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send is nice but my favorite tool by far in this category is magic wormhole https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html https://magic-wormhole

send is nice but my favorite tool by far in this category is magic wormhole https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/welcome.html it only relies on a third party for a handshake rather than storing files online, so there's no limit to what you can send and it's probably less likely to go away.

smw 4y ago
Or croc! https://github.com/schollz/croc https://github.com/schollz/croc
- alexeldeib 4y ago
  Yeah, I switched from magic wormhole to croc for simplicity/snappiness over magic wormhole. Static binaries!
- unicornporn 4y ago
  croc it is!
- throwamon 4y ago
  Do you know how secure it is compared to Magic Wormhole? I remember a few years ago reading a comparison between two file sharing apps, and if my memory serves me they were croc and Magic Wormhole. One of them had a litany of security holes but I don't remember which of them. I googled but couldn't find info on this.
  - 0des 4y ago
    I am very interested in hearing this. I always wondered what's what with MW.
  - stavros 4y ago
    AFAIK security experts swear by MW and don't like Croc as much, because of the wonky protocol, but don't quote me on this.
  - password4321 4y ago
    One for croc https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27052840#27056746 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27052840#27056746
stock_toaster 4y ago
I use the go version[1] implementation, for a bit easier installation. [1]: https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william
- tvb12 4y ago
  The go version has a really cool feature: wormhole-william send --qr <path/to/file> This prints the password as a QR code. There's also an android version of wormhole-william which can process the QR codes.
- throwamon 4y ago
  I feel like I'm slowly becoming a Nix shill, but... Nix is a good alternative as well. Install Nix in one command: sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon Then run Magic Wormhole in one command, without even having to install it: nix-shell -p magic-wormhole --run 'wormhole send myfile'
  - fprotthetarball 4y ago
    I've been trying out Nix lately and did something similar to get a croc binary. My system package manager didn't have croc and also didn't have the Go version required to compile croc, but Nix did have the latest Go. Ran this: nix-shell -p go --run "go install github.com/schollz/croc/v9@latest" and got it compiled. In retrospect, I should have just used the croc package in Nix, but the simplicity of this approach is a vast improvement over the alternative of getting Go myself and cluttering up my system with random build tools for one-off compilations.
fzzzy 4y ago
send was pretty much inspired by magic wormhole.
rkangel 4y ago
The similar (but different) tool I use is Web Wormhole (https://webwormhole.io/# https://webwormhole.io/#). It does the same thing but through a Web UI and uses WebRTC under the hood. Its great benefit over magic Wormhole is that the target doesn't need to install anything at all. If I'm having a Teams/Zoom/Jitsi call and I want to send a large file I can just send them a link and then drag and drop.
zinkad 4y ago
Portal does much of the same but is usually quicker in sending files than both croc and magic wormhole, since files are effectively compressed before sending among other things [note: I'm one of the creators of Portal]. https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal
- ibejoeb 4y ago
  That logo... (cool software anyhow)

smw 4y ago

Or croc! https://github.com/schollz/croc https://github.com/schollz/croc

alexeldeib 4y ago
Yeah, I switched from magic wormhole to croc for simplicity/snappiness over magic wormhole. Static binaries!
unicornporn 4y ago
croc it is!
throwamon 4y ago
Do you know how secure it is compared to Magic Wormhole? I remember a few years ago reading a comparison between two file sharing apps, and if my memory serves me they were croc and Magic Wormhole. One of them had a litany of security holes but I don't remember which of them. I googled but couldn't find info on this.
- 0des 4y ago
  I am very interested in hearing this. I always wondered what's what with MW.
- stavros 4y ago
  AFAIK security experts swear by MW and don't like Croc as much, because of the wonky protocol, but don't quote me on this.
- password4321 4y ago
  One for croc https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27052840#27056746 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27052840#27056746

stock_toaster 4y ago

I use the go version[1] implementation, for a bit easier installation. [1]: https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william

tvb12 4y ago
The go version has a really cool feature: wormhole-william send --qr <path/to/file> This prints the password as a QR code. There's also an android version of wormhole-william which can process the QR codes.
throwamon 4y ago
I feel like I'm slowly becoming a Nix shill, but... Nix is a good alternative as well. Install Nix in one command: sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --no-daemon Then run Magic Wormhole in one command, without even having to install it: nix-shell -p magic-wormhole --run 'wormhole send myfile'
- fprotthetarball 4y ago
  I've been trying out Nix lately and did something similar to get a croc binary. My system package manager didn't have croc and also didn't have the Go version required to compile croc, but Nix did have the latest Go. Ran this: nix-shell -p go --run "go install github.com/schollz/croc/v9@latest" and got it compiled. In retrospect, I should have just used the croc package in Nix, but the simplicity of this approach is a vast improvement over the alternative of getting Go myself and cluttering up my system with random build tools for one-off compilations.

fzzzy 4y ago

send was pretty much inspired by magic wormhole.

rkangel 4y ago

The similar (but different) tool I use is Web Wormhole (https://webwormhole.io/# https://webwormhole.io/#). It does the same thing but through a Web UI and uses WebRTC under the hood. Its great benefit over magic Wormhole is that the target doesn't need to install anything at all. If I'm having a Teams/Zoom/Jitsi call and I want to send a large file I can just send them a link and then drag and drop.

zinkad 4y ago

Portal does much of the same but is usually quicker in sending files than both croc and magic wormhole, since files are effectively compressed before sending among other things [note: I'm one of the creators of Portal]. https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal

ibejoeb 4y ago
That logo... (cool software anyhow)