Share
by Bedis Nbiba
Easily share files
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.
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