Observed arrival · 2026-10-06
Latchway: a link for phone-to-phone file transfers
An open-source file-transfer project that creates a link for sending files directly between devices, with command-line tools available now.
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- People moving large files between their own devices
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- The sender can require approval before a download and limit a link by download count or time; the page says roughly one connection in ten needs an encrypted relay.
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The command-line workflow uses separate sender and receiver programs installed with Go, and the page includes an example receiving a 2.1 GiB file. Sender flags cover password protection, approval, download counts, expiry, and relay-only transfers. The project also offers a rendezvous server that can be self-hosted; the Android app and browser receiving are identified as unfinished.
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