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Show HN: A P2P Web App for Chat, File Transfer, and Video Calls
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 https://web1ink.vercel.app.
Another example of using websocket can be found at https://webl.ink https://webl.ink
Would love your thoughts and feedback!
- vednig 2y agoHow much time did it take to build this?
- 99precentpeople 2y agoIt took me about 3 months.
- eternityforest 2y agoIt 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.
- 99precentpeople 2y agoThanks for recommending Jami , but this is just a web app, it doesn't need to replace any desktop apps, I just want to do a better job than the web file transfer tools that existed before, such as snapdrop, and I also hope that in the future the web will be able to realize the true LAN P2P features!
- eternityforest 2y agoI have high hopes for the future of web apps, although it is a bit precarious having only Chrome support advanced features while all the other browsers refuse to implement them
- pcdoodle 2y agoLooks cool. Tip: put screen shots on the landing page.