piggyback provides an adhoc, zero-config, encrypted interface for communication and collaboration that does not depoend on central services from the internet. it uses peer-to-peer technology via the local network to offer chat, filetransfer and a whiteboard. example usecases are: attendees of a conference, refugees in a camp, or neighbors in a city-block.
- starts a git daemon
- serves the npm cache (currently not in use because flakey)
- serves a tarball of
node_modules - starts electron
- generates info on how to clone and pull for peers
