Simplicity
NitroShare was designed to be simple. The application uses broadcast discovery to find other devices on the local network with NitroShare installed.
Speed
NitroShare is built to take advantage of fast networks, easily achieving gigabit speeds on capable hardware.
Cross-Platform
NitroShare runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Files can easily be transferred between machines running different operating systems.
Open Source
NitroShare is written in modern C++ and makes use of the excellent Qt Framework. All of the source code for the application is released under the MIT license.
Looking for beta releases?
We maintain a Jenkins CI server with up-to-the-minute builds of NitroShare for Windows and macOS.
Ubuntu users can use our dev PPA.
Debian Sid, Ubuntu 16.04+
NitroShare is included in the Debian and Ubuntu archives and can be installed with the following command:
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sudo apt-get install nitroshareBecause the packages can often be out of date, a PPA has been set up. You can add the PPA and install NitroShare with the following commands:
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sudo apt-add-repository ppa:george-edison55/nitroshare
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nitroshareFedora 23+
NitroShare has recently been added to Fedora and can be installed with the following command:
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sudo dnf install nitroshareArch Linux
Packages for NitroShare are available from the AUR. The package can be built and installed with the following commands:
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wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/nitroshare.tar.gz
tar xf nitroshare.tar.gz
cd nitroshare
makepkg -sri