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Share

by Bedis Nbiba

Easily share files

Sandboxed Verified creator MIT v2.3.0
Screenshot 1 of Share

About

Share is a bidirectional file sharing application that works both ways — send files to others or receive files from them. It offers both a graphical interface (GTK) and a terminal-based CLI mode.

Features:

  • Bidirectional file transfer - both send and receive files
  • No additional software required - just a QR code scanner and web browser
  • Receive Mode - let others upload files directly to your device
  • Directory uploads - upload/download entire folder structures
  • Multiple file uploads - batch upload many files at once
  • Share data from the clipboard, automatically detect if the clipboard contains an image, or a text, note that pasting files will only send paths as text (if the app doesn't have read permission), so its better to drop them instead
  • CLI mode — run entirely from the terminal without a graphical interface, useful over SSH or on headless systems

How it works:

  • Creates a temporary HTTP server on your local network
  • Generates QR codes for both sharing and receiving
  • Sharing Mode: Others scan to download your files
  • Receive Mode: Others scan to upload files to you via web interface
  • All transfers happen locally over your network - no internet required

Perfect for quick file transfers between devices, mobile-to-desktop uploads, collaborative work, or any situation where you need wireless file transfer without cloud services.

Permissions

Everything this app can reach outside its sandbox. Nothing here weakens it.

  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download

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 (x4)
    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.