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Sometime i want to send small messages between devices, such as a url, a note, a id, a token, a piece of code, a picture Especially send between phone and laptop.

Some chatting app have self messages such as telegram saved messages, slack (you), Microsoft team...

However i don't want a bloated chat app that would took few hundred mb on phone, or required to install an app on my pc (linux which make many app broken). I don't want work chat app too, because self messages can be seen and scanned by employer (yes, a security add on chatbot on slack warm me because i send something like password to myself on slack)

Something like Opera Flow would fit perfectly, but i don't want opera browser.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Maybe kdeconnect?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I use either KDE Connect (/gnome connect), or firefox

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Idk why this is so low. Kdeconnect is all about sharing information between devices, url/file even notifications. It also has remote control and ping devices.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Try this small web app I made exactly for this https://kapus.app

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I love your privacy/security summary. Thank you for your honesty!

This looks like a handy tool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Thx! I made it for myself one evening when I needed to copy some passwords to my toy android before I managed to have cross platform password manager.

[–] PoolloverNathan 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

SSH over Tailscale to Termux (all three free) using private-key authentication β€” two levels of e2ee, and fairly easy to use.

For small bits of text, I use one of these, depending on the direction and the source device:

  • Laptop β†’ phone: xclip -o | ssh phone termux-clipboard-set
  • Laptop ← phone: ssh phone termux-clipboard-get | xclip
  • Phone β†’ laptop: termux-clipboard-get | ssh laptop DISPLAY=:0 xclip
  • Phone ← laptop: ssh laptop DISPLAY=:0 xclip -o | termux-clipboard-set

For larger things, or files, I use scp. For other devices that I haven't setup beforehand, or can't set up (e.g. can't run arbitrary programs), I connect to my phone's hotspot, and use Total Commander's Wi-Fi transfer addon for files (both of which are also free). Small strings I just copy over by eye and hope it goes well.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Depending on what your are doing kde connect and/or sync thing

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

+1 for KDE Connect.

Especially in OPs use case of transmitting small snippets such as urls, the automatic clipboard synchronization should be very useful.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Indeed, if you're just using devices on the same network, it just shares your clipboard. So if you copy something on one device, paste is available on the other. It's pretty sweet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If you use a web email account, just create a draft email and don't send it. Then log into your email account on the other device and read it there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

This is the poor man's tech work-around and can indeed confirm it works lol. You are limited by your services upload size though so beware, you might find yourself having to do multiples and then it's just starting to get inconvenient.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Signal. I use it anyway so it's not an extra "bloated" app and I know all the secrets I send over the app are encrypted.

If you use a password manager, most have a notes feature that works well too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

+1 for Signal. It's already on my phone, and already on my PC and laptop. It is a simple Flatpak install on Linux. It's end-to-end encrypted. I use that for one-off notes and files between my phone and my PC or between my laptop and PC.

For notes and small files that I know I'll want to save to reference at another time, I put them in my KeePassXC database because that's already set to sync between devices.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Localsend is a good one to try out. Works with all devices and is pretty fast. It does however require an app to run.

For something you can run off the web on PC you can try pairdrop. This doesn't require an app to work on PC. Haven't tried it without the app on mobile so not sure if it will work on there via web.

I prefer Localsend over pairdrop due to local send being completely server less and all local.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Oh man I use local send every single day, it's phenomenal I absolutely love it. Can't stop raving about it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

It's also worth mentioning that localsend has specific Linux support, so the app should run fine. I use it on my Linux laptop all the time!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

A similar alternative to Pairdrop with a chat UI: https://drop.lol/

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Linux pc + android phone - use Syncthing

Linux pc + iPhone - use KDE connect (or GSConnect for GNOME)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Don't need a Linux PC to use KDE Connect, it works perfectly fine under windows too

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kdeconnect/gsconnect is also on Android

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yes, they are on android but I prefer syncthing over KDEconnect/GConnect, mostly due to the issues I had when trying to use it over vpn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

QR code reader and generator on both phone and laptop

  • Phone: SecScanQR
  • Laptop: ZBarCam and Zint

But I'm glad to have learned about LocalSend here so I'm no longer limited to short text snippets

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I use the note to self capability of my XMPP server to send a message to myself for these sort of one-offs. I would never want my data in the hands of some proprietary service if I have the optionβ€”sharing data just to yourself on these services also means it is Big Tech’s data now too. All of the XMPP clients are super lightweight.

Bigger cases, I will use scp, rsync, or magic wormhole. Or just using removeable storage.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Notes in Google Keep will sync between mobile and web

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I've been working with this issue for along time. Trying to find something platform agnostic and works with vpns.

App wise, I suggest Localsend for files

Information wise, I suggest Saladroom although there are several alternatives as well like ToffeeShare and ShareDrop

I mostly use Signal though, as it's the simplest at hand app which fairly reliably makes it accessible to my various devices... With the downside of storing it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I just use my note taking app

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm using Pushbullet to send messages, URLs, files between devices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

They stopped developing their iOS app years ago, if you have an iPhone it’s useless

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

What’s wrong with email? Or whatever note app you use.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

All the listed options are nice but if you are looking for something more portable and doesn't require any installing, I recommend PairDrop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

For sending over small stuff, I usually generate a qr code and scan it with the other device.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I use Beeper to aggregate messaging from various platforms and for easy availability of text messages on my PC. It has a specific "Note to self" section that I've found useful for messaging myself.

At its core, Beeper is just a Matrix client with some pre-packaged bridges for common services (including SMS, MMS, RCS messages). You could probably do the same thing with an Element client.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I just send an email to myself. sounds like it's something you wouldn't be allowed to do but you can

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I usually just use an email draft for cross platform transfers. MacOS/iOS handle this pretty much automatically and Linux has a good option (KDE Connect) but it sounds like you’re on Windows.

Does Phone Link (built into Windows) work for your needs? I don’t use Windows often but I know they’re trying to make something sort of like the other OS’s syncing systems. Not sure how good it is.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Last I checked, KDE Connect can be installed on Windows as well. It's not locked into the KDE ecosystem or even Linux.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Requires Dropbox.

Would be great if it could let you sync stuff yourself, like with Syncthing or Resilio.

I refuse to use Cloud storages.

Still this is one of the best solutions I've seen.

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