Linker

A fast and efficient terminal-based file transfer utility written in Go. Supports sending and receiving files or entire directories over a TCP connection with chunked transfer, progress reporting, and error handling.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Screenshots
• Installation
• Usage
• Planned Features
• Contributing
• License
• Author

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Features

• ✔️ Send and receive single files or entire directories
• ✔️ Supports binary and text files
• ✔️ Uses chunked transfer for large files
• ✔️ Progress reporting for file transfers
• ✔️ Doesn't use external libraries

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Screenshots

Sender Receiver

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Installation

Prerequisites

• Go (>= 1.22) installed on your system
• make
• A LAN connection for file transfer

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/LxrdShadow/linker.git
cd linker
make build

This generates a single binary lnkr.

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Usage

Start the Server (sender)

./lnkr send -port 9090 example.txt

This will launch the server and display a message Listening on [your-ip-address]

Receive the files

./lnkr receive -addr [ip-of-server]

By default, it saves received files in the current directory.

Planned Features

• ✅ Multi-file support
• ✅ Directory transfer support
• ⏳ A proper installation process
• ⏳ Compression before sending
• ⏳ Secure transfer (TLS encryption)
• ⏳ Authentication (password-protected transfers)
• ⏳ Terminal User Interface (TUI)
• ⏳ Local web interface

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Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Open an issue if you find a bug or have suggestions.

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Licence

Linker is licensed under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute this software, profided proper attribution is given.

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Author

👤 Idealy Andritiana GitHub: LxrdShadow Email: andritiana.idealy@gmail.com

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