Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by mike97 » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 3:01 PM UTC

ohadron wrote: post #2

Really cool. One of my favorite things about iOS+MacOS is the ability to copy/paste between devices, but I can think of a bunch of use cases where this would be even better.

You can have the same with Linux/Windows and Android(not sure if iOS also has an app), using KDE Connect

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by gmiller123456 » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 3:13 PM UTC

rraval wrote: post #16

https://snapdrop.net is my go to for this. Works on any modern browser on the same LAN. Supports files and plain text. Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25524472

That looks like the easiest, no installer, just a URL.

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by avodonosov » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 3:17 PM UTC

I just use primitive-ftpd android app - then connect to the phone from computer with the standard file browser in my OS and copy what I need in both directions.

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by rraghur » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

For me kde connect is great for this and a lot of similar purposes(clipboard sharing, sms, media controls, notifications)

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by calvinmorrison » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 3:46 PM UTC

guilty pleasure: use WebDAV + FastMail Files for this.

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by fgeiger » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 3:47 PM UTC

dotancohen wrote: post #19

RupertEisenhart wrote: post #14

I use Syncthing[0] for continuous file synchronization to/from my phone, its pretty nifty. Way more memory-heavy than something like this though. [0] https://syncthing.net/

If you're already using Telegram, you can use the Saved Messages pseudochat to transfer text and files between the phone and desktop. Telegram has an excellent desktop client.

Signal has the "Note to self" chat which works the same ... Except for the cloud sync that Telegram has. Signal only syncs between your clients.

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by iwebdevfromhome » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 4:03 PM UTC

rraval wrote: post #16

https://snapdrop.net is my go to for this. Works on any modern browser on the same LAN. Supports files and plain text. Previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25524472

For some reason, I can't send files from iPhone -> Other devices. But text works.

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by mvidal01 » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 4:34 PM UTC

https://file.pizza is nice.

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by freedomben » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 4:42 PM UTC

rraghur wrote: post #24

For me kde connect is great for this and a lot of similar purposes(clipboard sharing, sms, media controls, notifications)

kde connect is incredible, even for people on gnome. highly recommend

Re: Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

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Post by freedomben » Wed, Oct 05, 2022, 4:44 PM UTC

jcynix wrote: post #9

w4rh4wk5 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you configure to the ssh server to start automatically, or do you have to launch Termux and start it manually after a reboot?

I can execute Termux scripts at boot time (via a secondary app Termux:Boot), which would execute files in ~/.termux/boot/so yes. And you have your standard shell init files, so just opening Termux allows you to implement actions.

Termux is the most underrated app I can think of. It's absolutely incredible and is one of the best "features" of android IMHO.