Hi everyone,

I currently use Telegram to send photos, PDFs and text messages between my Android phone and my Debian laptop. It works, but everything goes through a third-party server, and I would like a fully local, privacy-friendly alternative.

What I need: Send photos, PDFs and other files in both directions (phone ↔ laptop) Send short text messages or clipboard content Works locally

Thanks for any advice and experience!

      • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
        1·
        37 minutes ago

        Thank you guys. I’ve been using LocalSend for a year or so, and recently I noticed it’s Documents & Data is over 1 GB on my iPhone.

        To me, that means that there’s some cache you cannot remove (the only way to clear that on iOS is to remove the app: I have just tried that, and it solves the issue).

        I thought KDE Connect is more bloated. Turned out, it’s just 8 MB; and it has the ability to clear cache. All my computers are on Linux (Gnome or sway: perhaps that’s why I forgot about the KDE Connect), and I thought hey, really, why not!

        So, as someone who used LocalSend for a long time: it does the job, but KDE Connect is just better, it turned out.

  • LewdLemon@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    56 minutes ago

    Since Syncthing and LocalSend were already mentioned - let’s throw in Warpinator:

    • built by the Linux Mint team
    • has had an (inofficial) Android client for a while now
    • works well (although Syncthing is a lot more powerful and requires fewer clicks once it’s set up)
  • All Ice In Chains@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 hour ago

    Onionshare should work. You temporarily (or longer if desired) turn a folder/s into an onion site, which you can use to share between computers, not limited to just your own but also to others you give the key to.

  • Captain Baka@feddit.org
    1·
    1 hour ago

    Haven’t tried this between Linux and Android (according to Github this works), but I know from Android to Android Photon works very good.

  • Admetus@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    1 hour ago

    Kongpiler2 says kdeconnect, if you’re using KDE it’s extremely efficient. An extension is also developed for Gnome to employ kdeconnect but my experience with that was marred by connectivity issues. Something to bear in mind.