croc
Croc is a command line tool that allows direct file and folder transfer between any two computers. It offers end-to-end encryption with the PAKE protocol and does not need a local server or port forwarding. Works with cross-platform support between Windows, Linux, macOS and browser environments.
croc
100schollz · File & Object Storage
Common commercial products in this category: Dropbox, Google Drive, Box
- Using end-to-end encryption, you transfer secure files and folders between two computers.
- You can resume the file transfers that have been decommissioned from where they left off.
- You transfer data directly without setting up a local server or port forwarding.
- ↑ PositiveHacker News
Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another
“The main thing I use for ad hoc file transfers is Total Commander for Android ( ). It can copy files to and from a WebDAV inbox on the local network as well as my home directory (although the SFTP plugin I use for that is fiddly to set up and a bit buggy). For copying the same…”
- • NeutralHacker News
Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another
“That's how croc works, too. You can run your own Magic Wormhole relay. These tools all have the same fundamental design. What's magic-seeming about them is that you can be deep in a prod network, with tightly controlled ACLs and no routable address, and just "wormhole…”
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