Show HN: A P2P Web App for Chat, File Transfer, and Video Calls

22 points · 99precentpeople · 7 days ago

I’d like to share a open source project I’ve been working on: Weblink, a pure web-based file transfer and chat application built on WebRTC. No downloads or installations are needed—everything works directly in your browser.

Key features include:

- Works seamlessly as a PWA for sharing files/text through the system

- File synchronization and resuming interrupted transfers

- Video calling

- Clipboard and folder transfer (folders are auto-compressed)

Weblink uses a serverless P2P architecture, supporting multiple backends like Firebase and self-hosted WebSocket, and ensures signaling privacy with end-to-end encryption. It’s deployed on Vercel and using Firebase can be accessed here: https://web1ink.vercel.app.

Another example of using websocket can be found at https://webl.ink

Would love your thoughts and feedback!

eternityforest · 6 days ago

It looks really cool! It does still seem to need a signalling server though, so it doesn't seem like it could replace Jami unless they finally add some true LAN P2P features to the web.

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pcdoodle · 6 days ago

Looks cool.

Tip: put screen shots on the landing page.

vednig · 6 days ago

How much time did it take to build this?