spieglt/FlyingCarpet
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Cross-platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with WiFi chips (and optionally Bluetooth) in close range.
19 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 6 stories, 13 comments · first 2017-08-10 · latest 2026-04-28
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…p2p the closest I have found is FlyingCarpet [1]. But it is not super reliable or friendly. [1] https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet
comment by nyreed · 2026-04-28 · in Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop -
…that's more like AirDrop, doesn't require a local network and configures the hotspot automatically: https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
comment by spieglt · 2024-01-22 · in Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android" -
Mine does! https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
comment by spieglt · 2024-01-21 · in Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop -
Related projects: - FlyingCarpet: direct transfer over local adhoc WIFI: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet - LANDrop: Drop any files to any devices on your LAN: https://github.com/LANDrop/LANDrop - Snapdrop: In-browser file transfer…
comment by gslepak · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
…Chinese, Greek, Russian blogs etc., so hopefully they fill some people's needs besides my own. https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet https://cloaker.mobi https://github.com/spieglt/cloaker https://github.com/spieglt/whatfiles…
comment by spieglt · 2022-09-30 · in Ask HN: HN people who write meaningful software, how did you learn to program? -
If you're physically close but not on the same network, please check out https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet .
comment by spieglt · 2020-09-18 · in Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another -
Here's an alternative to AirDrop! https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet Linux, Mac, and Windows, requires no network, just two laptops with wireless cards.
comment by spieglt · 2020-09-18 · in Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another -
I wrote github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet because I needed AirDrop on my Linux and Windows machines, pretty much does the same thing as running a Python server but over ad hoc wifi.
comment by spieglt · 2020-09-03 · in Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files? -
…when I finish a project I want to take months off, and may not have another idea for a while. *like https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet https://github.com/spieglt/whatfiles https://github.com/spieglt/cloaker
comment by spieglt · 2020-07-27 · in How to pay your rent with your open source project -
It's wonderful just like SnapDrop and I recently found another one: https://github.com/spieglt/FlyingCarpet I love the "Air Drop" feature from apple and I'm very happy we can do this on linux now without the need to explain someone how to…
comment by VvR-Ox · 2019-11-04 · in ShareDrop – P2P File Transfer Using WebRTC -
…into my project which transfers files between laptops using only wireless cards, no LAN required. https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
comment by spieglt · 2019-03-12 · in Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service -
…to phones like this, and yours could benefit from not needing a wireless network like Flying Carpet. http://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
comment by spieglt · 2018-03-23 · in Show HN: Transfer files to mobile device by scanning a QR code from the terminal -
…advice on finding users, testers, and contributors besides posting on Show HN, please let me know. https://github.com/spieglt/flyingcarpet
comment by spieglt · 2018-01-10 · in Turning a side project into an open-source project