RQuickShare - Quick Share for Linux and MacOS

Rust implementation of NearbyShare/QuickShare from Android for Linux and macOS

Send and receive photos, documents and more on nearby devices.

Download RQuickShare

Installation

You simply have to download the latest release.

Important notes:

The minimum GLIBC version supported is included in the pkg name

can check yours with ldd --version

RQuickShare is distributed with two version (main & legacy):

Legacy is for compatibility with older Ubuntu versions
Main is for future support of newer versions of Ubuntu

macOS

Simply install the .dmg.

Note that you may have to allow the app for installation and first open under Settings > Privacy & Security > Security (you should see a dialog asking for permission.)

Debian

sudo dpkg -i r-quick-share_${VERSION}.deb

RPM

sudo rpm -i r-quick-share-${VERSION}.rpm

AppImage (no root required)

AppImage is a little different.There's no installation needed, you simply have to give it the executable permission (+x on a chmod) to run it.

chmod +x r-quick-share_${VERSION}.AppImage

You can then either double click on it, or run it from the cmd line:

./r-quick-share_${VERSION}.AppImage

Snap

The snap is not yet on the store, but you can install it with the following (you may need sudo).

snap install --dangerous r-quick-share_${VERSION}.snap

Unofficial Installation Methods

AUR (Arch)

For Arch Linux, you can install it from the AUR by using an AUR helper like yay.

yay -S r-quick-share

Nix

Available here: NixOS :

A nix-shell will temporarily modify your $PATH environment variable. This can be used to try a piece of software before deciding to permanently install it.

$ nix-shell -p rquickshare