LocalShare

Share files between devices connected on the same wifi network from your browser.

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Running the project locally

Requirements

• you must have mongodb installed locally

Setting things up

• clone the repo git clone https://github.com/MikeyOnyedika/localShare.git
• connect your computer to your home network (wifi).
• install dependencies, npm i on both frontend and backend folders
• edit the .env file in the backend folder to configure things like storage path for the files
• start the servers, npm start on both frontend and backend folders
• to access on another device, open the browser on that device and type in the ip address (printed in the backend console) and the port on the frontend
• you can now share files between computer and mobile from your browser!!

Notes

Rename a Git branch

# make sure you're on the branch you want to rename
git checkout master

# rename from 'master' to 'main'
git branch -m master main

# list all git branches both local and remote to confirm the change
git branch -a