In this case croc will automatically use the stdin data and send and assign a filename like “croc-stdin-123456789”. You can send with your own code phrase (must be more than 4 characters). A set of options (like custom relay, ports, and code phrase) can be set using -remember. There are a number of configurable options (see -help). The code phrase is used to establish password-authenticated key agreement ( PAKE) which generates a secret key for the sender and recipient to use for end-to-end encryption. Then to receive the file (or folder) on another computer, you can just do

$ GO111MODULE=on go get -v /schollz/croc/v8 Or, you can install Go and build from source (requires Go 1.12+): On Arch Linux you can install the latest release with pacman: On Unix you can install the latest release with Nix: On Windows you can install the latest release with Scoop or Chocolatey: On macOS you can also install the latest release with MacPorts: On macOS you can install the latest release with Homebrew:

local server or port-forwarding not neededįor more information about croc, see my blog post.ĭownload the latest release for your system, or install a release from the command-line:.

allows resuming transfers that are interrupted.

enables easy cross-platform transfers (Windows, Linux, Mac).

provides end-to-end encryption (using PAKE).

allows any two computers to transfer data (using a relay).AFAIK, croc is the only CLI file-transfer tool that does all of the following: Croc is a tool that allows any two computers to simply and securely transfer files and folders.

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