https://github.com/maximumdata/instant-file-transfer

NPM Package to transfer files from your terminal to your phone
https://github.com/maximumdata/instant-file-transfer

phone qrcode transfer

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NPM Package to transfer files from your terminal to your phone

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/maximumdata/instant-file-transfer
• Owner: maximumdata
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-03-24T20:05:42.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-29T03:52:31.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-10-10T18:22:11.192Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: phone, qrcode, transfer
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 3.88 MB
• Stars: 7
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: Readme.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# instant-file-transfer

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Quickly transfer files from your terminal to your phone.

![Example GIF](animation.gif?raw=true 'Example GIF')

### Usage

`instant-file-transfer foo.jpg`

Spins up an express server that will serve the file and output a QR code with that will link to the server, triggering a download of the file when scanned by your phone.

#### New in 3.0!

Directory support is here! Invoke it via passing the current directory as the input. `ift ./`

### Options

`-p`

Set the port to use for the server, will default to 8080 if nothing is passed.

`-s`

Use a smaller QR code, useful if you (like me) use a quake style terminal with limited vertical height

`-l`

New in 2.0.0 - using a `-l` flag will instead generate a traditional QR code to a given URL. This will skip the web-server, and can also be used with `-s`. For example, to generate a small QR code link to my github profile:

```

ift -l https://github.com/maximumdata -s

```

### Alias

`ift` is made available as an alias for `instant-file-transfer`

#### NOTE

Your phone must be on the same wifi network as the computer you are serving the file from, or must otherwise be able to access that computer's local IP.