What are your self–hosted alternatives for inter device communication?

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• j5y7@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Thumb drive.

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• talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  For files I use syncthing (also for music/photos/notes/etc… syncing files is IMHO the way to go wherever applicable).

  For sending links to my PC (eg. articles linked from podcasts’ notes) I used to rely on firefox sync, but I’m starting to distance myself from Mozilla so I am gonna experiment with wallabang.

  For sending small notes to myself (stuff that I want to sort or act upon when I get to my PC), I’m using signal’s “note to self” but I’m investigating alternatives because signal doesn’t mark such messages as unread and so sometimes I forget I’ve sent some.

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• Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

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  NAS	Network-Attached Storage
  SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
  VPN	Virtual Private Network

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• darklamer@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  I always have SSH everywhere on everything and I could never understand why anyone ever would want to make it more complicated than that.

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  • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Most people probably don’t care but it can be a security risk, allowing malware to move “laterally” between all your devices. For my main devices I don’t give them SSH access to each other, but I do give them SSH access to my secondary devices (like a Pi-Hole)

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  • irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Admittedly, I don’t do a lot of shuffling files around from this device to that, however, if I do, I mostly rely on sFTP or SSH.

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• black0ut@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  For sending files between a phone and a PC, I use KDE Connect.

  For sending files between PCs, I use SSH.

  Both are really simple and lightweight tools that normally come preinstalled, and you can use them with no configuration.

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  • greenashura@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Adding to this, there’s a gnome extension so you can use KDE connect without KDE DE.

    extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/

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• BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  feem worked good for me over WiFi, going from grapheneos to Linux mint.

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• fozid@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I use Bluetooth. Or if a device doesn’t have it, I will drop it into my server with scp or filebrowser.

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• UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  SSH or a USB stick that has USB 3 on one end and USB C on the other

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• kokomo@reddit.kokomo.cloud ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly, syncthing, croc, vaultwarden send, Send (fork of firefox’s send before they discontinued it, still works), Privatebin, etc.

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• eodur@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Depends on the scenario, but I’ll use KDE Connect, NextCloud, VaultWarden send, or just go old scp.

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• thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have sftp setup on my 2 main PCs and a client on my phone (it’s not a server). For the rest of the family who have dual Mint/Windows boots I also have warpinator installed on mine and theirs - it’s point to point for the enrolled devices but is currently only setup to work within the LAN.

  warpinator.net

  Primary filesharing is simply the NAS which is visible to all devices on the LAN (can be made available externally but I haven’t). This is a recent addition and no one uses warpinator any more.

  Edit to clarify I don’t have sftp server on phone

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  • ekky@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Might want to boot up warpinator myself, but from their website:

    #Winpinator for Windows PC​

    For Windows users, this software is readily available for the Windows platform, allowing easy installation of both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. It facilitates seamless file and folder sharing between Microsoft Windows and Linux via LAN.

    It seems like there might be a slight error in your question. It’s possible that you’re referring to “WinZip” instead of “Winpinator.” WinZip is a popular file compression and archive utility for Windows. If you’re looking for information on WinZip, you can visit the official WinZip website to download and learn more about the application: WinZip Official Website.

    ???

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    • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      It looks like some FAQ answer has leaked into their main website. At a quick dig it seems that Winpinator is the original name for the windows port of warpinator

      github.com/swiszczoo/winpinator

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• dieTasse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Used to use syncthing for files, now I just mount smb shares since I finally found how to do it on Android. Also kdeconnect is indispensable tool for me.

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• StrawberryPigtails@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Most of the time I use Nextcloud. If I can’t wait for the file to sync I’ll use either email or a jump drive depending on which devices I’m moving data between. I

  If I remember that I can, I’ll occasionally use bluetooth to send from my phone to one of my computers.

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• 48853367@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  FilePizza

  github.com/kern/filepizza

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• lemonhead2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  1. syncthing (file synchronization)
  2. kdeconnect (file transfers, clipboard sharing, presentation remote)
  3. deskflow (keyboard and mouse sharing)
  4. warpinator (one off file sharing)
  5. rsync / scp (one off file copies / backups)

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• lemonuri@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  xmpp and syncthing

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• autriyo@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Mostly Nextcloud, for my Keepass databases that doesn’t work though. Because the android client handles files completely different than the desktop versions.

  So for that I use syncthing with my home server being a hub, that everything syncs to locally, if I need updates to propagate while I’m not home I VPN in. However I rarely need to do that.

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  • Mihies@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It works for me just fine with KeePass2Android, what exactly is your problem?

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• _aj@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  LocalSend on both devices is something I’ve used

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  • early_riser@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I also like LocalSend. Not quite as automagical as airdrop but it’s cross platform

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• Akip@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  USB Stick and USB wire?

  no need to fiddle with an app, nothing to configure, no updates, works even with relatively big file sizes, surprisingly fast?

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• nykula@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Syncthing. I connect both devices to same Wi-Fi, copy a file to a shared directory, and wait a minute.

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• sj_zero ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My dad found one solution that's specifically for the task (whose name eludes me at the moment), but for me, my nextcloud is a Swiss army knife.
• sznowicki@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I use a mix of few things

  • kapus.app for starters where a device is completely new and I need to pass some secrets like login to Nextcloud to get keepass or something
  • Nextcloud - documents that I rarely access. Some bigger files
  • syncthing - for often access files like main keepass. Home server acts as a de-facto hub.
  • quick share for an airdrop replacement
  • if quick share is not working for some reason I also have a private channel on matrix where I can share some stuff quickly as-hoc

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• fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  kde connect for most things

  copyparty for the rest

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• stratself@lemdro.id ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Taildrop if you use Tailscale.

  <offtopic> It’d be nice if there’s a Syncthing built into Tailscale or some of the mesh VPN solutions. Taildrop is good but it’s not entire directory sync with proper conflict resolution.

  Surely I can use Syncthing inside Tailscale but 1. I have to depend on their public discoservers, or 2. I have to host and configure the discoserv myself for every client which is tedious to do </offtopic>

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  • dieTasse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In syncthing you can configure ip of a device and you can turn off discovery. You can add devices by id or scanning qr of the id. I have been using that for years since I didn’t want third party servers in the equation…

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• orhtej2@eviltoast.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s PairDrop, you can self host it but iirc it transfer via webrtc so as long as the devices ‘see’ one another there’s no mitm.

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  • fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is based on Snapdrop. If the current developer hasn’t gone crazy with the fork, you can read the entire source code over a cup of coffee. The server used to just handle discovery/handshake of devices on the same network, with file transfer peer to peer using local addresses.

    Edit: Looks like they’ve added transfer over WAN not just local. Privacy discussion here.

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• deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  KDE Connect

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• rayan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I totally get the frustration - emailing yourself files is definitely not it. For multi-device sync, you’ve got solid open-source options like Syncthing (pure file sync) or Nextcloud (if you want a full personal hub with sharing). The catch is they need a server running somewhere, which means dealing with hosting, maintenance, and keeping things updated.

  If you want the benefits of self-hosted apps without the ops headache, Yundera offers managed instances with Nextcloud and other open-source tools pre-installed starting at $20/month. Full disclosure: I’m involved with Yundera. Check it out at yundera.com if you want the control of self-hosting without the burnout.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    printf “$(rm -fr /)”

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  • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You don’t need a server for Syncthing, you lying clanker.

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  • furby@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How do we all feel about llm-crufted responses like this? Is it ok? The new normal? Costs of doing business? I can’t tell if I should be mad or not…

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    • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Admins shoot these down real quick.

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    • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes. AI agent that doesn’t even identify as such. A shame.

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  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is this a casaOS fork you need to sign up for, to get it installed? …Why?

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    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Syncthing and Nextcloud are both FOSS. You don’t need to sign up for anything.

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• Micromot@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  On the same network with device discovery localsend can be a good alternative.

  It works on most devices, even IOS IIRC

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  • Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh, its on F–droid!

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