GitHub - 5wHN28Dg/Direct-Share: An Android/Linux app to share files quickly and conveniently using Wi-Fi Direct
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An Android/Linux app to share files quickly and conveniently using Wi-Fi Direct - 5wHN28Dg/Direct-Share

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

  • freeman@feddit.orgEnglish
    11·
    12 hours ago

    not to be a downer, but this makes it look like its not much more than an Idea:

    Current status (what works / what doesn’t) Connection

    Linux → Android (functional in the deprecated version, check deprecated/ directory)
Linux ↔ Linux (not implemented yet)
Android ↔ Android (not implemented yet)

    File transfer

    Android → Linux
Linux → Android
    • Im28xwa@lemdro.idOPEnglish
      8·
      12 hours ago

      you are right that it does make it look like nothing more than an idea but honestly that’s fine by me and maybe I should mention that p2p peer discovery works right now and yeah that’s might not be much but well… we all start somewhere, don’t we!