I find myself often having to transfer a random files from another person’s device to mine. Existing file sharing solutions aren’t exactly ideal because they either require me to remember a very long URL (file shares), or requiring me to log in on others’ device (cloud). I’m wondering if there’s a program where anyone can upload files, but can only be viewed and downloaded from the server by authenticated users. I understand it’s not wise to accept files from unauthenticated users, but it would be so damn convenient. If there isn’t one, I suppose that would be my next project.
What’s the context in which you’re needing to share files?
My first thought is host your own FTP server and send people credentials to log into it with and upload.
I am a teaching assistant, and occasionally people ask me why their code isn’t working. I take it to my device so they can continue their work whilst I figure out the issue. I want to minimise the uploading complexity, and the time it takes to upload one.
If it’s code, would a private pastebin work for you?
Is a server a requirement? I haven’t tried myself but localsend (p2p) comes to mind.
It would be desirable, as I don’t have to be prepared whenever someone starts sending a file, but I suppose I can live without it. Thank you for the suggestion!
Maybe Gitolite if it’s for code?
If you’re on the same network, take a look at snapdrop. It’s basically cross platform AirDrop.
“Snapdrop is now LimeWire”. I didn’t even know LimeWire still existed.
Looks like the project is dead…
I’m sure there’s a decent fork. Read the code; there’s not much to it!