Announcement: BaShare, an easy to use file transfer program

[guiodic]

Hi guys!

I'm proud to announce the first public version of BaShare.

http://guiodic.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/schermata.png

BaShare (Basic Share) is a very simply and user-friendly file sharing tool over the Internet and private LAN too.

Basically BaShare is a http server with a graphical user interface (GUI). Select a file, give the link to your friends and they will be able to download the file from you speedily (or not, as you wish :-) ) BaShare is very useful during chat sessions!

It support UPnP so you can "jump" your firewall.

It is written in GAMBAS an amazing Visual Basic-like language for GNU/Linux.

Features:

1.It works over the Internet and LAN

2.upnp support, so you can “jump” your firewall in the router

3.very easy to use

4.qt and gtk, no problem!

5.A nice tray icon to control the program

6.you can dynamically change bandwidth

7.Send large files to your friends quickly while chat with them over every IM! No more trouble with aMSN or Emesene slowness

8.Easy to install: Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSuse, etc. packages

9.It is free/open source software under GNU GPL v3 license

10. English and Italian translation.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Install Bashare package and miniupnpc package for your distribution from here: http://code.google.com/p/bashare/downloads/list

The tray icon:

http://guiodic.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/schermata.png

Links:

Project home on Google code: http://code.google.com/p/bashare/
Downloads: http://code.google.com/p/bashare/downloads/list
My blog (in Italian): http://guiodic.wordpress.com/

[Polygon]

hmm, seems very interesting. I will have to try it out. but with whom....

[MaxIBoy]

There are quite a few contingencies for which this could come in handy.

Good work! I'll probably install this.

[Orlsend]

This is Awesome! Have you though making a account on Launchpad for the translation of this app? I think we a little more language support this could easily get in the repos!

[FuturePilot]

Wow, this is pretty cool. I can think of a number of instances where this could come in handy.

[3rdalbum]

Very nice; I could have done with this program years ago on the Mac OS! Good work and good luck for the future of this very promising project.

[billgoldberg]

Thanks, will come in handy.

[guiodic]

This is Awesome! Have you though making a account on Launchpad for the translation of this app? I think we a little more language support this could easily get in the repos!

Oh, yes, surely I'll open a launchpad account soon.

Thank you.

[Polygon]

doesn't work for me =/


mark@Humboldti:~$ /usr/bin/BaShare.gambas
IP Adress: 68.84.199.230
Error: impossible to bind socket
upnpc : miniupnpc library test client. (c) 2006-2008 Thomas Bernard
Go to http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
for more information.
No IGD UPnP Device found on the network !
IP Adress: 68.84.199.230
Error: impossible to bind socket
mark@Humboldti:~$

[days_of_ruin]

I think you need to change the icon.I don't know what country
you are from but here in the US bs stands for bull****

[Spiritous]

I think you need to change the icon.I don't know what country
you are from but here in the US bs stands for bull****

Why does it matter :p

[ubuntu27]

Oh, yes, surely I'll open a launchpad account soon.

Thank you.

That will be nice.
That way we can all translate the software.


Will you be using LaunchPad.net (https://launchpad.net/) for Bug Report and Management (https://bugs.launchpad.net/) also?

[guiodic]

doesn't work for me =/


mark@Humboldti:~$ /usr/bin/BaShare.gambas
IP Adress: 68.84.199.230
Error: impossible to bind socket
upnpc : miniupnpc library test client. (c) 2006-2008 Thomas Bernard
Go to http://miniupnp.free.fr/ or http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/
for more information.
No IGD UPnP Device found on the network !
IP Adress: 68.84.199.230
Error: impossible to bind socket
mark@Humboldti:~$


What kind of connection?
Router? Adsl Modem? other? Are you on-line?

[guiodic]

Will you be using LaunchPad.net (https://launchpad.net/) for Bug Report and Management (https://bugs.launchpad.net/) also?

I'm not sure. It seems that launchpad discourages non-ubuntu users.

On the other hand, ubuntu users are discouraged by other bug trackers... and I am an Ubuntu user! :)

I'm reflecting on. :-k

[ubuntu27]

I'm not sure. It seems that launchpad discourages non-ubuntu users.

On the other hand, ubuntu users are discouraged by other bug trackers... and I am an Ubuntu user! :)

I'm reflecting on. :-k

How about SourceForge.net (http://sourceforge.net/)?

[Polygon]

What kind of connection?
Router? Adsl Modem? other? Are you on-line?

I am using cable, but i am connected via wireless to a wireless router, which in turn connects to our modem. To be honest, i dont think upnp works very well for ANY program on linux, as deluge torrent claims to have it, but i get very slow upload speeds there as well.

[guiodic]

How about SourceForge.net (http://sourceforge.net/)?

I prefer Google Code.

[guiodic]

I am using cable, but i am connected via wireless to a wireless router, which in turn connects to our modem. To be honest, i dont think upnp works very well for ANY program on linux, as deluge torrent claims to have it, but i get very slow upload speeds there as well.

Well, you are in right. BaShare uses the Transmission's library for upnp.

But the biggest problem is the bind error.

[guiodic]

I released a new version of BaShare: 0.4.2.

You can dowsload it at: http://code.google.com/p/bashare/

This is the changelog:

* Mon Jun 01 2009 Guido Iodice <guido.iodice@gmail.com> 0.4.2
- a nicer icon, thanks to sentinella86

* Thu May 21 2009 Guido Iodice <guido.iodice@gmail.com> 0.4.1 - internal release
- some correction to avoid problems on non-http request
- statusbar for log messages
- if miniupnp is not installed, suggests to install it in Settings Form
- detect if there is a new version
- buttons for visit BaShare website and bug tracker in about form
- band limit is 2MB/s now
- corrected a typo
- Initial Spanish and BR Port. translation

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[guiodic]

BaShare 0.5.0 brings new improvements:

- BaShare can receive files too :D
- English is now the default language, but there are more translations
- launchpad integration
- various bugfixes
- note: the author thanks Emilien Klein. Most improvement was not possible without his help.

You can get BaShare from getdeb:

http://www.getdeb.net/updates/bashare

or from it's ppa repo:

https://launchpad.net/~bashareteam/+archive/bashare

[ubuntu27]

THank you for the update guiodic :)

[earthpigg]

ooo i like the look of this.

considered an OS X and Windows port?

[guiodic]

ooo i like the look of this.

considered an OS X and Windows port?

No, because Gambas is not supported on Windows.
On Windows you can use hsf.

http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/

[kpholmes]

is it like rapid share where the file is hosted on your server? or is it like a p2p kinda share?

[guiodic]

is it like rapid share where the file is hosted on your server? or is it like a p2p kinda share?

basically it is a web server. Other users can download files from you with a web browser.

[Enigmapond]

Just had to say I just started using this programme and it is so very useful! Thank you for releasing this...it's brilliant!! Worked right away...I just forwarded the port on my wireless router and made the proper rules in ufw...didn't know whether had to but...it works so very well and can literally SHOOT files across the globe!

Cheers!!:guitar:

[3rdalbum]

I used to run a web server on my old Mac so people could download files from me... but are you worried about Opera Unite taking away your marketshare? :-)

[Enigmapond]

I have a question regarding receiving files. How is this possible? How can someone without this application, on a ******* OS, transfer a file to Bashare on my end? I have looked for some documentation for this but have found none. If there IS a way, can you explain how?

Thank you in advance...

Cheers!

[aktiwers]

Looks great!
Just installed it. My link does not seam to work though?

Edit: oh I properly need to open ports..

[Enigmapond]

Oh...please disregard my last request...I see how it works now! It would however, be a good thing to have it state, when receiving, the speep and progress as it does when sending...but it wokrs well..:)

Thank you!

[Hrodebert]

Small bump just because I wanted to say thanks for this great program.
It made my life a lot easier and it works perfectly. Keep up the excellent work.

[Enigmapond]

Hi.

I posted this in General Help but seems I'm not getting any response and hope I will in this thread. I've been using this Bashare for awhile now and I really like it however, I'm not able to receive files. The sending goes very well but everytime I try to receive files by sending my link to another person, it starts then suddenly quits. I have both ports 65000 and 65001 forwarded and have made rules in ufw to accomodate however this is still happening. Any suggestions?

Thank You!

[Enigmapond]

Bump for help......