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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 lightweight and 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 lightweight software do you guys use?

Stuff I tried so far:

  • syncthing
  • xmpp
  • tox
  • scp and termux.
  • magic wormhole
  • telegram saved messages
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[–] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

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.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

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[–] ChillPill@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

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.

[–] dbkblk@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

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 (there's even an optional switch on quick actions). 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.

[–] doc@fedia.io 1 points 20 hours ago

Android -> other I often use Share via HTTP.

https://github.com/marcosdiez/shareviahttp

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 20 hours ago

This sounds great. Thanks.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 points 20 hours ago

rsync -avr --progress in termux or a file explorer app built on top of scp or rsync. It doesn't work like your use-case, but I've been happy with it.

[–] knF@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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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[–] eksb@programming.dev 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
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