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How do you like to transfer large files between friends across the internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by ReducedArc@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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On occasion I find myself needing to send a file at least a few gigabytes in size to a friend across our slow ISPs but haven't found a satisfying solution. I usually end up creating a private torrent with the announce address of my own IP. Even though it's slow - it basically never reaches my max upload speed for some reason, it is at least resilient if there are ever any network glitches.

Does anyone else face this same challenge?

EDIT: Thank you for the awesome suggestions! I have some homework to do on these

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[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

Swisstransfer

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[–] Tabooki@lemm.ee 2 points 1 hour ago

Nextcloud is great for this

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 points 20 hours ago

i like zipline but i use it for smaller files where download resumability is not a key factor

[–] eneff@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 hour ago

I really like Wormhole for this exact purpose.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure if this works for you but I didnt see it mentioned. I use plex for my media server, so I would just put whatever it is on there and then someone else can log in remotely and download it through the app on their mobile, and I think also via the website too.

I know this works if the person is downloading from android but haven't tested otherwise.

[–] ReducedArc@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That should work for media files at least, but I believe they'll also need Plex pass to be able to download anything.

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I use https://www.sendbig.com/ I haven’t read their privacy policy, though.

[–] raina@sopuli.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago

I tell them to start their Nextcloud client. Or if they don't have it, give them the share link.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

I host pingvin for people to send stuff to me. To send, usually I'll just move the file into a folder that exposed to Nginx with indexing and send that link. Otherwise I'll also just use my pingvin instance.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

Upload to Proton Drive > Create share link > Share link

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