Maybe kdeconnect?
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I use either KDE Connect (/gnome connect), or firefox
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.
Try this small web app I made exactly for this https://kapus.app
I love your privacy/security summary. Thank you for your honesty!
This looks like a handy tool.
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.
Depending on what your are doing kde connect and/or sync thing
+1 for KDE Connect.
Especially in OPs use case of transmitting small snippets such as urls, the automatic clipboard synchronization should be very useful.
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.
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 β phone:
ssh phone termux-clipboard-get | xclip - Phone β laptop:
termux-clipboard-get | ssh laptop DISPLAY=:0 xclip - Phone β 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.
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.
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.
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.
+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.
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.
Oh man I use local send every single day, it's phenomenal I absolutely love it. Can't stop raving about it
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!
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Syncthing.
Linux pc + android phone - use Syncthing
Linux pc + iPhone - use KDE connect (or GSConnect for GNOME)
Don't need a Linux PC to use KDE Connect, it works perfectly fine under windows too
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Kdeconnect/gsconnect is also on Android
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.
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
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 optionβsharing data just to yourself on these services also means it is Big Techβs 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.
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.
I just use my note taking app
I'm using Pushbullet to send messages, URLs, files between devices.
They stopped developing their iOS app years ago, if you have an iPhone itβs useless
Whatβs wrong with email? Or whatever note app you use.
All the listed options are nice but if you are looking for something more portable and doesn't require any installing, I recommend PairDrop.
For sending over small stuff, I usually generate a qr code and scan it with the other device.
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.
I just send an email to myself. sounds like it's something you wouldn't be allowed to do but you can
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 youβre on Windows.
Does Phone Link (built into Windows) work for your needs? I donβt use Windows often but I know theyβre trying to make something sort of like the other OSβs syncing systems. Not sure how good it is.
Last I checked, KDE Connect can be installed on Windows as well. It's not locked into the KDE ecosystem or even Linux.
Best thing Iβve used in forever.
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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