A transfer tool, and a folder you can browse.
croc sends what you name, from the command line, with a fresh code phrase each time. KEIBIDROP keeps saved peers so there is no code to pass along, it has a GUI as well as a CLI, and it can mount the other machine's folder so you pull one file out of it.
| KEIBIDROP | croc | |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | GUI and CLI | CLI and a browser page |
| Per-transfer code | No, saved peers | Yes, a code phrase each time |
| Browse the other side | Yes, it mounts | No |
| Open a file without receiving the folder | Yes | No |
| Account | None | None |
| Encryption | End to end, X25519 with ML-KEM-1024 | End to end, PAKE |
| Source code | Open, MPL-2.0 | Open, MIT |
| Install footprint | Installer, plus a driver to mount | One binary |
The two sides exchange an 86 character fingerprint once and connect on it afterwards, so a folder you use every week costs nothing to reopen. croc generates a fresh code phrase per transfer and someone has to carry it across.
KEIBIDROP mounts the other machine's folder as a folder on yours, and a read pulls only the bytes it touches, so you open the one file you came for instead of receiving a whole directory. It is a real filesystem, so Premiere, Resolve, Blender, grep and git open a path on it the way they open a local one.
KEIBIDROP is MPL-2.0, so anyone can confirm the key exchange is X25519 with ML-KEM-1024, and a recording taken today has to break both halves to be read once quantum hardware exists.
No. KeibiDrop peers exchange an 86 character fingerprint once and connect on it afterwards. croc generates a fresh code phrase for each transfer.
Yes, and a CLI with a JSON line per command for scripting and agents. croc is a command line tool with a browser page.
Yes. KeibiDrop mounts the folder, so you browse it and pull only the files you open.
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