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To the NoCode/LowCode disbelievers: I've built rDrop under 5 days in LowCode!

Hey IndieHackers,
This year I am planning on building 10 projects/businesses in public (check out my twitter @ybouane for daily updates) and rDrop is my project #2 this year.

rDrop is a Simple and Fast P2P File Transfer Service.

It aims to make the process of transferring files from one device to another simpler and faster.
You just need to:

  1. Drop your files
  2. Scan the QR Code on the receiving device
  3. Download!

It can't be any simpler!

I've built it under 5 days using LowCode and the power of Sktch.io a NoCode/LowCode platform for building functional Web-Apps.

  • Sktch.io is a powerful tool that all IndieHackers should know about! It's like WebFlow on steroids! Not only can you easily make beautiful frontend but you can connect everything to a database and make the elements interactive through the Workflow builder!
    (Disclaimer: I also made Sktch.io)
  • The transfer is done through the WebRTC API and I've used these JS libraries:
  • Qrious and QR-Scanner for the QR code part
  • FFlate for Zipping a bunch of transferred files for quick download.

I had an MVP ready after 3 days working on it! The other days I was focusing on debugging everything especially for Safari/iOS !

Let me know what you think of it, I'm open to any feedback!

on February 6, 2022