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# Fling
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Have you ever missed the simplicity of an USB Stick when sharing data over the
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net?
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Zero-friction sharing is a surprisingly unsolved problem. There's no reasonably
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ubiquitous solution installed on everybody's machine. Online providers are often
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packed with features, but miss out on things like direct download urls, a space
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for others to easily _upload_ to you, or require registration from all
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participants. I don't remember any of these things being a problem with USB 🤔.
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Fling is a self-hosted file share. It is simple like USB without missing out on
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the good parts of the web:
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- Drop files on a fling and share the URL. That's it. The fling way of life.
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Other features include:
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- Choose your own, meaningful name for your sharing URL
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- Share a direct download link
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- Choose to let others upload files just as simple
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- Protect your fling by a password - no registration required
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- Let a fling expire after a date or a number of clicks (or keep it forever)
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# Fling is a API
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It gets even better!
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Fling is a backend service and a web interface. But you can use anything else
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that speaks HTTP if you prefer. In fact, we generate and publish a javascript
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and python client for the Fling API on every build. If you like it bare-bones
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there is also a querysheet in the examples folder with raw HTTP calls.
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Fling also has a code-first OpenAPI compliant spec. O mon Dieu, it just checks
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_all_ the boxes!
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# Fling as a container
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It gets even even better better!
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Fling is self-hosted. But it is packaged up in a docker container for easy
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deployment. Run `docker run --rm -p3000:3000 arminfriedl/fling` and go to
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http://localhost:3000. Admin user is `adminName:adminPassword`.
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