Easy peer-to-peer file transfer.

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A docker-compose configuration is available in the filedrop-docker repository.

Installation can be achieved without Docker as well:

First you need to clone, build and run filedrop-ws and a TURN server (like coturn), read the README in filedrop-ws for more information on configuration.

Then you need to clone this project, point it to the WebSockets backend (filedrop-ws) (in .env.local), build it and place it on some static file server (I use nginx for that). I also use nginx to proxy the back end through it. Here's a guide on how to achieve that.

The following variables are used in the build process:

I didn't feel comfortable logging into my e-mail account on devices I don't own just to download an attachment and cloud services have extremely long URLs that aren't really easy to type.

To the other device. Sometimes the (encrypted, since WebRTC uses encryption by default) data goes through the TURN server I run. It's immediately discarded after being relayed. File metadata also is not saved.

While ShareDrop and SnapDrop are both excellent projects and most definitely exist, I felt the need to create my own version for a several reasons:

• I wanted to build something using React.js and TypeScript.
• ShareDrop doesn't work when the devices are on different networks but still behind NAT.
• I didn't like the layout and design of both, I feel like the abstract design of FileDrop makes it easier to use.
• I was not aware of these projects while I started working on this project.
• ShareDrop's URLs are extremely long.

I don't use PeerJS (while the other two projects do) and I also host TURN and WebSocket servers myself (instead of relying on Firebase). Sometimes you may get connected to Google's STUN server (always if a TURN server is not provided in the configuration).