schollz/croc
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Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:
80 mentions on Hacker News by 66 people: 14 stories, 66 comments · first 2017-10-22 · latest 2026-09-05
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You can use "croc SSH" to share a terminal (this replaces tmate)story by gregsadetsky · 2026-09-05 · 1 comment
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Hard-coded to use his relay server and then asking for donations for bandwidth? https://github.com/schollz/croc/issues/931
comment by themgt · 2026-07-12 · in Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers -
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Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computersstory by gregsadetsky · 2026-07-12 · 27 comments
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…It supports resuming transfers, which is a must. It is very wormhole like and written in Go. [1] https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by mikae1 · 2025-10-06 · in Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely -
There's also croc: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by jjcob · 2025-07-22 · in Blip: Peer-to-peer massive file sharing -
I like https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by porridgeraisin · 2025-03-12 · in Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser -
…which will send directly on your local network, or encrypted through a relay across the 'net. 1: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by blacksmith_tb · 2024-10-19 · in Send: Open-source fork of Firefox Send -
…tps://tailscale.com/kb/1226/tailnet-lock [4] https://tailscale.com/kb/1408/quick-guide-exit-nodes [5] https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by moritzruth · 2024-09-10 · in Taildrop lets you send files between your personal devices on Tailscale network -
And more https://github.com/mat-sz/filedrop https://github.com/saljam/webwormhole https://github.com/schollz/croc https://github.com/dutchcoders/transfer.sh https://github.com/timvisee/send https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop…
comment by haunter · 2024-08-17 · in Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely -
A similar project with some nice features that I use is croc: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by hoppyhoppy2 · 2024-08-17 · in Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely -
…encrypted file transfer tool thats great for transfering files from anywhere to anyone to any OS. https://github.com/schollz/croc I like Trackbook because I do a lot of walking and can transfer the .gpx to organic maps.
comment by reify · 2024-08-12 · in FOSS Alternatives for Android -
also https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by leeoniya · 2024-05-05 · in Show HN: I built a website to share files and messages without any server -
…already. Before croc, magic wormhole was available for even longer. [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by prmoustache · 2024-03-11 · in LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices -
…8. drop.lol https://drop.lol/ https://github.com/mat-sz/filedrop # CLI 1. croc https://github.com/schollz/croc 2. p2pcopy https://github.com/psantosl/p2pcopy 3. pcp https://github.com/dennis-tra/pcp 4. wormhole-william https://github.com
comment by smusamashah · 2024-03-11 · in LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices -
Some CLI alternatives if you don't need the GUI: Croc: https://github.com/schollz/croc Magic-Wormhole: https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole I used to use MW but switched to croc as the single binary was easier to deploy.
comment by anotherhue · 2024-03-10 · in LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices -
Hacker usually has some kind of relay at hand: https://github.com/nwtgck/piping-server https://github.com/schollz/croc Or a NAT traversal tool: https://github.com/shawwwn/Gole https://github.com/samyk/pwnat Or can just manually ncat…
comment by ogurechny · 2024-02-15 · in How to copy a file between devices? (2022) -
I have gotten a lot of use out of croc. https://github.com/schollz/croc F-droid has an android app and the cli runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Super pain free. It's not a synchronization solution, but sends stuff pretty easily.
comment by robviren · 2024-02-15 · in How to copy a file between devices? (2022) -
Haven't found anything better than croc, personally. https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by emptysongglass · 2024-01-25 · in Show HN: Retriever – Securely share secrets over the internet -
CLI: https://github.com/schollz/croc https://localsend.org
comment by adamredwoods · 2023-12-08 · in Better way to transfer files between Windows <> Mac? -
Check out croc, I've been using it for years, and it works pretty great too! https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by lannisterstark · 2023-12-03 · in Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about? -
…over the net: https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole - Croc: similar to magic wormhole: https://github.com/schollz/croc - Wormhole: user-friendly in-browser based e2e encrypted file transfer: https://wormhole.app/
comment by gslepak · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
Adding link: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by outime · 2023-10-19 · in Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative -
There’s already the excellent [croc]( https://github.com/schollz/croc ) which I’ve gotten all my friends to install and use.
comment by thatxliner · 2023-10-15 · in Show HN: Aft, minimalistic file transferring program -
…DEFAULT_PORT = "9009" DEFAULT_PASSPHRASE = "pass123" INTERNAL_DNS = false ) [1]: https://github.com/schollz/croc/blob/f91c7a9948f94007d6be2b0...
comment by mc10 · 2023-09-23 · in Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another -
…resources to address" security issues: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/08/2 https://github.com/schollz/croc/issues/594 etc.
comment by rurcliped · 2023-09-23 · in Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another -
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Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to anotherstory by tentacleuno · 2023-09-22 · 141 comments
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croc works very well for this purpose: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by armada651 · 2023-08-24 · in LANDrop – Drop any files to any devices on your LAN -
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Croc: Encrypted CLI File Transferstory by alden5 · 2023-04-09 · 0 comments
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…are associated with your account, so you can delete them without a per-file token and list them. https://github.com/schollz/croc is like Magic Wormhole but can send multiple files and resume transfers. It is written in Go. It releases…
comment by networked · 2023-04-08 · in 0x0: Share Files from Terminal -
…Pythons web server is single threaded I believe so any simultaneously connections break. https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by anotherhue · 2022-10-26 · in Ask HN: What is your fav “I can't believe in 2022 this still doesn't work right” -
…https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole - get things from one computer to another, safely https://github.com/schollz/croc - Easily and securely send things from one computer to another https://upload.disroot.org/ - 2GB per file,…
comment by ranger_danger · 2022-09-18 · in Show HN: BookmarkFS – Store files as Chrome bookmarks that sync between devices -
…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…
comment by fprotthetarball · 2022-06-25 · in ffsend: A fully featured Firefox Send command line client -
Or croc! https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by smw · 2022-06-24 · in ffsend: A fully featured Firefox Send command line client -
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Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to anotherstory by tambourine_man · 2022-05-03 · 1 comment
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https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by keybits · 2022-05-02 · in Ask HN: What small library or tool do you want that doesn’t exist? -
You can also take a look at the following: Croc: - Site: https://schollz.com/blog/croc6/ - Source: https://github.com/schollz/croc Magic Wormhole: - Source: https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole Send (A fork of Mozilla's Send):…
comment by Gadiguibou · 2022-01-02 · in OpenDrop: An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python -
This and croc. Link: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by JackGreyhat · 2021-07-05 · in Transfer.sh – Easy file sharing from the command line -
…or port-forwarding not needed - ipv6-first with ipv4 fallback - can use proxy, like tor refs: [0] https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by pmccarren · 2021-05-24 · in Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely -
See also: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by byproxy · 2021-05-24 · in Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely -
…[2] https://medium.com/cmlteam/develop-a-utility-on-graalvm-cc16... [3] https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by xonix · 2021-05-13 · in Big list of HTTP static server one-liners -
There's also https://github.com/schollz/croc which is a very simple P2P CLI transfer tool.
comment by Dumbdo · 2021-05-06 · in Send: A Fork of Mozilla's Firefox Send -
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Croc 9.0.0 – easily and securely send things from one computer to anotherstory by luckman212 · 2021-04-18 · 0 comments
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…version (clone?) of it: https://webwormhole.io/ There's also a nice go port (single binary) of it: https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by bj0 · 2021-03-12 · in Bitwarden Send - A trusted way to securely share information with anyone -
croc is my favourite way of transferring files between computers I control. https://github.com/schollz/croc It's similar to magic wormhole if you've heard of that, but a bit more polished. I think for me it offers the best possible UX.…
comment by rozab · 2021-03-12 · in Bitwarden Send - A trusted way to securely share information with anyone -
Perhaps croc would meet your needs. https://schollz.com/blog/croc6/ https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by ChrisGranger · 2021-02-09 · in Ask HN: Is there a modern equivalent to instant messenger file transfers? -
…[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/692061/ [3] https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william [4] https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by yamrzou · 2021-02-08 · in Ask HN: Is there a modern equivalent to instant messenger file transfers? -
…this app 2 days ago for running croc [0] Works great. Will use Termux till/if it breaks. [0] - https://github.com/schollz/croc
comment by ffpip · 2021-01-05 · in Termux no longer updated on Google Play -
Not web based but I have used croc https://github.com/schollz/croc to send files between pc and laptop on same network and between two computers on different continents.
comment by smusamashah · 2020-12-24 · in Snapdrop – AirDrop equivalent through a web browser using WebRTC -
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Croc Needs Your Helpstory by proactivesvcs · 2020-11-18 · 1 comment
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…code and an overall better experience (and documentation). It's been posted to HN before[2]. [1]: https://github.com/schollz/croc [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24503077
comment by lazzlazzlazz · 2020-10-07 · in Magic-Wormhole: Get Things from One Computer to Another, Safely