp to transfer files across machines.
|
| That and bad USB ports.
|
| And there being some decent FTP clients for android.
| [deleted]
| steviedotboston wrote:
| I've been using Taildrop lately and it's very nice.
| sneak wrote:
| I would really like an internet-enabled version of this, like
| magic wormhole.
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| I don't know of a magic wormhole client for iOS.
|
| It's frustrating trying to transfer high-res photos between
| phones. All the messaging apps silently mangle them. :(
|
| This would be perfect, but it only works on a LAN. AirDrop gets
| the job done in those cases.
| 1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote:
| https://github.com/nwtgck/piping-server-rust/releases/expand...
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| https://github.com/nwtgck/go-piping-server/releases/expanded...
|
| There is also a Typescript version.
|
| Unlike MagicWormhole, this does not require Python libraries.
| Any HTTP client will do, whether graphical browser, text-only
| browser, curl, anything that can make HTTP requests. Javascript
| is optional.
|
| There is an example server run by the author for testing but
| unlike MagicWormhole it is not a default; the address is not
| found anywhere in the source code.
|
| https://ppng.io/noscript
|
| Magic Wormhole, or PAKE in general, might be well-suited for
| use in the process of transferring files between two or more
| parties, but here the question was about transferring files
| between two computers operated by the same party.
| jacobwilliamroy wrote:
| Using SHA256 I was able to prove mathematically, that files you
| upload to google drive are the same after you download them
| again. You could also plug an external drive into a raspberry
| pi (or any computer really) and run samba on it. You would have
| to do some research to find a good samba client for iOS as I am
| not an iphone user. You could make all the media on your samba
| server available to all the devices on your LAN.
| lxgr wrote:
| webwormhole.io has been working quite well for me! It uses
| WebRTC-based P2P connections where feasible, but also works via
| relaying otherwise.
| sneak wrote:
| This doesn't seem to work on iOS, which is where my photos
| are.
| wackget wrote:
| Try https://toffeeshare.com/
| sneak wrote:
| It seems my browser (latest iOS on latest iPhone) doesn't
| support the necessary features.
| castratikron wrote:
| Wormhole works perfectly, I did not know about this. Thank you
| for sharing.
| zamadatix wrote:
| I've found using cloud storage (i.e. actual cloud storage, not
| "automatically upload compressed photos to the cloud" storage)
| is the best for this. The magic wormhole type approach is are
| awkward over the internet with phones because each side has to
| synchronously agree on speed and uptime or the transfer breaks.
| With a cloud storage middleman you can upload as fast as your
| phone can whenever your device is up then anyone can download
| as fast as they can whenever their device is up.
| lionkor wrote:
| syncthing!
| smusamashah wrote:
| https://xosh.org/p2p-tools/ Compile this list of web and CLI
| tools for this a while ago. Some of these are dead now.
|
| EDIT: Found snapdrop at https://onedoes.github.io/snapdrop/ and
| a fork PairDrop is in active development
| https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop
| armada651 wrote:
| croc works very well for this purpose:
| https://github.com/schollz/croc
| 2Gkashmiri wrote:
| Just use KDE connect
| seabrookmx wrote:
| Is this maintained?
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| No updates to the github repo in 2 years.
| catboybotnet wrote:
| Feature complete, doesn't use WAN, I think you're OK unless
| you're on public wifi.
| 8organicbits wrote:
| Looks like it is not. Maybe someone wants to maintain a fork.
|
| https://github.com/LANDrop/LANDrop/issues/138
| klabb3 wrote:
| Another alternative: https://payload.app/ (disclaimer: I made it)
|
| - Subjectively more pleasant UX/UI
|
| - Drag and drop
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| - Directories are supported and reproduced on the receiver
|
| - Resumes transfers that were interrupted, across restarts too
|
| - No mobile support (Tauri is working on it)
|
| I'm currently working on a paid WAN version with a free tier.
| Flockster wrote:
| So this is like Taildrop but uses the local net instead of the
| tailnet?
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| (2021)
|
| More discussion from the Show HN:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27481465
| johnea wrote:
| So it's, scp?
| klabb3 wrote:
| Both scp and sftp has a different trust model - you need
| credentials set up beforehand. Configuring SSH/Linux
| permissions for sharing files in a low-trust environment is
| possible, but full of foot-guns.
| earnesti wrote:
| Hopefully more user friendly...
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