Merx: Simple One-Off File Transfer

Give Merx a file path and it will start a temporary server, serving that single file to a single connection a single time.

Usage

Merx can be run like this:

$ merx /path/to/file.zip
Merx is running and awaits a single connection (timeout [time] minutes).
"http://[your-ip]:[some-port]/file.zip" copied to clipboard.

Paste the copied URL into your favorite messaging client and forget it.

(Far) Future

More Arguments

• Port (range?)
• Timeout (in minutes) (default 10)

GUI

• Drag and drop files into some widget
• See current transfers and connections etc.

Miscellaneous

• Ability to tag IPs and ports making common transfers even simpler