Mishaal RahmanAug 17, 2023

"Crossdrop is a partial implementation of Google's Nearby Share in Flutter for macOS, iOS and Linux"👀

Developer PlutoHDDev is working on porting Google's Nearby Share to more platforms, starting with Linux first!

Crossdrop is still a work-in-progress, so it's not feature-complete nor stable enough for production use. It's based on NearDrop, a previous port of Nearby Share to macOS, made by developer grishka.

Show threadCassidy James   Aug 17, 2023
@MishaalRahman I neeeed this, but I'd love to see it implemented as a reusable library. If so, it's possible it could be integrated into GNOME itself which would be DOPE.
Show threaddavidakAug 17, 2023

@cassidy i would also love to see something like that

https://github.com/elementary/files/issues/1640

it's crazy that we still not have a convenient cross-platform way to transfer files between devices

@MishaalRahman

Share files in LAN and Internet · Issue #1640 · elementary/files

Problem I want to send a file to a friend. I might visit him currently (so my notebook is in his LAN) or more likely in the pandemic, we are in 2 different houses, so the internet has to be used. T...

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Show threadSamæAug 18, 2023
@davidak @cassidy @MishaalRahman

Many syncthing could be in the list of prior art?
Show threaddavidak

@samae it's for syncing folders permanently, not for sending a single file

i don't think their architecture is useful here. not sure if the protocol could be

Aug 18, 2023 at 2:47pmWeb