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.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    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.

    • Karu 🐲@lemmy.ml
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      26 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.

    • thevoidzero@lemmy.world
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      25 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.

  • ninjaturtle@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    26 days ago

    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.

    • ironsoap@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      26 days ago

      Local send works well for me between android and iDevices in most cases. I will say it struggles with VPN’ed connections, which is by design of the network and some VPN will block local connections.

      I know sharedrop.io uses a similar web based model as pairdrop and runs into the same VPN issue, but I’m curious if the room function might overcome that in pairdrop.

    • psycotica0@lemmy.ca
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      26 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!

    • vintageballs@feddit.orgDeutsch
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      26 days ago

      +1 for KDE Connect.

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

      • mortalic@lemmy.world
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        26 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.

  • fart_pickle@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Linux pc + android phone - use Syncthing

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

  • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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    26 days ago

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

  • Nalivai@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Despite everything, Telegram is actually great. It’s only bloated if you’re using the features on the device, the client is opensource and native apps for any platforms, it’s very lightweight compared to other messangers and even to some dedicated solutions, it sends stuff p2p on the same network so you don’t need to care about the traffic, but also it allows for on-demand downloads so if you want the stuff will be available outside of your network.
    Alternatively, kdeconnect, but I find myself using Telegram instead 9 times out of 10, even though I have both installed.

  • PoolloverNathan@programming.dev
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    25 days ago

    SSH over Tailscale to Termux (all three free) using private-key authentication — 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 → phone: xclip -o | ssh phone termux-clipboard-set
    • Laptop ← phone: ssh phone termux-clipboard-get | xclip
    • Phone → 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.

  • monovergent 🏁@lemmy.ml
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    25 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