spieglt/flyingcarpet

Cross-platform AirDrop. File transfer between Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows over ad hoc WiFi. No network infrastructure required, just two devices with WiFi chips (and optionally Bluetooth) in close range.

50 best points · 15 comments · 5 Hacker News posts · 5,379 GitHub stars · View on GitHub

Hacker News discussions

• Show HN: Flying Carpet – Ad-hoc wireless, cross-platform, encrypted file sharing (50 points, 14 comments, by spieglt, 2017-08-10)
• Show HN: Flying Carpet – encrypted file transfer via ad-hoc WiFi, no AP required (3 points, 1 comments, by spieglt, 2017-12-20)
• Flying Carpet encrypted file transfer over ad-hoc WiFi, no wireless AP required (3 points, 0 comments, by CSDude, 2018-01-11)
• FlyingCarpet: File transfers over ad-hoc WiFi (2 points, 0 comments, by anewhnaccount2, 2024-01-21)
• Show HN: Flying Carpet 2.0 – Ad-hoc wifi, cross-platform encrypted file transfer (1 points, 0 comments, by spieglt, 2019-01-11)