apeirogon

Install

On macOS (Apple Silicon) or Linux (x86_64), use Homebrew:

brew install puppetmaster2k/tap/apeirogon

Releases are unsigned. On macOS, grant Accessibility and Input Monitoring permissions again after every update.

On Windows (x86_64), use Scoop:

scoop bucket add apeirogon https://github.com/PuppetMaster2k/scoop-bucket
scoop install apeirogon

On Arch Linux (x86_64), use the AUR package:

yay -S apeirogon-bin

Download the x86_64 .deb or .rpm package from the latest release. Each package includes the daemon, CLI, GUI and a desktop launcher.

sudo apt install ./apeirogon_*.deb
# Fedora and other RPM-based distributions:
sudo dnf install ./apeirogon-*.rpm

Or install from crates.io with a recent stable Rust toolchain:

cargo install a7n apeirogond a7n-gui --locked

Start the daemon with a7n daemon start, then open a7n-gui. Use a7n daemon enable to start it automatically at login.

Files

Copy files or folders in your file manager and paste them on another paired machine. Files download on paste into files.receive_dir, which defaults to your Downloads directory under Apeirogon (~/Downloads/Apeirogon as a fallback).

To send files directly:

a7n send <peer> <path>...
a7n files accept <peer>
a7n files reject <peer>
a7n files cancel <id>

<peer> is a peer name, machine id or unique hex prefix of at least four digits. a7n send follows the transfer; add --no-wait to return after offering it. Use a7n status or the GUI to see held offers, progress and transfer ids for cancellation. Accept or reject an offer on the receiving machine.

Per-peer peers.<id>.files defaults to ask: incoming sends need confirmation, while a local paste counts as consent. Policies are both, send, receive, ask and off. Receiving requires enough free space for the remaining download plus a 256 MiB margin. Files are verified before publishing; existing files are preserved by choosing a new name on collisions.