Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser

Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by bilekas on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:04AM (#43344033)

Nice project and I always like playing with WebRTC but there is something that has me a little concerned .

> Transfers are now directly from the uploader to the downloader's browser (WebRTC without WebTorrent) with faster handshakes.

Maybe I'm wrong, but there is a signaling server in the middle somewhere along the chain here no ? unless it's just the same as PeerJS in which you first need the clients ID, but connection can be flaky.

From the source I can see it's using PeerJS but react is throwing me off a little bit. It's not clear to me what `useContext(WebRTCContext)` is..

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Re:Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser by stewartbracken on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @11:15AM (#43344154)

Yes, this repo is also an api server which stores peer ids here `https://github.com/kern/filepizza/blob/main/src/app/api/crea... ` and here `https://github.com/kern/filepizza/blob/main/src/channel.ts`. Webrtc implementations typically use a server to connect peers. Without, peers need to exchange id’s to connect.

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