Magic Wormhole

Health v2 · maintenance only

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Magic Wormhole is a Python library and command-line tool for securely transferring arbitrary-sized files, directories, or short text between computers. Endpoints pair via short, single-use, human-pronounceable 'wormhole codes' with end-to-end encryption.

Use cases

• send a file to a friend without a cloud service
• transfer files between two computers securely
• copy a directory from one machine to another over the internet
• share a text snippet or password between devices
• move files between remote servers without scp keys

When to choose

• you need ad-hoc, encrypted peer-to-peer file transfer with no accounts
• you want a simple CLI with short human-readable pairing codes
• you need a library to embed secure transfer into another tool

When to avoid

• you need continuous folder sync or backup rather than one-shot transfers
• you require a GUI-first experience (though ecosystem clients exist)
• you cannot reach the public mailbox server or transit relay and don't want to self-host them

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

file-system security cryptography cli networking security privacy files cross-platform python cli cross-platform windows file-transfer end-to-end-encryption wormhole-codes pake secure-transfer command-line linux macos

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