airdrop-cli

A command-line tool that allows you to share files and URLs with Apple devices using AirDrop from your terminal.

Prerequisities

• Xcode
• Xcode Command Line Tools

Installation

airdrop-cli is available for install with Homebrew

brew install vldmrkl/formulae/airdrop-cli

or

brew tap vldmrkl/formulae
brew install airdrop-cli

Building from source

Before attempting to build this project from its source code, make sure that you have Xcode version 11.4 (or higher) & GNU make installed.

Then, clone the project and use the Makefile

git clone https://github.com/vldmrkl/airdrop-cli.git
cd airdrop-cli
make
sudo make install

By default, make will build and install the project within /usr/local/bin. This project location can be changed by appending a new prefix to the PREFIX variable.

make PREFIX="YOUR_PREFIX_HERE"

You can append other Swift flags, in case you may need them for your specific build, to the FLAGS variable.

Usage

To airdrop files, run:

airdrop /path/to/your/file

You can also airdrop URLs:

airdrop https://apple.com/

You can pass as many paths as you want. As long as theese file URLs are correct, the command will work.