Regarding porting of Warpinator

[_Homer_]

Hey all, I've found Warpinator to be useful on my LAN, but there's no ports to other os, which is a drawback, given that I have a mixed local network.
Noting that it seems to be entirely written in Python, I wonder what the problems are for porting it to say, Windows?
I'm quite capable, and willing to reverse-engineer the networking and file system stuff, my question is, why should I not do that?

[JoeFootball]

I'm quite capable, and willing to reverse-engineer the networking and file system stuff, my question is, why should I not do that?

It's GPLv3, so as long as you're complying with that, I'd say give it a try.

https://github.com/linuxmint/warpinator

[_Homer_]

I just wanted to check, I don't plan to upset anybody thanks
"Webinator" will be a linux-based CGI application running under Apache, that lets me implement what I want, without porting to other platforms. Minor changes to the original Linux sourcecode will affect, but not apply to, other platforms or operating systems. It will be free software, with no public servers provided by the author.

Sounds ok?

[xenopeek]

To be clear this is a users supporting users technical support forum. To get feedback from developers make an issue on https://github.com/linuxmint/warpinator.

Warpinator is GPLv3 software so you can use the code for your own project so long as you comply with the GPLv3 license. TLDRLicense have an overview https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-gener ... v3-(gpl-3). Use a different name.

I would suggest running the idea by the developers. If you see a way for it, wouldn't it be nice if from within Warpinator one could click a button to launch a "Webinator" like functionality as you describe, so that users can exchange files on their network with other OSes by using Warpinator web interface?

For exchanging files between different OSes I use https://www.sharedrop.io/ (files are transferred directly between sender and recipient without going to the server) or you can use https://www.feem.io/. But it would be nice to have a Warpinator protocol compatible (web)client for other OSes.

[JoeFootball]

Not to dissuade any creative pursuits, but adding another alternative to list for consideration, I've used Magic Wormhole (https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io) for years with success. It's admittedly a command line tool, so it may not be for all users, but it's simple and works as advertised for me.