schollz/croc
Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 150 contributors on GitHub.
The biggest single-day gain in the last year, +784 stars on Jul 22, coincided with release v10.5.0.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Enables secure and simple file and folder transfers between any two computers using end-to-end encryption and a relay system.
- Provides cross-platform, encrypted transfers without requiring local servers, port forwarding, or complex network setup.
- Use for quickly sharing large files securely between Windows, Linux, and macOS machines without configuring firewalls.
- Use for resuming interrupted file transfers in unreliable network environments to avoid restarting large uploads or downloads.
- Use for sending files anonymously through proxies like Tor to protect sender and receiver privacy during data exchange.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
MIT
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
No watch-outs from GStars' checks.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
This project’s future depends on community support. Become a sponsor today.
crocis a tool that allows any two computers to simply and securely transfer files and folders. AFAIK, croc is the only CLI file-transfer tool that does all of the following:For more information about
croc, see my blog post or read a recent interview I did.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+1,438 stars over 90 days across 18 snapshot days; best day +60 on Aug 7.
Forks
1.6K+86
Open issues
3-3
Compared with peers in Networking
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHSanaei/3x-ui | 49.6K | +448 | 52 | 137 days ago |
| GyulyVGC/sniffnet | 42.3K | +422 | 75 | 111 days ago |
| tailscale/tailscale | 38.9K | +311 | 75 | today |
| netbirdio/netbird | 30.9K | +267 | 75 | today |
| fosrl/pangolin | 23.6K | +218 | 75 | 6 days ago |
| schollz/croc | 40.8K | — | 55 | 1 day ago |
| Category median | 38.9K | +311 | 75 | — |
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