Description
Open Wireless Link (OWL) is an open implementation of the Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL) ad hoc protocol for Linux and macOS written in C and part of the Open Wireless Link project.
OWL runs in user space and makes use of Linux’s Netlink API for Wi-Fi specific operations such as channel switching and to integrate itself in the Linux networking stack by providing a virtual network interface such that existing IPv6-capable programs can use AWDL without modification.
You can use OWL to in combination with OpenDrop to enable Apple AirDrop functionality on Linux-based systems such as a Raspberry Pi 3.
Installation Instructions
To install the package:
sudo dnf -y copr enable hdfssk/owl
sudo dnf -y install owl
Active Releases
The following unofficial repositories are provided as-is by owner of this project. Contact the owner directly for bugs or issues (IE: not bugzilla).
| Release | Architectures | Repo Download |
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Fedora 37
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aarch64 (3)*, ppc64le (2)*, x86_64 (5)* | Fedora 37 (0 downloads) |
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Fedora 38
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aarch64 (2)*, ppc64le (3)*, x86_64 (2)* | Fedora 38 (26 downloads) |
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Fedora 39
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aarch64 (2)*, ppc64le (3)*, x86_64 (2)* | Fedora 39 (29 downloads) |
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Fedora 40
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aarch64 (0)*, ppc64le (0)*, x86_64 (0)* | Fedora 40 (4 downloads) |
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Fedora rawhide
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aarch64 (3)*, ppc64le (2)*, x86_64 (2)* | Fedora rawhide (14 downloads) |
* Total number of downloaded packages.