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omdrop-owl is a Linux radio backend that brings AirDrop communication to non-Apple devices without requiring Apple's Broadcom Wi-Fi hardware. It uses OWL, a user-space implementation of Apple's AWDL protocol, on a monitor interface while the Wi-Fi station remains connected; the omdrop sender and receiver communicate through the resulting awdl0 interface. The backend is designed first for the MediaTek MT7925 and advertises AirDrop services through the omdrop tools. It shares the access point's channel, which must be 6, 44, or 149, and plugs into omdrop through helpers installed under /usr/lib/omdrop. The repository includes build and packaging support for Arch, Debian, and Ubuntu, along with hardware profiles and a card-testing script. The MT7925 profile is tested for sending and receiving while Wi-Fi remains connected; Intel AX200 and AX211 support is documented as nonfunctional.

Tether is an open-source Linux Wayland desktop bridge for iPhone Continuity features, developed in the zackb/tether repository. It provides Wi-Fi clipboard synchronization and file transfer, while Bluetooth handles SMS/iMessage messaging, notifications, and calls; connections use TLS 1.2 with pinned self-signed certificates. The project includes a Linux daemon, CLI, GTK desktop app, iOS companion app, and browser and mail extensions for OTP handling and autofill. Clipboard sync, file transfer, the iOS app, extensions, and messaging are marked stable, while notification mirroring, phone calls, and AirPods support are experimental. It can be installed through Arch Linux, AppImage, Flatpak, Nix, or from source, and is licensed under the MIT License.

omarchy-apple-dev is an open-source toolchain for building and deploying iOS apps from Omarchy Linux on x86_64 or Apple Silicon PCs, without macOS or an installed copy of Xcode. It supports Swift, SwiftUI, and Flutter projects, using Swift, xtool, pymobiledevice3, Linux replacements for selected Xcode tools, and an iOS SDK extracted from Apple's Xcode distribution. Apps can be built and installed on a physical iPhone over USB; free Apple IDs are sufficient for device installs, while TestFlight and App Store distribution require a paid Apple Developer account and App Store Connect credentials. The repository includes scripts for installing the toolchain, pairing and launching apps with LLDB, adapting Xcode projects for xtool, signing and packaging applications as IPAs, validating bundles offline, and uploading builds to App Store Connect. Flutter support is limited to release builds, with no debug, hot reload, or simulator support. It is licensed under the MIT license.

BlueFerry is experimental Linux software that connects a paired iPhone to a Linux desktop over Bluetooth, without a Mac relay, Apple login, cloud service, or subscription. It provides native GTK, KDE/Kirigami, Quickshell, and terminal clients for reading and sending SMS, RCS, and iMessage, starting conversations, syncing contacts, marking messages read, and optionally mirroring other iPhone notifications. Local message history can be encrypted with GNOME Keyring or KDE Wallet. It only receives messages observed while connected and does not download an iCloud Messages archive. Attachments, reactions, typing indicators, FaceTime, calls, and complete sent-message history are unsupported; group replies are disabled or require confirmation when Bluetooth does not provide enough participant information. The project distributes native packages for several Linux distributions and warns that changes to iPhone Bluetooth behavior could affect compatibility.

LocalSend is a free, open-source cross-platform app for securely sharing files and messages between nearby devices over a local network without an internet connection or third-party servers. It uses a REST API for device communication, HTTPS for data transfer, and TLS/SSL certificates generated on each device. The app is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and Fire OS through app stores, package managers, and downloadable installers. Its command-line client can send files and directories to a discovered device or a specified alias or IP address using LocalSend Protocol v2.