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Aditya Sorathiya
Aditya Sorathiya

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I built MagicDrop — Share files and text between your terminal and browser over your local network

#opensource #node #webdev #javascript

Have you ever needed to quickly move a file or some text between your phone and computer without uploading it to a cloud service?

I built MagicDrop, a simple local-network file and text sharing tool that connects your terminal with a browser.

You start MagicDrop from the terminal, scan a QR code, and your browser becomes a connected device.
MagicDrop supports:

  • 💻 Terminal → Browser file sharing
  • 🌐 Browser → Terminal file sharing
  • 🌐 Browser → Browser file sharing
  • 💬 Text sharing between devices
  • 📱 Multiple connected devices
  • 📷 QR-code connection
  • ✅ Transfer approval/rejection
  • 📦 Chunk-based file transfers
  • 📁 Automatic downloads on the terminal

The first version, v0.0.1, is now released.

Github: https://github.com/sorathiya903/MagicDrop

🚀 Install 

npm install -g magicdrop-cli
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Start it:

md start
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MagicDrop starts a local server and displays a QR code. Scan it from another device connected to the same local network.

📁 Send a file

From the terminal:

md> send photo.jpg
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The receiving device gets an approval request. Once accepted, the file is transferred in chunks.

💬 Send text 

md> send-text Hello from MagicDrop!
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No quotes are required.

🔢 Check version 

md -v
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Output:

MagicDrop 0.0.1 by Aditya Sorathiya
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This is my first release of MagicDrop, and I'm planning to keep improving it.
I'd love to hear what features you think would make MagicDrop more useful. 🚀

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