Ask HN: Is there a need for web peer-to-peer file sharing?

#1

Post by Invertigrate » Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 3:23 PM UTC

Let's say you want to send a large file over the web (+20 GB) to only one person.

Wouldn't it be convenient to have a service that sent the file over WebRTC (sort of like ShareDrop but across the web) directly or do you believe that this would this be a service that wouldn't have any use?

Re: Ask HN: Is there a need for web peer-to-peer file sharing?

#2

Post by jacknobody » Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 3:31 PM UTC

Look on Wikipedia

Re: Ask HN: Is there a need for web peer-to-peer file sharing?

#3

Post by Invertigrate » Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 3:51 PM UTC

jacknobody wrote: post #2

Look on Wikipedia

Do you mean that I should look for users' interest and feedback about a WebRTC transfer service on Wikipedia?

Re: Ask HN: Is there a need for web peer-to-peer file sharing?

#4

Post by Sean-Der » Thu, Jun 22, 2023, 4:04 PM UTC

I think it is a great idea :)

My favorite implementation of this is https://webwormhole.io/

Re: Ask HN: Is there a need for web peer-to-peer file sharing?

#5

Post by Invertigrate » Sun, Jun 25, 2023, 12:54 AM UTC

Sean-Der wrote: post #4

I think it is a great idea :) My favorite implementation of this is https://webwormhole.io/

That's really cool and was looking for something just like that! The only issue is that I couldn't really transfer a large file though (it just got stuck at 0).