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

  • Im28xwa@lemdro.idOPEnglish
    101·
    8 days ago

    Unfortunately it doesn’t, Localsend relies on a WiFi hotspot or AP to transfer files, what I am trying to build uses WiFi Direct (aka WiFi P2P), these two are not interchangeable nor interoperable.

      • Im28xwa@lemdro.idOPEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        The honest answer is because I prefer making my own thing for my own exact problem over trying to make someone’s else tool do or behave in a way that it is not designed or made for, it is a bit philosophical for me but yeah, I am not willing to put all the effort into something that I see is solving a problem and making compromises and ignoring things in ways I don’t agree with, not to mention the UI/UX disagreements I have, if localsend was my thing, it would have been very different from what we have right now.

        And also I am doing it in spite, this thing have been bugging me for years and no one is willing to put the time and effort to do it the way I think it should be done so I am doing it myself…

    • 87Six@lemmy.zip
      4·
      8 days ago

      I deleted that. I read your Goals and I think I understand why they are different now. Cool project