Nautilus Taildrop

Nautilus extension for sending and receiving files with Taildrop (Tailscale)

Important

Taildrop can't transfer files to devices of other users or devices that are tagged:
https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop#send-files-with-taildrop

Setup

Tailscale

Run Tailscale with

tailscale up --operator $USER

Requirements

Ubuntu/Debian/Mint: sudo apt install python3-nautilus python3-gi

RHEL/Fedora: sudo dnf install nautilus-python python3-gobject

Arch: sudo pacman -S python-nautilus python-gobject

Install extension

git clone https://github.com/jahtz/nautilus-taildrop.git
cd nautilus-taildrop
make install

Remove extension

make uninstall

Modification

Note

File to modify: ~/.local/share/nautilus-python/extensions/nautilus-taildrop.py
Modifications require Nautilus to be reloaded: nautilus -q

Show full DNS names

If you want to show full DNS names (e.g. yourdevice.your-tailnet.ts.net) instead of device names (e.g. yourdevice), you can set SHOW_FULL_DNS_NAME to True (line 35).

Hide offline devices

If you want to hide offline devices from the device list, set HIDE_OFFLINE to True (line 37)