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schollz/croc

Easily and securely send things from one computer to another :crocodile: :package:

Mixed

Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

HealthyDependency

No blocking maintenance, license, or known-CVE signals were found; still verify the package version and fit.

HealthyFork & modify

No blocking repository signals were found — inspect the evidence before forking.

HealthyLearn from

Documented and popular — useful reference codebase to read through.

MixedDeploy as-is

Scorecard "Branch-Protection" is 0/10; Scorecard "Token-Permissions" is 0/10

  • ⚠Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 81% of recent commits
  • ⚠Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • ✓Last commit 1d ago
  • ✓5 active contributors
  • ✓MIT licensed
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

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  • •Deploy as-is Mixed to Healthy if: bring "Branch-Protection" to ≥3/10 (see scorecard report)

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Repository brief

Repo brief: schollz/croc

Generated by RepoPilot · document generated 2026-09-16 · concise human review Evidence snapshot · analyzed 2026-09-16T08:48:06.467Z · commit 2af12a2dd5d0

Verdict

Mixed — Single-maintainer risk — review before adopting

  • Last commit 1d ago
  • 5 active contributors
  • MIT licensed
  • CI configured
  • 1 more receipt on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

croc is a CLI tool and web application for peer-to-peer file transfer between any two computers with end-to-end encryption via PAKE (Password-Authenticated Key Exchange). It provides a single shared code phrase for authentication, handles NAT traversal with relay fallback, supports resumable transfers, and works cross-platform (Windows, Linux, macOS, and browser). The core problem it solves is secure, frictionless file sharing without needing port forwarding, local servers, or complex setup. Modular structure with internal/cli (custom CLI framework), internal/sshclient (SSH integration), internal/tailcat (upstream relay logic with authorization and discovery), and src/cli (main CLI entry…

Start here

Read these in order:

  • src/logger/logger.go — Foundation: doesn't import anything internally and is imported by 24 other files. Read first to learn the vocabulary.
  • src/utils/ctx.go — Foundation: imported by 13, no internal dependencies of its own.
  • src/comm/comm.go — Built on the foundation; imported by 27 downstream files.
  • src/models/constants.go — Built on the foundation; imported by 8 downstream files.
  • src/message/message.go — Layer 2 — composes lower-level code into reusable abstractions (imported 16×).

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

Clone: git clone https://github.com/schollz/croc.git && cd croc. Install: Use Go 1.27.0+ (evident from go.mod). Build: go build ./src/cli or check Makefile for build targets. Run: ./croc --help for CLI usage or de…

Daily commands:

CLI: go run ./src/cli or build and run ./croc. Verify with croc --help. Web frontend: Located in web/ directory; likely requires Node.js (TypeScript/CSS/JavaScript detected). Check web/package.json for dev…

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Key cautions & unknowns

  • Single-maintainer risk — top contributor 81% of recent commits
  • Scorecard: default branch unprotected (0/10)
  • Custom CLI framework (internal/cli/) is not urfave/cli or cobra—unfamiliar pattern matching differs from standard Go CLI tools. PAKE authentication requires shared code phrase generation; misconfigured word lists…
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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