Flying Carpet

Version 10 is a breaking change: devices running version 10 cannot transfer with version 9 or earlier — you'll get a version-mismatch message instead. Update Flying Carpet on every device you transfer between.

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Use:

Linux: Download the .AppImage file from the releases (opens in a new tab) page for a standalone version, or if you're on a Debian-based distribution, download the .deb file and install it with dpkg.

macOS: Download the .zip file from the releases (opens in a new tab) page. Double-click to unzip it and drag the .app bundle inside to your Applications folder. Or if you use Homebrew, run brew install flying-carpet.

Windows: Download the .msi installer from the releases (opens in a new tab) page, or FlyingCarpet.exe for a standalone version.

Shared Network mode: join both devices to the same network (WiFi or wired — a phone on WiFi can transfer with a desktop on ethernet), pick Shared Network mode and a direction on each device, and select what to send. The receiving device generates a one-time password and displays it with a QR code; type it on the sending device or scan it with a phone, and the devices find each other on the network and start the transfer. No Bluetooth is used and you don't need to know the other device's operating system.

Hotspot mode: one device creates an ad hoc WiFi hotspot for the other to join. If both devices can use Bluetooth, they exchange the hotspot credentials automatically after you confirm a pairing code; otherwise the hosting device displays the password (and a QR code) to enter on the joining device.

Restrictions:

• Apple devices cannot programmatically run hotspots, so Apple-to-Apple transfers require a shared network: join both devices to the same WiFi network and use shared network mode. That network can itself be a Personal Hotspot made manually on one iPhone or MacBook and joined from another before running the Flying Carpet transfer in Shared Network mode. (Or just use AirDrop.)