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.

  • ninjaturtle@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    10 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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      9 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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      10 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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      10 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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        9 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.

  • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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    10 days ago

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

  • fart_pickle@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Linux pc + android phone - use Syncthing

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

  • nickiam2@aussie.zone
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    10 days 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.

    • flubba86@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      +1 for Signal. It’s already on my phone, and already on my PC and laptop. It is a simple Flatpak install on Linux. It’s end-to-end encrypted. I use that for one-off notes and files between my phone and my PC or between my laptop and PC.

      For notes and small files that I know I’ll want to save to reference at another time, I put them in my KeePassXC database.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      9 days 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
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        9 days 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.

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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          5 days ago

          Yea, just requires a Dropbox account. And unfortunately I can’t get it to authenticate.

          I’ll try some more when I have time, it’s a brilliant solution.