{"slug": "croc", "name": "croc", "category": "files", "category_name": "Files, sync and backup", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 7, "warners": 1, "score": 3.343, "rising": 1.35, "first": "2026-07-12", "latest": "2026-09-17", "why": "now I use croc of getcroc.com for almost everything.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 1, "compare": 1, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "now I use croc of getcroc.com for almost everything.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/schollz/croc", "official_url": "https://github.com/schollz/croc", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["croc"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 795964816, "item_id": 49747801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747801", "by": "Redster", "date": "2026-09-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "now I use croc of getcroc.com for almost everything.", "excerpt": "If you like Snapdrop, you'll love croc! I used Snapdrop before they got bought and found it pretty reliable. It sometimes would not transfer and I went exploring. I used magic-wormhole-based Warp and liked it, but now I use croc of getcroc.com for almost everything. Whether it's sending files to myself or others, it's just the most flexible and seems to be reliable and fast from my use. (I haven't been using it super", "context": "", "use_case": "sending files to self or others", "switched_from": "Warp", "story": "Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup"}, {"id": 793250512, "item_id": 49578157, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49578157", "by": "gregsadetsky", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's bananas, and it works super well", "excerpt": "Tmate [0] used to be my goto for sharing terminals, but it's now fully not working [1][2]. I've tried a few other options recently, but could not get anything working. It's especially frustrating when you're trying to help a not very technical person and you keep asking them \"ok run this instead in your terminal... ctrl-c...\" etc. I reached out to my friend Zack Schollz who's behind croc (past thread - [3]) and asked", "context": "", "use_case": "sharing a terminal over SSH", "switched_from": "tmate", "story": "You can use \"croc SSH\" to share a terminal (this replaces tmate)"}, {"id": 782233040, "item_id": 48889565, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48889565", "by": "mieses", "date": "2026-07-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "croc is great. been using it for unimportant transfers for years.", "excerpt": "croc is great. been using it for unimportant transfers for years. If you want to donate money then start with syncthing which is decentralized and even more useful. could syncthing add croc-like command that was as simple and quick?", "context": "", "use_case": "file transfer", "switched_from": "", "story": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"}, {"id": 782152320, "item_id": 48884520, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884520", "by": "siraben", "date": "2026-07-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use croc instead of magic wormhole as of a year ago now.", "excerpt": "I use croc instead of magic wormhole as of a year ago now. In my testing the throughput is higher than magic wormhole because it uses multiple TCP connections to transfer the files.", "context": "", "use_case": "file transfer between computers", "switched_from": "magic wormhole", "story": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 782151008, "item_id": 48884438, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884438", "by": "themgt", "date": "2026-07-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Hard-coded to use his relay server and then asking for donations for bandwidth?", "excerpt": "Hard-coded to use his relay server and then asking for donations for bandwidth? https://github.com/schollz/croc/issues/931", "context": "", "use_case": "file transfer", "switched_from": "", "story": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["file transfer", "sending files to self or others", "sharing a terminal over ssh", "sending files", "file transfer between computers"], "compared": [{"slug": "magic-wormhole", "name": "magic-wormhole", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "warp", "name": "Warp", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48882034", "title": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49746346", "title": "Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49578114", "title": "You can use \"croc SSH\" to share a terminal (this replaces tmate)", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292471", "title": "36 Ways to Send a File", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"compare": 1, "warn": 1, "recommend": 2}, "2026-08": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 795964816, "item_id": 49747801, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49747801", "by": "Redster", "date": "2026-09-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "now I use croc of getcroc.com for almost everything.", "excerpt": "If you like Snapdrop, you'll love croc! I used Snapdrop before they got bought and found it pretty reliable. It sometimes would not transfer and I went exploring. I used magic-wormhole-based Warp and liked it, but now I use croc of getcroc.com for almost everything. Whether it's sending files to myself or others, it's just the most flexible and seems to be reliable and fast from my use. (I haven't been using it super", "context": "", "use_case": "sending files to self or others", "switched_from": "Warp", "story": "Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup"}, {"id": 793250512, "item_id": 49578157, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49578157", "by": "gregsadetsky", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "It's bananas, and it works super well", "excerpt": "Tmate [0] used to be my goto for sharing terminals, but it's now fully not working [1][2]. I've tried a few other options recently, but could not get anything working. It's especially frustrating when you're trying to help a not very technical person and you keep asking them \"ok run this instead in your terminal... ctrl-c...\" etc. I reached out to my friend Zack Schollz who's behind croc (past thread - [3]) and asked", "context": "", "use_case": "sharing a terminal over SSH", "switched_from": "tmate", "story": "You can use \"croc SSH\" to share a terminal (this replaces tmate)"}, {"id": 788735457, "item_id": 49295966, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295966", "by": "ilyagr", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm glad croc developed one though. It is a bit more commonly packaged.", "excerpt": "https://github.com/coder/wush is missing in there. It had a web interface for a while. I'm glad croc developed one though. It is a bit more commonly packaged.", "context": "", "use_case": "sending files", "switched_from": "", "story": "36 Ways to Send a File"}, {"id": 782233040, "item_id": 48889565, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48889565", "by": "mieses", "date": "2026-07-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "croc is great. been using it for unimportant transfers for years.", "excerpt": "croc is great. been using it for unimportant transfers for years. If you want to donate money then start with syncthing which is decentralized and even more useful. could syncthing add croc-like command that was as simple and quick?", "context": "", "use_case": "file transfer", "switched_from": "", "story": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"}, {"id": 782152320, "item_id": 48884520, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884520", "by": "siraben", "date": "2026-07-12", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use croc instead of magic wormhole as of a year ago now.", "excerpt": "I use croc instead of magic wormhole as of a year ago now. In my testing the throughput is higher than magic wormhole because it uses multiple TCP connections to transfer the files.", "context": "", "use_case": "file transfer between computers", "switched_from": "magic wormhole", "story": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"}, {"id": 782151008, "item_id": 48884438, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884438", "by": "themgt", "date": "2026-07-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Hard-coded to use his relay server and then asking for donations for bandwidth?", "excerpt": "Hard-coded to use his relay server and then asking for donations for bandwidth? https://github.com/schollz/croc/issues/931", "context": "", "use_case": "file transfer", "switched_from": "", "story": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"}, {"id": 782133377, "item_id": 48883336, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883336", "by": "turadg", "date": "2026-07-12", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Key differences seem to be resumable transfers and proxy support.", "excerpt": "Sounds like Magic Wormhole (https://magic-wormhole.io/). The readme acknowledges Warner at the end. Key differences seem to be resumable transfers and proxy support. Another is a single binary, whereas MW is in Python, but there\u2019s now https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole.rs I appreciate that the project acknowledges its inspiration. I wish it were more common for projects to provide detailed comparisons w", "context": "", "use_case": "file transfer", "switched_from": "", "story": "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"}]}