STABLE · v1.0.0

Your iPhone's files,
from the terminal.

Type the Wellnote share code into a macOS shell, then browse the folder and download what you need. No account setup, no local telemetry.

brew install probees1492/wellnote/wellnote
macOS 12+Apple Silicon + IntelDeveloper ID signed · Apple notarized

Connect in three steps

01

Share from the iPhone

Open Wellnote, choose “Share with PC”, and read off the 6-character access code.

02

Connect from the terminal

Run wellnote connect ABC234. The code expires after an hour.

03

Browse and download

Use ls, cd and get to move through the shared folder.

$ wellnote connect ABC234
Connected to Wellnote · key ABC••• · expires 22:41
wellnote:/> ls
d  -           Photos/
-  4.8 MiB     report.pdf
wellnote:/> get report.pdf
✓ received report.pdf → report.pdf

Commands

wellnote connect <key>

Opens an interactive, read-only session on the shared folder.

wellnote ls <key> [path]

Prints a folder's contents in a form you can script against.

wellnote get <key> <path>

Streams one file to a temporary file, then saves it atomically.

wellnote receive <link>

Downloads every file behind a Wellnote transfer link.

wellnote doctor

Checks your Mac's environment and its reach to the Wellnote service.

wellnote version

Reports the version, build commit, platform and protocol.

wellnote help [command]

Full usage, or the options and examples for one command.

A notarized stable release
The v1.0.0 binaries are signed with a Developer ID, built with the Hardened Runtime and a secure timestamp, and notarized by Apple. This release is download-first: Mac → iPhone transfers switch on once the protocol that cleans up interrupted uploads atomically on the phone has shipped.