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How does this relate to https://wormhole.app/ https://wormhole.app/ ?

• ddtaylor 2y ago
  That is something I want to know too. Do these various "wormhole" apps use any common protocol between them or do they just all use the same words and branding for different things?
  • tptacek 2y ago
    Magic Wormhole is the first, and is its own thing. It's called "Magic" Wormhole for a reason: it tends to blow people away the first time they use it. So lots of people have copied the UX, and some of them have copied the name as well. What you should use is Magic Wormhole itself, or, if you want a non-Python runtime for some reason, wormhole-william.
    • bdd 2y ago
      > if you want a non-Python runtime for some reason [...] Magic Wormhole project has its own alternate implementation https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole.rs https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole.rs, which is also used by delightfully designed GNOME and Android apps; [Warp](https://apps.gnome.org/Warp/ https://apps.gnome.org/Warp/), and [Wormhole](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.heili.wormhole https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.heili.wormh...), respectively.
      • meejah 2y ago
        There's also a Haskell implementation (besides the Go one pointed out above). They all interoperate.
        • ddtaylor 2y ago
          Thank you. What protocol are they using to interoperate?
          • meejah 2y ago
            The Haskell implementation uses the same protocol as the Python implementation. The main difference is that there are some features the Python implementation has that the Haskell implementation still lacks (most notable "Dilation"). See also https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole-protocols/ https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole-protocols/
    • ddtaylor 2y ago
      Do they share any underlying protocol standard or something?
      • meejah 2y ago
        Yes, all the implementations speak the same wire protocol. The Python implementation has the most features. More about which implementations support what features is here: https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ecosystem.html https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ecosystem.ht...
• tptacek 2y ago
  It doesn't, and I would say that app has a borderline misleading name.
• Klonoar 2y ago
  This was covered on HN back when it came out - after wormhole (OP’s link). They’re unrelated.