I've been using copyparty for months, and it's just been an absolute gem. and the fact there are even iOS shortcuts to upload things you stumble across while doomscrolling is just icing on top.
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Thank you so very much. I needed to transfer some files locally yesterday and didn't have a NAS set up. So I thought I would quickly set up a samba share on my pop-os media server so my spouse (windows) and I (mint) could swap/store files on the fly in the future. It took me 25 minutes and I almost gave up because my config file was having issues.
This looks sooooo much nicer. May every road rise up to meet you
I would add PairDrop to your list to have bookmarked. It's completely web-based so no download required and thus fully cross-platform. It also works across different networks (i.e. over the internet) by pairing devices or creating a room. Basically Apple AirDrop, but universal and on steroids.
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Very sleek project. The language switcher bit was brilliant hahaha. Seriously, good job.
This looks sick. Thanks for making and sharing it!
I have a samba fileserver behind wireguard. Would copyparty be an improvement over samba?
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This is insane. I think I'd use ten different applications and still not cover these features. And I can host this. Using a single python file.
This is very impressive and I'm highly likely to give it a whirl. My question is, though: would it be something that my very non-tech savvy wife could use?
Eg. I'm thinking setup the app on her phone with a default location and when she asks me for a file I can just tell her that I've "put it in the app", and she'll be able to easily retrieve it. Also same thing but vice versa, though the video seems to cover that via the Android share menu...
Again, super impressive. Good job!
I have a hunch that the true answer, to be honest, is "no" -- at least with the current UI as it is. I've come to terms with not being the best at making intuitive user interfaces, so I went all-in on making it poweruser-friendly and efficiency instead.
Yeah, there's the android app for sending files to the server, and it'll always send files to the same folder, so that part should be pretty solid. But actually grabbing files from the server, perhaps not so much. Not sure I'd risk it, but I'll leave the decision to you hehe
I'm not aware of any user-friendly android/iOS apps for connecting to a webdav / ftps / sftp server, but if those exist, then that would probably have been a good option!
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Looks really cool. Might spin up a test bed to try.
I’m in the market for a self hosted file server so I can use it as a destination for website backups. Absolutely going to give this a look next week. Thanks for posting about it!
Haven't looked at the project yet, but that's just the greatest name for a fileserver...
This is cool. Idk if it’s just me but the h.264 version of your video has no sound!
man... that's really unexpected, I went with h264+mp3 which should be the most conservative / broadly-supported combination you could possibly use, yet still (ﾉ ﾟヮﾟ)ﾉ ~┻━┻
what webbrowser / device / player are you using?
This is me browsing slrpnk.net using the voyager app,on iOS latest version on iPhone 14 Pro, it then opens it in whatever built in player the app uses. Other versions work fine though. This app has me excited as I consider starting self hosting!
awesome thanks, should be able to reproduce it then :>
Have been playing around with it for a bit and it's AMAZING.
OMG I just posted this to lemmy and saw it had already been posted. Great work! Amazing video!!
Ok this is too damn cool. Will be checking it out soon, but moving to a new apartment this week so I probably shouldn't dive into new distractions just yet...
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Looks fantastic, I'll actually be trying this. Love how it doesn't lock my files into some obscure format like seafiles.
nice project! I'll check it out! I've also really enjoyed your replies here. it's obvious you really know your stuff. thanks!