A small Node.js app designed for sharing files or chatting while on the same network. Especially useful when you are trying to get a file from a friend and their device has a single broken USB port or share clipboard.
- Easy to use Drag and Drop file upload.
- Faster than uploading to a server then downloading since you are the server.
- Works with large files (tested with >2gb).
- Fast loading and opening due to light weight (no library) Javascript and customized bootstrap.
- Node user account is not required for the chat
- Clone (or download as zip) this project from github
- Open terminal (or command line) in project's folder.
- First run
npm installthennode main.js. - Project will display your LAN ip and port (8080 by default) in terminal once running.
- On another device in the LAN, go to the url:port.
- Drag & Drop any file in browser to transfer.
Project saves sent files in "files" folder. Also files in "files" folder can be downloaded from the browser.
PORT environment variable is used to change the port. e.g. export PORT=3030; node main.js
Your LAN ip is shown in page in addition to console output. Files in "files" directory is also listed for download.
Drag and Drop file upload. Archived without any javascript library.
Simple chat using socket.io.
I am planning to turn this project into a Electron app so people who are scared easily from terminals can use it as well. Also pause/resume, progress bar and uploading folders are possible improvements I might implement in the future.