MultiDrop v0.2.0

MultiDrop

Share files, your screen and audio with devices nearby – Linux and Windows.

New in 0.2.0

• Windows installer – MultiDrop-Setup.exe installs just for you, no admin
  rights, with Start menu entry, Send to and Start with Windows.
• Windows app window – MultiDrop opens in its own window, explains on first
  start how phones send to it and keeps receiving in the notification area.
• Explorer "Send to" – right-click files → Send to → MultiDrop, then
  click a device.
• AirPlay on Windows – mirror the screen to Apple TV, Macs and AirPlay
  TVs (with MultiDrop-Setup.exe), and play the PC's sound on AirPlay
  speakers.
• Phones reach the PC without setup – Windows asks once for a firewall
  rule that lets in devices on your local network only (any Wi-Fi, nothing
  from the internet). Uninstalling removes it.
• Browser download follows the network – the link and QR code move along
  when the PC switches Wi-Fi; optional https link.
• Command line on Windows – multidrop send/devices/receive/share talk to
  the running app; the test suite now runs on Windows in CI.
• Security: received file names could point outside the download folder
  (names starting with //, and drive letters or network paths on Windows).
  They now always stay inside it. Please update.
• Fixes: AirPlay calls that time out are cancelled cleanly; the browser
  download stops reliably after it expires or after too many wrong PINs;
  file names Windows doesn't allow (CON, a?.txt) no longer fail; the
  local API answers bad input with 400 instead of a server error.
• iPhones: use the free LocalSend app. Safari on many iPhones refuses the
  browser download on a home network.

Windows: run MultiDrop-Setup.exe (per-user install, no admin rights) or
the portable MultiDrop.exe (Quick Share, LocalSend, browser download,
Explorer "Send to", AirPlay audio to speakers; no screen mirroring). MultiDrop
opens in its own window and keeps receiving in the notification area when you
close it. Click Yes when Windows asks once, so phones on your Wi-Fi can
reach the PC.

Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install multidrop after adding the APT repository
(see README), or sudo apt install ./multidrop_*_all.deb.

Other Linux: unpack MultiDrop-linux-*.tar.gz (or clone the repository) and run
tools/install-desktop.sh --pin – desktop app with Quick Share, LocalSend,
AirDrop (supported Wi-Fi card + omdrop-owl), AirPlay mirroring and audio.
The Python package (.whl/.tar.gz) contains the CLI and the background service.

Test status and limitations: see the README.

MultiDrop v0.1.1

MultiDrop

Share files, your screen and audio with devices nearby – Linux and Windows.

Windows: download MultiDrop.exe and run it (Quick Share, LocalSend,
browser download). On first start allow Windows Firewall for private networks.

Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install multidrop after adding the APT repository
(see README), or sudo apt install ./multidrop_*_all.deb.

Other Linux: unpack MultiDrop-linux-*.tar.gz (or clone the repository) and run
tools/install-desktop.sh --pin – desktop app with Quick Share, LocalSend,
AirDrop (supported Wi-Fi card + omdrop-owl), AirPlay mirroring and audio.
The Python package (.whl/.tar.gz) contains the CLI and the background service.

Test status and limitations: see the README.

MultiDrop v0.1.0

MultiDrop

Share files, your screen and audio with devices nearby – Linux and Windows.

Windows: download MultiDrop.exe and run it (Quick Share, LocalSend,
browser download). On first start allow Windows Firewall for private networks.

Linux: unpack MultiDrop-linux-*.tar.gz (or clone the repository) and run
tools/install-desktop.sh --pin – desktop app with Quick Share, LocalSend,
AirDrop (supported Wi-Fi card + omdrop-owl), AirPlay mirroring and audio.
The Python package (.whl/.tar.gz) contains the CLI and the background service.

Test status and limitations: see the README.