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Quickly transferring files between PC and phone (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by vext01@lemmy.sdf.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hey,

I was wondering what folks use to quickly send a file or a link between your PC and android phone in a lightweight and self hosted way.

Currently I use syncthing to copy files around, but I'm looking for something more immediate, and quick than doesn't involve searching for folders in a file manager.

Example use case: Send a file from PC to phone. Notification pops up on phone, tap it to access.

(PC runs OpenBSD)

What lightweight software do you guys use?

Stuff I tried so far:

syncthing
xmpp
tox
scp and termux.
magic wormhole
telegram saved messages

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[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

For more manual stuff; Ssh and X-Plore File Explorer.

Internal, sd card, ssh, ftp(s), google drive, dropbox, and a bunch of other cloud providers; treats it all like one big file system that I can casually copy/move files between.

For just syncing files between folders: FolderSync. The 'downloads' folder on my phone is setup as a 2-way sync with a folder on my server. Drop a file in either side, click sync, file is in both places. I use this to keep most of the files on my phone backed up, not just syncing the download folder.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I was a dedicated xplore user for years until I saw all the advertising cookies that they stuffed into it. That made me sad and I uninstall it.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I just paid the whole 4$ for the pro version and to support an otherwise free app I've quite enjoyed.

No ads/tracking anymore.

Devs gotta eat.

[–] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I also had the pro version. Last time I installed it, it asked me to review a bunch of cookies.

This was about a year ago. Could have changed since then.

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 1 points 21 hours ago

I keep a fairly close eye on my DNS traffic; it still does crash reporting through Crashlytics (which I just block), but that's about it.