Motivation

• Moving a file to a friend’s machine, when the humans can speak to each
  other (directly) but the computers cannot

• Delivering a properly-random password to a new user via the phone

• Supplying an SSH public key for future login use

• GitHub - magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely · GitHub

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.