Show HN: LIZARD – 16 Mbps GPU accelerated optical file transfer on Android

Category: devtools

Tags: optical-transfer, android, gpu-acceleration, air-gapped, file-transfer

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 7, Documentation: 4, Utility: 5)

LIZARD is an Android app that transfers files optically by displaying animated QR-like codes on one screen and capturing them with another device's camera, achieving up to 16 Mbps using GPU acceleration. It offers a novel air-gapped transfer method that avoids network dependencies, though the minimal README and lack of public code/repo details limit evaluation.

Target audience: mobile developers, security-conscious users, offline/air-gapped environments

Repository: https://fosslabs.dev

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