FlowDrop: CLI

FlowDrop is a cross-platform tool that allows sharing files between devices directly over Wi-Fi.

The source code is published under GPL-3.0 license with anti-commercial clause, the license is available here.

Requirements

Local network that supports mDNS

• Windows: download and install Apple's Bonjour
• GNU/Linux: install avahi sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon

TODO

I will be glad if you help improve this project

• Improve FlowDrop specification
• Build Bonjour for Windows ARM.

Usage

I briefly explain how to send and receive files using flowdrop-cli. To see all command line options, run flowdrop-cli -h.

Sending a File

Sending a file is typically a two-step procedure. You first discover devices in local network using the find command. Stop the process once you have found the receiver.

$ flowdrop-cli find
Looking for receivers. Press Ctrl+C to stop ...
Found: ID f56648ba9f79 Name=NelonnPC Model=MS-7C56 Platform=Windows SystemVersion=11
Found: ID 99e1e5bd7100 Name=NelonnPhone Model=Pixel 7 Platform=Android SystemVersion=13

You can then send a file using

$ flowdrop-cli send f56648ba9f79 path/to/some/file.mp4
Resolving receiver ...
Resolved
Asking receiver to accept ...
Receiver accepted
file.mp4           100%[##########################] 4 GB/4 GB
Done

Receiving Files

Receiving is much easier. Simply use the receive command. FlowDrop will accept all incoming files automatically and put received files in the current or specified directory.

$ flowdrop-cli receive

Build instructions

• GNU/Linux (amd64) (arm64 cross-compile)
• macOS
• Windows

Authors

• Michael Neonov (email, github)

Third-party

• libknotdeviceinfo (GNU GPL v3)
• libflowdrop (GNU GPL v3 with anti-commercial clause)
• libknotdnssd (GNU GPL v3)
• libvirtualtfa (MIT License)
• curl 8.2.1 (curl License)
• libhv 1.3.1 (BSD 3-Clause License)
• nlohmann_json 3.11.2 (MIT License)
• Ninja (Apache License 2.0)
• CMake (New BSD License)