# AirDrop for Windows: investigating iPhone discovery and AWDL reception

> AirDrop for Windows investigates how an iPhone discovers receivers and sends files over AWDL. Its .NET receiver implements mDNS announcements, AirDrop endpoints and archive extraction; logs and research notes document the missing Windows radio path.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows/blob/ac53b2d09bfcffceffc62a1c07f8dbf0f604d868/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/airdrop-windows-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/airdrop-windows-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/airdrop-windows-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The research and receiver target Windows with .NET 10.
- **Limits:** The author reports that the tested Windows Wi-Fi driver lacks the radio access needed for AWDL; native iPhone-to-PC transfers remain unfinished.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows/blob/ac53b2d09bfcffceffc62a1c07f8dbf0f604d868/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows/blob/ac53b2d09bfcffceffc62a1c07f8dbf0f604d868/ARCHITEKTUR.md>
3. <https://github.com/businessbaum/AirDrop-Windows/blob/ac53b2d09bfcffceffc62a1c07f8dbf0f604d868/LICENSE>

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