List of File Sharing Software
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To make it easy to transfer files between attendees at events, you can use 3rd party software to simplify the process.
| Name | Description | Windows | Linux | OSX | Searching | Decentralised | Hashing Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-LAN | The goal is to easily exchange a large amount of data in a local area network environment like a LAN-Party. After you launched D-LAN, you will see all other people and their sharing automatically without special configuration. | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| FAP | FAP is a HTTP based lan file sharing tool. It features chat, system spec comparison, file search, network service scanning and queable file downloads. Shared files and folders can also be downloaded via a web browser. The tool is optimised for high bandwidth LAN enviroments i.e. Gigabit+ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ? |
| Direct Connect | Direct Connect (DC) is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. Direct Connect clients connect to a central hub and can download files directly from one another. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
