Quickly transferring files between PC and phone

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

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

[jet@hackertalks.com]

Kde connect is also a option

[tootsweet@lemmy.world]

My solution is scp with termux. I can't suggest any better alternative.

[jasn_de@lemmy.world]

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.

[darkassassin07@lemmy.ca]

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.

[enkers@sh.itjust.works]

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

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

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.

[deckweiss@lemmy.world]

https://pairdrop.net/

open source, can be self hosted or you can use the official instance.

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

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.

[waldek@lemmy.86thumbs.net]

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 content Serving 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.org]

A bit heavy for my taste.

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

Not heard of this one. Thanks.

[vext01@lemmy.sdf.org]

Too much typing, especially if transferring from phone to computer.

Thanks though.

[just_another_person@lemmy.world]

I'd use anything else that is based on rsync over Syncthing

[darkassassin07@lemmy.ca]

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.

[fuzzypyro@lemmy.world]

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.

[mangopenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Localsend works great for me.

[satyrsack@feddit.org]

What is heavy about that? Is it more complex on BSD or something?

[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