Airshare – Cross-platform Content Sharing In A Local Network

Features

• Blazing fast content transfer within a local network.
• Lets you transfer plain text, send from or receive into your clipboard.
• Supports transfer of multiple files, directories and large files – content is sent chunk by chunk and never read into memory entirely.
• Lets you send files whose paths have been copied into the clipboard (more details in the docs).
• Cross-platform, works on Linux, Windows and Mac (CLI and Web Interface), and also supports mobile (Web Interface).
• Uses Multicast-DNS service registration and discovery – so you can access content with human-readable code words.
• Can be used as a module in other Python programs.

Important Links
Source Code: https://github.com/KuroLabs/Airshare
Bug Reports: https://github.com/KuroLabs/Airshare/issues
Documentation: https://airshare.rtfd.io
PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/Airshare

Installation

pip

$ pip install Airshare

pipx

$ pipx install Airshare

Homebrew

$ brew install airshare

Example
Send and receive files and directories.
To send using the CLI,

$ airshare noobmaster requirements.txt

To receive using the CLI,

$ airshare noobmaster

or visit http://noobmaster.local:8000 in the browser to download.
You can also import airshare in any Python program. Visit the documentation for detailed usage instructions.

Known Issues

• Link-local Name Resolution (for the .local addresses) on non-Apple devices requires Avahi (on Linux) or Bonjour (on Windows). Chances are you already have them, but if you don’t, do check the web on how to install them.
• Android browsers do not have inbuilt Multicast-DNS service discovery, and cannot resolve the .local addresses. For this reason, we included QR Code support, for you to visit the URLs easily.
• Windows users with Python < 3.8, use Ctrl + Break to quit, as Ctrl + C will not work. This is a known issue with asyncio, which has been fixed in Python 3.8. If you do not have a Break key, try using Ctrl + Fn + B, or check the web for other alternatives (depending on your PC).