rymdport VS NearDrop

I like the wormhole-william[0] Go implementation of "Magic Wormhole" protocol on the CLI. There's a couple of compatible Android apps[1][2] in the F-Droid store and Rydmport[3] for your GUI loving friends.

[0](https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william)

[1](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.pavelsof.wormhole/)

[2](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.leastauthority.destiny/)

[3](https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport)

It isn’t quite Python or C++ but Go shouldn’t be that hard to learn. I’m always looking for more help developing my pet project: https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport

Rymdport is a cross-platform application written in Go. It lets you easily and safely share files, folders, and text between devices using a short and memorable code. Transfers are sent using the same protocol as magic-wormhole meaning that basically all magic-wormhole clients are supported as well.

Android + PC

Indeed. It allows you to send files securely and easily between devices. See https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport/blob/main/README.md for more information.

It’s rather unfortunate as it prevents me (given that I always use Wayland) to get https://github.com/Jacalz/rymdport to Flathub.

> I wish quick share (né nearby share) was available on linux (even if via chrome).

I made NearDrop, which is a macOS implementation of Nearby Share: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop

And of course, someone tried to reimplement it for other OSes: https://github.com/PlutoHDDev/CrossDrop

2. NearDrop

> So what happens is that I gravitate to other ecosystems.

I use a Mac but an Android phone. Android because I require the ability to install apps from arbitrary sources, including piracy. Mac because modern Windows is so contemptuous towards its users, and desktop Linux falls apart unless you know the intricacies of its internals.

Anyway, transferring files between the two was a pain in the butt that eventually grew so immense I reverse engineered Google's Nearby Share and made this: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop

Though yes, I'm not North American so iMessage is just a non-issue to me. I don't know anyone who uses it. Anyone hardly uses SMS for actual messaging between people, everyone's SMS inbox is 95% OTP codes and various other automatic notifications. Literally everyone who I communicate with is reachable through Telegram.

Nearby Share isn't locked down and, in fact, works just fine with zero Google involvement. Google only needs to be involved for limited device visibility and all the phone number stuff that entails.

Here's the protocol docs I wrote: https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop/blob/master/PROTOCOL.md

I usually use NearDrop which is compatible with nearby sharing. https://github.com/grishka/NearDrop

I don't necessarily back up my android to my Mac. I keep both environments separate, however, you can try this or this looks interesting but seems like some elbow grease involved

I made one recently

Not officially but someone did make this