I have been looking for a way to share some of my music with a friend and my brother. I did not want to have an open system, like a slandered peer-2-peer. I first looked into friend-2-friend systems, which I found intriguing but had difficulty implementing. I finally chanced upon the Sockso website. This little java based tool runs will run on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Sockso resides in your system tray and allows you to manage a simple web-interface. The web address for you IP is posted on the bottom of the utility and you just give that to your friends and they can see, download, and listen to music straight from your computer.Best of all, it is open source!

The Web Interface

However, I wish there were a way to see who is loged in and what their activity is – the interface seems to be absent of that feature. Also, I could not get it to function on my Brother’s 64bit Debian system.

Note: If you are behind a firewall you will have to open your desired port, and if you are behind a router you may have to port forward.

Download my Sockso Package for debian

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