simudream / dat

:floppy_disk: open source peer to peer data sharing

dat

Share datasets on The Internet. This is the Dat 1.0 Pre-release candidate.

Key features:

• easily share large files without having to copy them to a central server first
• sync incrementally between machines

Please note that previous versions of Dat (alpha, beta) are incompatible with the 1.0 pre-release.

Install

The current work in progress is not on npm yet

For now, if you are adventurous and want to try the 1.0 Pre-release candidate, clone this repository and in a terminal inside of the folder you cloned run this command:

npm link

This should add a dat command line command to your PATH. Now you can run $ dat to try it out.

Build Status

Windows	Mac/Linux

Example

Go into a directory and type

$ cd mydata/
$ dat share
bd3423sdf2342ksdjf238422k3

You are now publishing that data from your computer and it will be publicly accessible as long as your terminal is open. Your friend can get that data like this:

$ dat bd3423sdf2342ksdjf238422k3

It will start downloading the data into the current location. It will also seed that data as long as the terminal is open.

Overview

This is the Dat 1.0 Pre-release candidate. We want to make Dat into a data versioning, forking, and syncing tool. The first feature set we are working on is easy file synchronization. Dat embraces the Unix philosophy: a modular design with composable parts. All of the pieces can be replaced with alternative implemntations as long as they implement the abstract API.

We would really appreciate your feedback.

Have questions or suggestions? Join #dat on freenode or . Chat logs are available here