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Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by coldstartops »

FireInsight wrote: post #249
coldstartops wrote: post #101

Hi, I am late to the party, but I was also building in this space in the last year, Basically I did a peer to peer filesystem named keibidrop: https://keibidrop.com/ I made it public last week. It does what local send does, but also via WAN. Still did not launch the mobile apps. And 1 up is that it has also a virutal filesystem that is synced both ways. repository is here: https://github.com/KeibiSoft/KeibiDrop The c…

Very interesting. With the "virtual folders" feature, doesn't this also compete with Syncthing kind of? I have actually been looking for a solution like Syncthing, where I can write and cache files offline without actually having all the files in the full synced folder on every device (just my NAS). Kind of a hybrid between a remote filesystem mount and full-on folder sync.

I tried to explain here the differences, and where it fits in the gap of file transfer tools, also on the blog got some benchmarks and how they where setup.

https://keibisoft.com/tools/keibidrop-vs-alternatives.html

its more towards vibey marketing talk and at the same time tried to keep it as honest as possible.

Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by coldstartops »

FireInsight wrote: post #249
coldstartops wrote: post #101

Hi, I am late to the party, but I was also building in this space in the last year, Basically I did a peer to peer filesystem named keibidrop: https://keibidrop.com/ I made it public last week. It does what local send does, but also via WAN. Still did not launch the mobile apps. And 1 up is that it has also a virutal filesystem that is synced both ways. repository is here: https://github.com/KeibiSoft/KeibiDrop The c…

Very interesting. With the "virtual folders" feature, doesn't this also compete with Syncthing kind of? I have actually been looking for a solution like Syncthing, where I can write and cache files offline without actually having all the files in the full synced folder on every device (just my NAS). Kind of a hybrid between a remote filesystem mount and full-on folder sync.

I will add this on the roadmap. At the moment I am trying to add persistent identity, as by default it is ephemeral.

But I warn you, there are still some kinks. Only 75% pjdfstest (filesystem test suite) passes in terms of POSIX compliance. I do not support hardlinks/symlinks by design.

I was trying last to use postgresql on the virtual filesystem, then once the server is stoped, to remove the lock file, and open it on the peer. and some files got corrupted while running this test.

Re: Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop

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Post by t43562 »

maratc wrote: post #258
t43562 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

setting up local networks is so trivial compared to forcing everyone to buy an Apple gizmo.

The real choice though is between (a) buying an apple gizmo and not having to set up local networks; and (b) buying a non-apple gizmo and having to do that.

...and guilt tripping people you meet on holiday for their phone choice because it's inconvenient for you.
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