Quickly transferring files between PC and phone
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Hey,
I was wondering what folks use to quickly send a file or a link between your PC and android phone in a self hosted way.
Currently I use syncthing to copy files around, but I'm looking for something more immediate, and quick than doesn't involve searching for folders in a file manager.
Example use case: Send a file from PC to phone. Notification pops up on phone, tap it to access.
(PC runs OpenBSD)
What do you guys use?
Stuff I tried so far:
- syncthing
- xmpp
- tox
- scp and termux.
- magic wormhole
- telegram saved messages
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jet@hackertalks.comreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Kde connect is also a option
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tootsweet@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
My solution is scp with termux. I can't suggest any better alternative.
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jasn_de@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
As I have basically all devices connected to my Nextcloud instance, I simply use that. I don't have any "time-critical" file transfers though.
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darkassassin07@lemmy.careplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Ssh and X-Plore File Explorer.
Internal, sd card, ssh, ftp(s), google drive, dropbox, and a bunch of other cloud providers; treats it all like one big file system that I can casually copy/move files between.
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enkers@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
I use pairdrop. I don't personally self host it, but that option is available.
Selfhost: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop
Open instance: pairdrop.net
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vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Well my transfers aren't "time critical" either, but life feels easier if I don't have to jump through hoops to solve a task that involves copy files around.
Re: next cloud, looking for something more lightweight than that.
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deckweiss@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
open source, can be self hosted or you can use the official instance.
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vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
I was a dedicated xplore user for years until I saw all the advertising cookies that they stuffed into it. That made me sad and I uninstall it.
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waldek@lemmy.86thumbs.netreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
I often spin up a quick python http server. Just go to the folder which has the files you want to transfer and run the following command:
python3 -m http.server
. This will server the folder contentServing HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...
. On your phone you can then browse to http://PC_IP:8000 and download what you want/need. -
vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
A bit heavy for my taste.
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vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Not heard of this one. Thanks.
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vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Too much typing, especially if transferring from phone to computer.
Thanks though.
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just_another_person@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
I'd use anything else that is based on rsync over Syncthing
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darkassassin07@lemmy.careplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
I just paid the whole 4$ for the pro version and to support an otherwise free app I've quite enjoyed.
No ads/tracking anymore.
Devs gotta eat.
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fuzzypyro@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Taildrop works relatively well for most all circumstances. Only thing is you gotta use trayscale or cli currently for sending files from a Linux/bsd machine. I don’t know if opened has a port for trayscale but it definitely has a port of tailscale.
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mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonereplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Localsend works great for me.
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satyrsack@feddit.orgreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
What is heavy about that? Is it more complex on BSD or something?
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vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
Installing KDE will pull in hundreds of packages.
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knf@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 26 days ago last edited by
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
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