I have two computers with Windows 10. Preferably the simplest option, so that at the other end people with minimal IT competence can figure it out
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USB flash drive
Syncthing or rsync?
Syncthing is not a good solution for a one time transfer. It is likely slower as the other solutions here.
if they have minimal capacity for installing/configuring/using software, then sending a USB drive via the postal service should be a strong contender
The easiest I’ve ever used is https://localsend.org/
Very simple, just open it on both computers, select the file and click the other computer.
Syncthing? Never used it on Windows but they do have a client so it should work. That’s the simplest I can think of.
Works fine on windows, I keep many phones and desktops /laptops syncing with about 100gb of data.
OK I’ll try
Also, you want SyncTrayzor for Windows - it installs Syncthing and gives you a tray tool to manage it.
Cool, very useful program
Sneakernet was made for this exact situation.
Per rule #3, this seems to be a general home computing question and not centered around self-hosting. Please consider adding details to clarify how this involves self-hosting.
What about a torrent? You’ll have to encrypt with 7zip or something to keep it secure, but that and qbitorrent will do the trick.
Qbittorrent or Rutorrent has some kind of extension to allow single private file sharing
Or can a private magnet link accomplish this?
Idk but I wouldn’t risk it when it’s easy to encrypt stuff. Good security is done in layers.
while I was looking for ways I came across a list of public announcers https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist
through the public BitTorrent tracker, I’ll try it too, thanks
2p2? P2P?
To peer, or not to peer. That is the question.
Thanks, I corrected it
ToffeeShare https://toffeeshare.com/
Check out QuickDAV. I think it’s exactly what you’re looking for. If you’re going across the internet, you’d have to forward a port from your router. Otherwise, if you’re on the same network, it’s really simple.
Can we talk about how utterly absurd it is that there isn’t an obvious answer to this question yet? Feels like we’ve gone backwards from the AIM Direct Connect of old.
If all computers are on local network you can use warpinator.
It’s too big for email, and likely too big for Dropbox or Gdrive unless you have a paid account with them.
That means you’re going to have to get slightly technical. Find a freeware SFTP program that can spawn a server on the host, and connect to it from the client to download the file.
Good luck!
I’ll get tired of explaining how to connect to FTP and what it is
Syncthing.
As a long-time user, not at all simple.
Yeah it’s like the least intuitive software ever honestly.
Might as well just use rsync at that point haha.
