GrilloModem 1.1.0

A small tool to easily send data (files, clipboard) between computers with 0 config, just using audio and mic.

Grillo

A small tool to easily send data (files, clipboard) between computers with 0 config, just using audio and mic.

Installation

On Ubuntu, install it by cloning the repo and then running this inside the repo folder and with a virtualenv active (yes, ugly, still hasn’t been published because it’s under development):

sudo apt install portaudio19-dev libffi-dev libsndfile1 xclip
pip install -e .

Usage

machine1> grillo listen

machine2> grillo text "hello world!"

After hearing some hight pitched sounds, machine1 should print:

machine1> grillo listen
Received text:
hello world!

You can also send files:

machine2> grillo file /path/to/a_file.txt

Or even update machine1’s clipboard with machine2’s clipboard contents:

machine2> grillo clipboard

This is currently under heavy development, that’s why it hasn’t been published to PyPI. The biggest issue right now: the tool used to communicate, can’t send packages more than 32 bytes long. Possible alternative we are working on: replace it with this other tool.