omdrop-plugin
Receive files from nearby Apple devices over AirDrop, on Apple Silicon Macs running Omarchy
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GITHUB · launched Sep 15, 2026 · 30 upvotes (top 27%) · 1 view
Niche: peer-to-peer file sharing tools · 99 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▼ -11% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No Implementing an AirDrop receiver on Linux/Asahi requires reverse-engineering proprietary Apple wireless protocols (AWDL, OWL, AirDrop TLS/HTTP handshakes) and deep low-level Wi-Fi driver interfacing.
What it would actually take: To build this, one needs a deep understanding of 802.11 Wi-Fi frames and Apple's proprietary AWDL (Apple Wireless Direct Link) protocol, typically leveraging implementations like OpenDrop/OWL. The architecture requires a C/Rust daemon interfacing with raw packet sockets or specialized Wi-Fi monitor/action frame interfaces, coupled with TLS certificate validation and mDNS/Bonjour discovery. A solo vibe coder cannot synthesize these reverse-engineered, timing-sensitive wireless networking protocols.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 889 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #319 of 890 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 315 days after the earliest competitor.
- hop · github · 2026-10-27 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.75
- omdrop-owl · github · 2026-10-08 · 2401 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- snapdrop · github · 2026-09-14 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Poof · ph · 2026-10-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup · hn · 2026-09-17 · 109 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- flux · github · 2026-09-25 · 381 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- GhostVM · hn · 2026-03-16 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- nest · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
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