# psanford/wormhole-william

End-to-end encrypted file transfer. A magic wormhole CLI and API in Go (golang).

Repository: https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wormhole-william
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, golang, cli, encryption, end-to-end-encryption, magic-wormhole, file-transfer
Last push: 2025-08-05T14:56:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 39/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 35, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2562, "days_push": 393, "days_rel": 521, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1248, forks 68 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:07.716938+00:00)

## What it is
A Go implementation of the magic wormhole protocol providing end-to-end encrypted transfer of text, files, and directories between computers using a short human-readable wormhole code. It ships both a CLI tool and a Go API, and is compatible with the official Python magic wormhole client.

## Use cases
- send files securely between computers with end-to-end encryption
- transfer a directory to a friend using a short code phrase
- send text messages over an encrypted channel from the command line
- embed magic wormhole file transfer into a Go application
- interoperate with the official python magic wormhole cli

## When to choose
- you need peer-to-peer encrypted file transfer without setting up servers or accounts
- you want a Go library or CLI compatible with the magic wormhole ecosystem
- you want to send files, directories, or text with just a short code phrase

## When to avoid
- you need persistent hosted file sharing with links and access control
- you need high-throughput bulk transfer with resumable downloads
- you need a GUI-based transfer tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cryptography, http-client, cli, file-system, security
- domain: security, privacy, developer-tools, files
- platform: go, cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: magic-wormhole, end-to-end-encryption, file-transfer, golang-library, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- psanford/wormhole-william (main) score 39

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.716938+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:07:54.195856+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.716938+00:00, sha 7592db85e143)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.