leastauthority/magic-wormhole repository overview

⁠Magic Wormhole

Get things from one computer to another, safely.

This package provides a library and a command-line tool named wormhole, which makes it possible to get arbitrary-sized files and directories (or short pieces of text) from one computer to another. The two endpoints are identified by using identical "wormhole codes": in general, the sending machine generates and displays the code, which must then be typed into the receiving machine.

The codes are short and human-pronounceable, using a phonetically-distinct wordlist. The receiving side offers tab-completion on the codewords, so usually only a few characters must be typed. Wormhole codes are single-use and do not need to be memorized.

• PyCon 2016 presentation: Slides⁠, Video⁠

For complete documentation, please see https://magic-wormhole.readthedocs.io⁠ or the docs/ subdirectory.

⁠License, Compatibility

This library is released under the MIT license, see LICENSE for details.

This library is compatible with python2.7, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 . It is probably compatible with py2.6, but the latest Twisted (>=15.5.0) is not.