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Send files privately. No cloud. No trace. (glitr.io)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by xoron@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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glitr.io

im working on a p2p file transfer app. at the moment its a close-source webapp, but i hope to work towards some selfhosted options as seen on my other projects.

the storage is local-only from your browser/device. so like "the cloud", but the cloud storage capacity is made up of your devices.

ive recently updated the landing page and i hope ive got it as simple as possible to transfer a file from one device to another.

im looking for feedback on the experience.

(Note 1: its still a work in progress. if there is an issue, you can usually refresh the browser and try again)

(Note 2: it seems important to mention: this app is not libre software. This needs more consideration to see if I can align to this. For information and open-source examples of the code in action, take a look at the docs and github for decentralized chat)

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If it's not open source then forget about it, it won't go anywhere. I've had that stance of all software for decades now, but in the last few years boat loads of others have caught on.

Its simple really. If the software is open source (ALL of it, servers, clients) we can all check it and all be sure it does what is advertised. If not, we have no way of knowing what you're doing, especially on the server side of things, and if we've finally collectively learned on thing, it's that we can't trust companies on the server side of things. Data WILL be used in other ways than advertised.

Since this software is supposed to be a security product, trust is paramount, and it's bot there at all. Unless this product would be open source I won't even look at it.

[–] xoron@programming.dev -1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the empassioned speech/statement!

Perhaps you'd be interested in one of my open source projects. It's a beefier version of the app presented in the parent post.

https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat

On the point about open source, it isn't easy to pull off. I can confirm it isn't the case that open-source be flooded with some kind of collective community review/support. It's been an option for the chat app for a while and I've tried actively promoting it, it's clear that the project is simply too complicated.

I'm a bit disappointed in how hard I tried on the open source project for it to not get the traction I wanted. To create somthing close-source and competitive in the file-transfer space is only logical at this point.

I'm sure with an enthusiastic speech like that, you're doing your part for supporting the open source community. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to get it to filter down to me.