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I use Localsend, to me it feels like what Syncthing wishes it was on some level, Localsend is limited to only sending messages to devices using the same network, however, on pure simplicity, Localsend is the goat. Maybe I’m just too stupid for Syncthing, I watched the tutorial and all, it just seemed way to overcomplicated to me on certain aspects, even when it worked it felt like I did something wrong, it was never as simple as “pick file, send file”. Localsend is my go-to nowadays and does all i needed from Syncthing 10x as fast and with a much better UI.

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Ghoelian@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Localsend doesn’t automatically sync files between devices does it? Afaik you can only send files as a manual thing you have to do for every file. They’re intended for different things.

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AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

it was never as simple as “pick file, send file”.

Not really what Syncthing’s for. Localsend is definitely much better suited for that. (though there is the option on the unofficial Syncthing Android app to use the Android share feature to “save to Syncthing”, then pick which folder you want Syncthing to save it to before syncing it to whatever devices that folder is synced with, though again, not really made for that as a core feature, Localsend is better for that)

Syncthing is more for if you just want a folder on one device to be replicated to another device. For example, my Camera folder on my phone syncs to my PC so I always have a second copy of all my photos by default.

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- snowydroopz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I see, that would be really helpful, and I did know that as the name suggest SYNCthing was obv for syncing, but, I just couldnt get it to work properly on my zorin and samsung together, whether the folder would never be created in the directory i inputed and so on, so as I last ditch I was like “wth, may as well use it to save stuff” then I found local send, the ease of it almost makes it as easy as syncing…almost
  
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favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Different use cases entirely.

Localsend is like air drop on your local network.

Syncthing automatically keeps a chosen folder of files in sync on multiple devices across networks.

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