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flipflop: filesharing for the meatspace era
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gist
flipflop is a small open-source Rust app that pairs your devices once through a trusted tunnel, then lets them send files, links, and text to each other anytime. It runs over Bluetooth, the local network, or the internet via Iroh, with desktop builds and an Android APK but no iOS version.
ideas
- Pair once, send anytime. A trusted tunnel between two or more devices removes per-transfer setup.
- Any path between devices. Transfers go over Bluetooth, LAN, or the open internet using the Iroh networking library.
- Built for households. The README pitches sharing among your own devices and family members, nearby or far away.
- Platform friction. Windows builds trigger a SmartScreen warning, and the author says he can't publish for iOS.
quotes
“Establish a trusted tunnel between two or more devices: from that point on one can send files to the other anytime.”
“It works through bluetooth, LAN or even through the wild internet.”
“Because Apple hates the world even more, I can't publish it for iOS.”