I am building a file transfer app purpose built for Linux and Android (github.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Im28xwa@lemdro.id to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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

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[-] unskilled5117@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

I just wanted to point out the support for Wifi aware for iOS and Android.

[-] Im28xwa@lemdro.id 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yep I am aware of it but The thing is Linux doesn't support it yet and most android phones still don't support it yet unlike WiFi Direct, so until that day comes WiFi Direct it is

[-] Katzenmann@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Linux supports wifi aware. You can already create aware networks using the iw tool. (you need to check the nl80211.h for programmatic usage)

I don't know about android though it should also support it since newer android devices can also share to apple devices (this was forced by the EU using the DMA)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop#Transfer_between_an_Apple_device_and_select_Androids

[-] Im28xwa@lemdro.id 4 points 3 weeks ago

you are right, linux does support wifi aware although the problem is that afaik Wi-Fi chipset and driver support is still lacking behind so most people can't really create aware networks (I just tried on my machine, I can't)