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.

  • ironsoap@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve been working with this issue for along time. Trying to find something platform agnostic and works with vpns.

    App wise, I suggest Localsend for files

    Information wise, I suggest Saladroom although there are several alternatives as well like ToffeeShare and ShareDrop

    I mostly use Signal though, as it’s the simplest at hand app which fairly reliably makes it accessible to my various devices… With the downside of storing it.

  • nickiam2@aussie.zone
    71·
    4 hours ago

    Signal. I use it anyway so it’s not an extra “bloated” app and I know all the secrets I send over the app are encrypted.

    If you use a password manager, most have a notes feature that works well too.

    • vintageballs@feddit.orgDeutsch
      14·
      9 hours 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
        2·
        50 minutes 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.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
    2·
    6 hours ago

    Depending on what I want to do, I used a combination of Unified Remote and LocalSend, both of which are available for Linux. With Unified Remote, I can control my PC on my home network. So if I want to copy over a URL, for example, I could open notepad and paste it remotely from my phone’s clipboard (or type it manually), or I could open a new tab on my PC’s browser and paste the URL so it’s open and ready for me the next time I’m at my PC. I can sit downstairs on the couch and check the status of a project upstairs, open and run new programs upstairs, etc.

    My only two complaints are that I need to be at the PC to handle admin messages like “Are you sure you want to install this program?”, which I guess is a safety feature but it’s still annoying. And secondly, I really wish they had an easier way to toggle between left- and right-mouse-click, it gets annoying.

    To send images, actual files or even folders, I use LocalSend. It does require that you click Accept on the device you’re sending to, but I can use Unified Remote to do that, and then save the files to wherever I want to (or accept the default).

    This may be less streamlined than other options, but what I really like about it is that I can complete a task and then not have to think about it again. I don’t have to go back to my desktop and download or save anything, I’ve already done it, the job’s complete. The only exception is when I’ve put a new URL into my browser, but that’s generally because I wanted to look at it on my (much larger than my phone’s) desktop screen.

    Anyway, it works nicely for me; I hope you find a solution that works for you!

    • TerkErJerbs@lemm.ee
      1·
      4 hours ago

      Localsend has a config named ‘auto-accept’ or whatever it’s called, in advanced settings.

  • ninjaturtle@lemmy.todayEnglish
    14·
    10 hours 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
      1·
      2 hours 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
      3·
      5 hours 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!

  • fart_pickle@lemmy.world
    131·
    10 hours ago

    Linux pc + android phone - use Syncthing

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

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Requires Dropbox.

      Would be great if it could let you sync stuff yourself, like with Syncthing or Resilio.

      I refuse to use Cloud storages.

      Still this is one of the best solutions I’ve seen.

      • damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world
        1·
        36 minutes ago

        Yup. That’s my one hangup. Except you don’t even need to install Dropbox. It just uses the Dropbox API (correct me if I’m wrong please).

        The developer is a single(?) person based out of Germany and is pretty chill. I didn’t know it had Ubuntu and all support till after using it for a long time. I literally would use it just for iOS to Mac and back.