Flatsonar

Usermode FTP Server

by Felipe A Hernandez

Access your files from another device

Broad permissions Verified creator GPL-3.0+ v0.3.10
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About

Start an FTP server as user and transfer files directly via most file browsers' builtin FTP support: Windows File Explorer, Thunar, Gnome Files, Dolphin and many more!

Features:

  • User-friendly graphical interface.
  • No root nor special permissions required.
  • Supports FTP, FTPS and SFTP.
  • Single-user authentication.
  • Optional read-only filesystem.

Known upstream bugs (full list at documentation page):

  • Gtk4 - Unresponsive UI after touch input. Gtk#5096
  • Gtk4 - Dropdown menus not working under Steam Deck Gamescope.
  • Libadwaita - No theme support (GTK_THEME). libadwaita#677
  • Flatpak - Directory selection not working under Steam Deck Gamescope.
  • Flatpak - Unsupported command directory arguments. flatpak#6236
  • UX - Users using Discover store comments complain about about flatpak runtime bugs.

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your public-share folder
    --filesystem=xdg-public-share

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • installs a prebuilt binary instead of building from source (x6)
    source:prebuilt
  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.