Magic-Wormhole

Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2017–2024), in 4 threads.

People raised many different problems with Magic-Wormhole, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 4 complaints

Using it across platforms requires many extra setup steps due to packaging choices2024-08-17
Android app is undocumented, so users must browse the directory to find it2021-05-24
No reliable Windows build or graphical interface, so average users can't easily use it2019-12-28
Requires sharing a passphrase, which the commenter finds harder to explain than alternatives2017-06-28