Ant Upload

Share your files with the world — one drag and drop to eternal access.

Censorship-proof, universally available, and free for everyone.

Pay once to upload — downloads stay free forever.

Liberate the world's knowledge — give it back to everyone

Download it

Download the latest release on github with a click!

Or download directly from the Autonomi Network:

# macOS aarch64
ant file download 86a59dabc6d2d0f9cb50c03859a39378ce59e5f2e849aee2094eff641b21d438 AntUpload-aarch64-apple-darwin.zip

# Linux aarch64
ant file download 4b114c0749a5e24a8d5b3e6f6b60bd6ce245b635583cd8a200e10c5385d2b9d2 AntUpload-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.zip

# macOS x86_64 
ant file download 97725e3a9a65ca88a8975aa0d1f84d3d23a6cb7fa25c4861936574e0b180a217 AntUpload-x86_64-apple-darwin.zip

# Linux x86_64
ant file download bf027cf6a05358c7731b8b1d18be5f7105005cfdd89881d327bd2e3b4a3d11d5 AntUpload-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.zip

AntUpload was uploaded to the Network using AntUpload!

Mac users might face quarantine issues: "AntUpload.app" is damaged and can't be opened. You should move it to the Trash.

This happens because I don't have a $99 a year Apple Developer account :(

To fix this:

1. Unzip the file (double-click the .zip).
2. Open Terminal (press Cmd + Space, type "Terminal", and press Enter).
3. Go to your Downloads folder:

cd ~/Downloads

4. Remove macOS quarantine flag:

xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine AntUpload.app

5. Double-click AntUpload.app to open it!

Build it from source

# currently uses the bleeding edge of the autonomi API which will eventually be released but for avant-garde users here's a how to guide

# clone the autonomi repo and use the req_resp_record_put branch
git clone https://github.com/grumbach/autonomi.git 
cd autonomi
git fetch origin req_resp_record_put 
git checkout req_resp_record_put

# go back into the ant-upload directory
cd ..

# build the release version of the app
cargo build --release

# (for macOS) make a AntUpload.app
bash ./assets/mac_os_bundle.sh

Run it from source

cargo run --release

For those diving into the code

• The src/server.rs file contains the main logic for all autonomi network interaction
• The src/main.rs 90% AI vibe-coded front-end for the app
• The src/cached_payments.rs file is copy pasted as is from the ant CLI, it allows re-use of payments for retries (which means it's cross compatible with ant CLI)

Coming soon

• Use the public Autonomi API release instead of the bleeding edge req_resp_record_put branch
• Windows binary releases (need help here)
• Download files from the Autonomi Network
• A repository of all shared files
• Suggest more features by submitting or upvoting an issue on github