Quickly transferring files between PC and phone

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

Installing KDE will pull in hundreds of packages.

[knf@lemmy.world]

I'm using a selfhosted pastebin (microbin) as sometimes I want to transfer text, other files...
It's very efficient and in my instance it's using 13MB of RAM, which is fairly lightweight for modern standards

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

I also had the pro version. Last time I installed it, it asked me to review a bunch of cookies.

This was about a year ago. Could have changed since then.

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

This sounds great. Thanks.

[lka1988@sh.itjust.works]

FX File Explorer has a local web-access feature. Start it on your phone and access via local IP, then just turn it off when you're done.

Don't use on public wifi, it's http-only.

[vinnymac@lemmy.world]

Here are a bunch of local services I’ve used at one point or another from phone to PC or PC to PC. Not sure if any links are out of date.

KDE Connect (Closed Source)

• Site: https://kdeconnect.kde.org/

Wormhole (Closed Source)

• Site: https://wormhole.app/

LocalSend

• Site: https://localsend.org/
• Source: https://github.com/localsend/localsend

SnapDrop

• Site: https://snapdrop.net/
• Source: https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop

ShareDrop

• Site: https://www.sharedrop.io/
• Source: https://github.com/szimek/sharedrop

FilePizza

• Site: https://file.pizza/
• Source: https://github.com/kern/filepizza

Original Wormhole

• Site: https://webwormhole.io/
• Source: https://github.com/saljam/webwormhole

PeerTransfer

• Site: https://perguth.de/peertransfer/
• Source: https://github.com/perguth/peertransfer

JustBeamIt

• Site: https://justbeamit.com
• Source: https://github.com/justbeamit/beam

Send Visee

• Website: https://send.vis.ee/
• Source: https://github.com/timvisee/send
• List of instances at: https://github.com/timvisee/send-instances

[voroxpete@sh.itjust.works]

+1 for LocalSend. Well worth checking out.

[naeap@sopuli.xyz]

Yeah, can recommend that one too
Although it sometimes seems to have some performance problems with a large amount of files - could be, that it's already fixed though

[darkassassin07@lemmy.ca]

I keep a fairly close eye on my DNS traffic; it still does crash reporting through Crashlytics (which I just block), but that's about it.

[arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Another +1 for it here. Use it multiple times a day between Linux, MacOS, android, and iOS.

[dbkblk@lemmy.world]

For links, I use Pocket (you can use Wallabag, but I find the interface not efficient at all).
For files, you can sync a folder with syncthing (but you only switch it on when you want a quick sync, otherwise keep it off for battery). If you just want to put some file on your phone, install FTP server (free) from F-droid and switch it on when you need it. Use Filezilla or any file browser (if on Linux) to exchange your files. Remember to switch the server off once finished, because FTP is not a secure protocol.

[bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de]

There should be clients for other DEs. I know there's a Gnome specific one and I think there's an independent one as well.

[chillpill@lemmy.world]

KDE Connect as another uas suggested.

Only buggy issue I have is that I use a VPN on my phone to access my local network when away from home. I have the VPN set up with Hairpinning so I don't have to disconnect from the VPN while at home which occasionally causes issues on my steam deck as the version of KDE Connect on the steam deck does not appear to have an easy way to connect to device via IP. On my desktop and laptop I run Pop!_OS and use GS Connect which gives me an option to connect to device via IP so I have less issues with my phone just randomly not appearing on those computers.

[bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de]

I use Cx file explorer and mount my PC via sshfs in there. It's closed source but it supports a whole bunch of protocols including samba, ftp and webdav. And it can launch a webserver on your phone to offer the phone's files. But sshfs is the most convenient for me.

[hperrin@lemmy.ca]

I use QuickDAV and OwlFiles.

[hendrik@palaver.p3x.de]

Kdeconnect

[happinessattack@lemmy.world]

+1 KDE Connect. File transfer works great on Android, Linux, and even on Windows 10/11! Clipboard sync is also a game changer; super easy to copy and paste across devices.

[mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yeah for large folders and stuff probably better to use SFTP or WebDAV

[d_k_bo@feddit.org]

https://github.com/andyholmes/valent/

[eisfrei@lemmy.world]

I didn't see it mentioned yet, so I'll throw warpinator in the ring.

Clients are available for Linux, Windows, Android:
https://warpinator.com/