distrans

"The bytes must flow."

Distrans (distribution and transfer) sends and receives file content anonymously over the Veilid network.

Usage

distrans post <file> indexes and seeds a file, displaying the dht key where it can be downloaded.

distrans get <dht key> [directory] downloads a posted file (defaults to current directory).

Roadmap

See project plans for short-term plans and contribution ideas.

Long-term: Full duplex peer downloading and uploading. Trackers and swarms.

Development

Currently distrans builds against veilid-core 0.2.5, which at time of writing does not build without serde tooling installed. Specific versions of capnproto and protobuf are required. First set up a development environment for Veilid on your platform of choice (Android / Flutter stuff not required).

Then cargo install distrans and other cargo commands should work.

NixOS

The original author of this project develops on NixOS. If you Nix too,

Developing

nix develop in here to get a devshell, then

cargo build and other cargo commands to do things.

Running

nix run github:cmars/distrans

CICD

Github is used for CICD and especially release automation.

Contributions

Branches and releases are regularly mirrored to Gitlab. Pull requests might be accepted from either, if they fit with the project plans and goals.

Open an issue and ask before picking up a branch and proposing, for best results.