Folder Beam 5000

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I want a convenient, multi-platform, single executable way to magically beam the contents of a folder from one computer to another without any messing around with IPs, Firewalls, NAT etc etc.

• Works on LAN
• Works over the internet with computers behind home networks and firewalls
• No account needed

Super efficient:

• 35-40mb RAM
• 3-5% CPU

Why don't you just use Dropbox / Google Drive / OneDrive / iCloud / etc?

All of those services are great, but they have a few drawbacks:

• They require a login
• They require a browser
• They require a GUI
• They require you to trust a third party with your data
• You need to upload all your files and then download them. Double the time!

Folder Beam 5000 allows you to directly send your files peer 2 peer, even between computers that are behind a firewall or NAT.

Usage

1. Download the binaries for your source and destination platform from Releases
2. For linux/macOS, run chmod +x folder-beam-linux-[ARCH] to make the binary executable
3. Run folder-beam-[PLATFORM]-[ARCH] on the source computer
4. Enter a password that you want to encrypt your connection with
5. Copy folder-beam-[PLATFORM]-[ARCH] to the destination computer
6. Run folder-beam-[PLATFORM]-[ARCH] [Password] on the destination computer
7. A connection will be attempted, as soon as it connects, your files will start uploading

TODO

• Send all files in folder from source to desitination folder
• Generate unique key from server bin
• Load key into client bin
• Transfer speed
• Password instead of key file
• Add filewatching for continued file mirroring
• GUI (Waiting for NodeGUI to support ARM)
• Codesign binaries for macOS

Credits

I simply knitted a few libraries together created by Mafintosh and everyone at HyperCore. All credit to them.