Peer-to-peer file transfers in your web browser.

Peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser Cooked up by Alex Kern & Neeraj Baid while eating Sliver @ UC Berkeley.

Using WebRTC, FilePizza eliminates the initial upload step required by other web-based file sharing services. When senders initialize a transfer, they receive a “tempalink” they can distribute to recipients. Upon visiting this link, recipients’ browsers connect directly to the sender’s browser and may begin downloading the selected file. Because data is never stored in an intermediary server, the transfer is fast, private, and secure. (Your PC must be online while the recipient download the file(s), if you shutdown the PC or goes offline, the download also stops)

You can selfhost it or use the official instance

https://github.com/kern/filepizza

  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 years ago

    (Your PC must be online while the recipient download the file(s), if you shutdown the PC or goes offline, the download also stops)

    …yeah?. crazy. What’ll they think of next?

  • kevincox@lemmy.mlM
    10·
    2 years ago

    I created my own similar tool: https://filepush.kevincox.ca/

    It is optimized for the case where you commonly send files to the same devices. For example I have set up all of my devices as well as my partner’s phone and Steam Deck. Then I can just tap them and send the file with end-to-end encryption.

    It is sort of cool that there is no backing server, just static files. All of the signalling goes over WebPush.

      • kevincox@lemmy.mlM
        1·
        2 years ago

        That’s a good point, I worded it poorly. The backing server is provided by you (via your browser). In theory you could run your own or whatever you want. But all traffic is encrypted so it doesn’t matter much who runs it.

    • Zerush@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      Yes, there are several p2p apps. Some years ago I used O&O FileDirect, which is very good, free, private (by deinition in this type o sharing), fast and easy to handle, but it’s proprietary soft by an German company and Windows only.

  • aluvalasathish@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    i have used the filepizza but it was not optimized well so i decided to built my own

    Airlynk — browser peer-to-peer file sharing without servers

    I built Airlynk because I was frustrated with every peer-to-peer file sharing tool I tried — connections would fail, transfers would stall, and NATs or firewalls always got in the way. Nothing I tested was reliable enough for real use, and I wanted a solution that actually worked.

    So I decided to build it myself. Over several months, I crafted Airlynk to work entirely in the browser, using WebRTC for direct peer-to-peer transfers. I designed it to be simple, fast, and server-free, with fallback relays only when absolutely necessary. Chunked transfers and progress tracking make even large files move smoothly.

    The journey taught me a lot about peer-to-peer networking, browser limitations, and user experience. My goal with Airlynk is to make file sharing effortless for everyone, and I’m excited to keep improving reliability and security based on real feedback from users.

    you will find here: https://www.airlynk.in/