PairDrop: Local/remote file sharing in your browser/mobile. Inspired by AirDrop. Fork & alternative of Snapdrop

[jdaviescoates]

Thanks! I had made use of SnapDrop.net a few times (which was down the other day, but now appears to be back up) so good to have https://pairdrop.net/ on hand as an alternative.

Edit: Sounds like they've also made some great improvements too!

[RazielKanos]

oh yes....

NEED! NEED! NEED! NEED! NEED! NEED! NEED! NEED!

[cortex]

Is it available on the cloudron app store?

[jdaviescoates]

@cortex said in PairDrop: Local/remote file sharing in your browser/mobile. Inspired by AirDrop. Fork & alternative of Snapdrop:

Is it available on the cloudron app store?

No, not yet.

[RazielKanos]

any news on this one? how hard is it to implement?

[robi]

might be easy for @Kubernetes

[Kubernetes]

Wow, I just tried it. Very impressive, even if I never had any problems with Airdrop I will check if I can package it for Cloudron

[timconsidine]

@RazielKanos said in PairDrop: Local/remote file sharing in your browser/mobile. Inspired by AirDrop. Fork & alternative of Snapdrop:

how hard is it to implement?

excellent question !
looking at their dockerfile, it is a node app so should package easily under cloudron base image
and it doesn't seem very complex (ooops, famous last words)

Let's see who's first to pull it off !

[Kubernetes]

Drumroll

Here we go, I was able to create a basic initial package which works already on my Cloudron.

Remarks:

• If I access the PairDrop on my Cloudron from 2 devices, they do not see each other until I create a room for sharing
• Sharing between two devices did work fine (in a extra room)

Not sure if TURN configuration is required?

You will find the current state in my Repo

[timconsidine]

@Kubernetes magic, well done

And you beat me to it !

[Kubernetes]

I have added the easy installation to the repo and the required steps in the Readme.

[RazielKanos]

Amazing any chance we also will see it in the appstore @girish @nebulon

[RazielKanos]

@Kubernetes
Installed it now with your Easy install steps - went amazingly well
Thanks a lot!

[Kubernetes]

@RazielKanos Great! Thank you for giving feedback. If there is anything in the easy install process that you think that should be improved, please let me know.

[necrevistonnezr]

@Kubernetes How do app updates work in this scenario?

[robi]

@necrevistonnezr As with any custom app, they're manual.

[Kubernetes]

@necrevistonnezr Adding to what @robi said, the easy installer method is just a way to help others to try and test the custom app. You should not use a custom app like a official Cloudron App. You may have seen the "unstable" marked Apps in Cloudron App Store? A custom App is much more "unstable" than that.

However, thank you for asking this question as it shows that we should put a Note of this to the custom Apps README to avoid misunderstandings.

What about something like this as a Disclaimer?

Warning: Not Production Ready

Please note that this project is not intended for production use. It is only a project to make it possible to deploy this app on Cloudron. Deploying this app manually on Cloudron requires advanced knowledge of Linux, the Cloudron CLI, and Docker.

Using a precreated Docker Image from an external source for easy installation comes with risks. You need to trust the Image Provider if you choose this installation method.

Before proceeding with the installation, please ensure that you understand the potential risks involved and take appropriate precautions to protect your system and data.

By continuing with the installation, you acknowledge and accept full responsibility for any consequences that may arise from using this project.

[girish]

The upstream repo has been blocked by github . Hopefully this is all temporary. https://github.com/fm-sys/snapdrop-android/issues/356 has more information.

[LoudLemur]

@Kubernetes
It works! Really, you are brilliant and I absolutely love it when you make applications like this accessible to people like this. Thank you for your work on the easy-installer, which is really well named.

Thanks also to @jdaviescoates for pointing me to this thread in so timely a fashion.

I might have found a bug. If you use this procedure to install the application, and then later change your mind about the location and try and run it on another sub-domain, it won't run. With Cloudron applications, that is usually very easy. I tried restarting and that didn't solve it.

For example, lets say you install here:

pEArdrop.example.com

and later decide to change the location to:

pAIrdrop.example.com

that won't work.

[Kubernetes]

@LoudLemur Thank you for the feedback. Interesting use case, I never tried to move the application afterwards to another location. I may try myself, but what happens when you do that?