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Wormhole.app and magic-wormhole have different goals.

Wormhole.app works in the browser, which means that it provides usable security to normal people. No `pip install` or command line needed. Wormhole.app stores end-to-end encrypted files for 24 hours so the share link continues to work even after the sender closes the tab or powers off their device.



This is a confusing name choice, since the real Magic Wormhole --- whose command is literally "wormhole" --- is vetted and widely used, and this new "Wormhole.app" is not. I'd consider changing it, since you're going to get this response any time you talk about Feross Wormhole among clueful types, and the comparison (right now at least) isn't very favorable to you. At best, it suggests you're not familiar with Magic Wormhole, which would be a strange credential for someone trying to do a new secure file transfer system.


It creates confusion since both share the word wormhole and the goal the share files.

If you still can, changing the name of your product would help a lot, and also show respect to the older FOSS project.


Indeed it is different enough to justify using a different name.


There are at least one or two existing magic-wormhole browser implementations.


It sounds like you're suggesting that magic-wormhole only wishes to provide end-to-end encryption to "abnormal" people. I don't believe that's true and there already exist implementations of the open magic-wormhole protocol in several languages.

The original magic-wormhole project is at least 6 years old. How did you determine its goals?

FWIW, I agree with other comments that you've chosen a confusingly-similar name (and that's unfortunate).


I was very excited to check this out, as I imagined `Wormhole.app` was a MacOS package for `magic-wormhole`, but, alas, it's just a web app with a very similar name.


Then you'll also be disappointed if you run:

  $ brew info wormhole
  wormhole: 1.5.4
  https://er.run/
  Not installed
  From: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/HEAD/Casks/wormhole.rb
  ==> Name
  Wormhole
  ==> Description
  Browse & Control phone on PC, Screen Fusion for iOS & Android
  ==> Artifacts
  Wormhole.app (App)


I'm sure you can see the distinction between two unrelated projects being called "wormhole" and two almost identical projects sharing the same name.


Trademark law uses the "likelihood of confusion" concept.


That sounds like FireFox's Send. They had problems because it was expensive to operate. How do you solve that issue?


We're planning to introduce a Pro plan for larger file limits and explore an enterprise version for organizations that have high security requirements (law firms, etc.) that can't use existing cloud storage providers.




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