Can I just say thank you so much for the detailed README! Even big professional projects sometimes are sometimes difficult to get a start with and understand with just the README. I was already familiar with FF Send but I feel like even if I wasn’t I would understand it deeply and know how to use it before I even cloned the repo.
And also the tool is awesome! I was definitely sad when Mozilla shut down their public one.
Firefox Send is “async”. The file is uploaded first, then the server “buffers” it until the downloader comes by. This enables a nicer workflow but has some downsides (mostly server costs).
Magic Wormhole is Peer-to-Peer which removes the need for size limits and can have lower end-to-end latency and higher performance if both ends have a good connection (although it also means that both ends have to suffer if one end has a bad connection). But both users need to be online at the same time.
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Can I just say thank you so much for the detailed README! Even big professional projects sometimes are sometimes difficult to get a start with and understand with just the README. I was already familiar with FF Send but I feel like even if I wasn’t I would understand it deeply and know how to use it before I even cloned the repo.
And also the tool is awesome! I was definitely sad when Mozilla shut down their public one.
Thanks a lot for the wholesome comment! :)
How does this compare to Magic Wormhole?
Firefox Send is “async”. The file is uploaded first, then the server “buffers” it until the downloader comes by. This enables a nicer workflow but has some downsides (mostly server costs).
Magic Wormhole is Peer-to-Peer which removes the need for size limits and can have lower end-to-end latency and higher performance if both ends have a good connection (although it also means that both ends have to suffer if one end has a bad connection). But both users need to be online at the same time.
Wormhole is single-use, whereas Send can be accessed by several people without generating a new link.
Magic Wormhole has no size limits, which is nicer.
ffsend might be a little easier to use? Ymmv.