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Droopy is a simple Web server which does only one thing: it allows users to upload files to your computer. Useless, right? Wrong. When you need to receive a large file or document, Droopy can really prove its worth. Sure, others can send you a file using one of the many services or utilities that allow you to send large files, but why bother if you can just fire up Droopy and let them upload the file directly to your machine? To make Droopy work on your computer, make sure that you have Python installed on your system, download the droopy script, and make it executable using the chmod +x droopy command. That's it. In the terminal, switch to the directory with the droopy script, and start the server using the to ./droopy command. Point then your browser to http://localhost:8000, and you should see Droopy's default page. If you want to add text or an image to the page, you can do so using the -m and -p options:

./droopy -m "Upload your files here." -p ~/robot.png

You can view other available options using the ./droopy --help command.
Once Droopy is up and running, you can send your IP address to the person who wants to send a file to you. But what if you don't know your IP? Ask Droopy by clicking the Discover the address of this page link on Droopy's default page.

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