Easy File Transfer

A lightweight desktop app for transferring files over SSH using rsync. Built with Tauri (Rust) and React + TypeScript.

Screenshots

Features

File Browser

• Dual-pane browser — local and remote directories side by side with a draggable vertical divider
• Drag & drop — drag files from either pane to the other to start a transfer; drop onto a specific subfolder to target it directly
• Context menu — right-click any file or folder to rename, upload/download, or delete; right-click empty space to create a new folder
• Multi-select — Shift-click and Ctrl/Cmd-click to select ranges or individual items; bulk operations (delete, upload, download) act on the whole selection
• Inline rename — rename files and folders directly in the browser without a popup
• Inline folder creation — create a new folder inline with a single right-click
• Delete with confirmation — delete one or multiple items with a confirmation dialog showing the item count; works on both local and remote

Transfers

• SSH / rsync backend — all transfers run via rsync over SSH for reliability and delta-transfer efficiency
• Resumable transfers — uses --partial-dir=.rsync-partial so interrupted transfers pick up where they left off
• Checksum verification — optionally verify file integrity using checksums instead of size+timestamp
• Local network optimisation — disables compression when transferring on a LAN for higher throughput
• Transfer queue — run multiple transfers concurrently with live progress bar, speed, ETA, and file counter
• Cancel — gracefully cancel any in-flight transfer; partial data is preserved for resumption

SSH

• SSH key auth — select a key file and optionally provide a passphrase
• Connection profiles — save and reuse host, user, port, key, and transfer option configurations
• Remote browser — navigate the remote filesystem with directory caching and smart pre-fetch for instant traversal

UI

• Message log — timestamped, colour-coded log of all actions (green = success, yellow = warning/delete/cancel, red = error)
• Resizable panels — drag the horizontal dividers to resize the message log and transfer queue independently
• Collapsible panels — collapse the message log and transfer queue to reclaim screen space

Prerequisites

• rsync must be installed and available in $PATH
• Bun (for development)
• Rust toolchain

Pre built mac binaries

see Releases

Development

bun install
bun run tauri dev

Build

bun run tauri build

The distributable app bundle is placed in src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

macOS Distribution (unsigned)

The app is built and shipped as an unsigned .dmg. It works, but macOS Gatekeeper will block the first launch.

What happens without signing

• Gatekeeper flags the app as from an unidentified developer
• User sees: "cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified"
• The app is not broken — it is quarantined, not damaged

First-launch bypass (choose one)

Method 1 — right-click (fastest)

1. Right-click the app → Open
2. Click Open in the dialog

Gatekeeper creates a permanent whitelist entry for that app.

Method 2 — System Settings

1. Try to open the app (it fails)
2. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security
3. Click Open Anyway

Installing from the .dmg

1. Download and open the .dmg
2. Drag the app to Applications
3. Right-click the app → Open
4. Confirm Open

This is required because the app is not signed.

Remove the quarantine flag (power users)

If you trust the binary and want to skip the prompt entirely:

xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/EasyFileTransfer.app

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Shell	Tauri 2 (Rust)
Backend	Tokio, rsync subprocess
Frontend	React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind 4
Bundler	Vite 7