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A better approach in 2017 is something like File Pizza: https://file.pizza/

This uses WebRTC to transfer files peer-to-peer.

The problem with all these P2P approaches is that they work sometimes, or barely. Aforementioned file.pizza can't even send me a file between my laptop and desktop, both being behind the same NAT.

EDIT: Well what do I know, it worked today, but hasn't a few weeks ago when I first heard of it. The transfer speed however makes it seem like it's actually pushing it through the entire internet, it's flying at about 500kB/s.

YES, this is what I was hoping send was, another implementation of webrtc p2p file sharing.

Unfortunately it is not.

My only issue with filepizza is, I wanted to host one internally, but it has a hard dependency on a hardcoded list of torrent trackers. (I have a DENY ALL firewall rule at the border which can't be touched) :(

There are other things with a similar concept. The core JS behind this is a couple hundred lines at the worst.

ideas on where to look?

I really prefer p2p if available, and on my LAN it doesn't have to traverse NAT or anything.

https://www.sharedrop.io/

https://sharefest.me/

Or just start poking through their code and WebRTC docs/libs to see what you can build yourself.

Check out Dat: https://datproject.org/install.

We do NAT traversal but also connect to local peers over multicast DNS. Command line client should have a local or offline option to restrict only to local peers soon.

Where's the code?

http://github.com/datproject. It is pretty modular so if you need help finding something hop in our chat: http://chat.datproject.org.

Thanks!

http://fy.lc

Do you know where the source is?

FilePizza creator here! I hear you—the dependency on the broadcast servers has been giving me issues. I'm planning on going back to a home-grown file transfer method over simple WebRTC, rather than using WebTorrent. Hopefully will get a fix out in the next couple days.

I now need an app that does this (so it can act as a file sink, ex. when you press "share" on your phone).

"Better" is incorrect and presumptive. I'm frequently bound by idiotic networks that prohibit P2P in every possible form they can obstruct, including (through no fault of its own) WebRTC.

Nice, but impractical, since now I have to keep the browser open.

Most of the time, I want to send a link by email, and let the receiver choose when they want to download the file.

Effectively turning an asynchronous conversation (e.g. email) into a synchronous one (e.g. phone call).

WebSocket connection to 'wss://file.pizza/' failed: WebSocket is closed before the connection is established.

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