seemoo-lab/opendrop
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An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python
25 mentions on Hacker News by 24 people: 4 stories, 21 comments · first 2019-08-19 · latest 2026-08-30
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There’s also the old work on owlink and opendrop https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop , which reimplement apple’s version of WiFi direct and use it to have a Linux implementation of AirDrop. I guess Continuity’s functionality are based…
comment by butokai · 2026-08-30 · in Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux -
This project is great. Hopefully one day AirDrop is liberated too. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop looked promising, but it seems stale. maybe one day.
comment by taimurshasan · 2026-06-29 · in Librepods: AirPods liberated -
…if there are working implementations for other OSs. Just found this here but didn't yet test it https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop (hasn't been updated in 2 years, so maybe not too promising)
comment by ofrzeta · 2026-01-04 · in Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever -
…would just make the process more tamper resistant but would not otherwise change the outcome. 1. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by arghwhat · 2025-11-21 · in Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 -
0, this is reverse engineered AirDrop protocol. Implementations have been around for a while, eg: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by dmitrygr · 2025-11-20 · in Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 -
Eh... there is an open source AirDrop implementation, it's 6 years old now. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by rescbr · 2025-11-20 · in Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 -
…tspi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/google-fea... it seems like they implemented something similar to https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop (which was also used to test interoperablity Also `we welcome the opportunity to work with Apple…
comment by Maxious · 2025-11-20 · in Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10 -
…like AirDrop this will need to be sorted out, but already work occurred to reverse engineer this: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop Would be cool if an open standard on auth forms on top of this.
comment by bigfish24 · 2025-03-28 · in Cross-Platform P2P Wi-Fi: How the EU Killed AWDL -
…low-level 802.11 variant, I don't think it's feasible on (at least non-rooted) Android devices: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by lxgr · 2025-03-12 · in Peer-to-peer file transfers in the browser -
…to interact with Apple servers for getting keys, or with registering Find My devices... [1] https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by mschuster91 · 2024-05-24 · in Samsung WB850F Firmware Reverse Engineering -
Would be cool if we sometime would get https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop as an android app (but it would only work with rooted devices). This would allow to send and recieve files to iPhones from android via Apples Airdrop protocol.
comment by leumon · 2024-01-21 · in Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop -
…in truth in advertising! (I can’t be the only one, right?): Linux (seems currently maintained) https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop Android (discontinued January 2023, may have compatibility issues, but still, actually compatible with…
comment by aspenmayer · 2024-01-21 · in Show HN: I made an app people call "Airdrop for Android" -
The AirDrop ( https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop ) is there. We just need an app
comment by 1231232131231 · 2023-12-06 · in Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android -
…so it should be possible with some effort to obtain the private key with something like this: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop . Haven't done extensive testing yet though, so I can't confirm. Would love to hear if anybody knows more…
comment by snagg · 2023-05-31 · in Understanding Passkeys -
https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop exists
comment by mynameisvlad · 2022-10-29 · in The Iran Firewall: A preliminary report -
This might work An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by sigjuice · 2021-12-30 · in How do I transfer files from Linux to iOS and vice versa via local WLAN? -
…Apple device if you want Apple interop. See OWL: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl And Open drop: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by tyingq · 2021-06-15 · in AirDrop Anywhere – Making it work on Windows -
…a phone number hash in real time (about 50ms on a regular desktop machine). PoC available here: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop/blob/poc-phonenumber-...
comment by mstute · 2021-04-21 · in Apple AirDrop shares more than files -
…that you have a wifi card that supports active monitor mode.. and you are root on your machine. https://github.com/seemoo-lab/opendrop
comment by dijit · 2020-09-02 · in Ask HN: What is your favorite method of sending large files?