Sharing files thru SimpleX?
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Isn't this just to share stuff in your local network between your os and phone?
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Its file sharing feature works between any supported devices, including phone-to-phone, and yes, it is intended for use on a local network.
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Thanks but I was searching for file sharing on the web.
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are they nearby?
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I think you mean across the internet, but I get your point. You might want to state that in your post.
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For across the web I use syncthing.
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Magic wormhole?
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.leastauthority.destiny/
If you have them as a contact already in SimpleX, then why not.
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It's fine.
If sending multiple files it's a pain in the ass. Can't select multiple and send at once, one at a time
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I also love Synching but I was searching for something across the internet.
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Have you tried with folders or zip?
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I also considered wormhole protocol but clients are very minimal, you don't have chronology and you can't access your old uploaded files like in SimpleX.
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Syncthing does work across the internet. It uses nat hole punching to achieve this. Unless your network is behind cgnat / double nat I believe.
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Sure that works fine
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If the file doesn't exceed 2 GB, you can use this : https://lufi.ethibox.fr/
Files are encrypted and cannot be seen by the owner of the website and the share can only go up to 30 days. It is recommended by Framasoft, the ones behind peertube. -
Yeah I'm test it and it's just annoying for multiple files since you can't share folders, you can probably send .zip/similar but you need to compress files first.
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Interesting alternative, thanks. SimpleX is the only one as I'm concerner right now allowing chronology since it has a chat and all, you can probably use also matrix protocol the same way but it require an account.
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Wait... I thought the whole premise of Syncthing is that the syncing devices need to be on the same Wi-Fi network. How do you configure it to not need this?
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i didn't have to configure it to do anything. paired the devices manually like normal while being on different networks. syncthing figures out the rest.
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Interesting, so the devices could be countries apart, hypothetically speaking? I had no idea if so.
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Have you tried syncthing-fork? You can synchronize folders across the internet with it between all sorts of devices, including android. No middlemen required since it's peer to peer.
