Submitted 5 weeks ago by Gonzako@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
I just had to email me a file I got sent to my phone and I feel unable to accept this as the better solution.
What you do guys use for inter-device communication?
Syncthing for everything: file transfers, backing up phone photos, synced obsidian vaults, etc.
Localsend
I use KDE Connect. Works well with Tailscale when I’m outside my home network.
For phone <-> PC I use localsend. If I do PC to PC, possibly even large amounts of files or large files in general I put them on a network drive specifically intended for that purpose
KDE Connect and SyncThing
vext01@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago PC to phone:
PC to PC:
Phone to PC:
KDE Connect can do all three of these.
I’m aware, but some devices I use regularly like an iPhone, work computer, etc, are limited in their capacity to run it.
KDE connect, sftp, and dropping files on my NAS is pretty much all I do.
Work stuff uses work methods though, work devices are “on” my network but fully segregated, so its thumb drive and sneakernet or our internal storage instead.
Everyone else mentioned most of what I would suggest.
One is missing for your original problem. Localsend. Think airdrop but cross platform. Super useful if you have a mix of devices (iOS, android, windows, etc…)
KDE Connect
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| SMB | Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
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I use ghost commander on my phone to access my NAS on my home network.
Oh, I remember a guy I met on a lanparty using it for everything
I know it’s not a dedicated (or that good of a) solution but I just upload stuff to a private room on my Matrix server.
Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago Samba drive + vpn tunnel. If I’m working on my PC and want to do something with my phone: plainapp
tatterdemalion@programming.dev 5 weeks ago Copyparty. Or any other web file server.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago SMB share ( Android <-> Windows/Steam Machine
Samba.
Or one time I made my own simple file sharing website
Not mentioned but warpinator
All my devices are on the same wirguard network. It allows me to use SFTP to mount the fileservers of the others very easily. Then copying files is as simple as copying from one folder to another.
xnx@piefed.social 5 weeks ago https://blip.net its as seamless as airdrop but works over the internet p2p
magic wormhole
I just use SSH+Rsync for everything. I traded two-way sync for minimalism and reliability. I’ve had nothing but headaches with anything else, especially Syncthing.
My Computer and both Raspberry Pi servers both run Linux and I have Termux installed on my Android phone so OpenSSL and Rsync are easily available.
I made a script that runs Rsync commands from files containing all the information which easily swaps source/target files so I can easily transfer in both directions with a simple command line option. It’s reliable and simple and I’ve had a lot less headaches troubleshooting the rarely occurring issues.
Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago Nextcloud
adarza@piefed.ca 5 weeks ago my boss just emails stuff to herself.. or just lets it sit in drafts (imap) with the attachment.
i use localsend, wormhole, or similar usually, especially if one or both the devices aren’t “mine”.. and if it’s stuff i’m ‘sending’ to a handheld from a pc, i might instead drop them somewhere on one of our dietpi boxes and just use http
SFTP, Caddy WebDAV
I use bitwarden send, all my devices already have access to my password database and i can save and download files or text though it. You can also use the URL to let other devices access it if you want.
Mostly nextcloud if it’s between my own devices.
For getting a file to someone else I had good luck with sharry. github.com/eikek/sharry
Thumb drive.
I either use KDE Connect or Pairdrop depending on which devices I am sharing befween