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       Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone
        
       Sharing is a command-line tool to share directory and files with
       ios and android devices without an extra client app
        
       Author : parvardegr
       Score  : 143 points
       Date   : 2022-10-05 12:33 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | treespace8 wrote:
       | For only text I use https://cl1p.net, basic but works everywhere.
        
         | radiojasper wrote:
         | Hey I didn't know that tool, that's very useful for me. Thanks
         | for sharing!
        
       | boppo1 wrote:
       | Can I use it with my Ipad?
        
       | rraghur wrote:
       | For me kde connect is great for this and a lot of similar
       | purposes(clipboard sharing, sms, media controls, notifications)
        
         | freedomben wrote:
         | kde connect is incredible, even for people on gnome. highly
         | recommend
        
         | JeremyNT wrote:
         | Indeed KDE Connect is a robust and secure way to share files
         | (and it has many other features as well). I wish more people
         | knew about it!
        
         | wazoox wrote:
         | Yep, and you can use it seamlessly with several computer at
         | once, I love it :)
        
       | yewenjie wrote:
       | So is this just an http server with a QR code for the link?
        
       | rraval wrote:
       | 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
        
         | iwebdevfromhome wrote:
         | For some reason, I can't send files from iPhone -> Other
         | devices. But text works.
        
         | gmiller123456 wrote:
         | That looks like the easiest, no installer, just a URL.
        
       | jcynix wrote:
       | Ok, nice idea with the qrcode, but (as far I can tell from a
       | quick view into the source) it uses plain http?
       | 
       | On Android I'm happy with the apps I use anyway, e.g. Termux
       | which offers ssh (both client and server), rsync, ... or sftp via
       | Solid Explorer.
        
         | w4rh4wk5 wrote:
         | Can you configure to the ssh server to start automatically, or
         | do you have to launch Termux and start it manually after a
         | reboot?
        
           | jcynix wrote:
           | 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.
        
             | freedomben wrote:
             | Termux is the most underrated app I can think of. It's
             | absolutely incredible and is one of the best "features" of
             | android IMHO.
        
               | jcynix wrote:
               | I 100% agree, Termux shows, what a useful tool a
               | smartphone can be. Do I need an app to look at the EXIF
               | of a photo? No, I just use Phil Harvey's excellent
               | exiftool[1] in the shell. Resize or rotate an image? Or
               | even a number of images? Imagemagick does the job. The
               | power of the command line in your hand ;-)
               | 
               | [1] https://exiftool.org/
        
       | ohadron wrote:
       | 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.
        
         | mike97 wrote:
         | You can have the same with Linux/Windows and Android(not sure
         | if iOS also has an app), using KDE Connect
        
       | andrepd wrote:
       | I've had amazing results with Warpinator, especiall when it comes
       | to non-techies. No more ferrying files over pen drive or
       | "wetransfer"-like services. As long as you're all on the same
       | LAN, just drag and drop.
        
       | calvinmorrison wrote:
       | guilty pleasure: use WebDAV + FastMail Files for this.
        
       | icy wrote:
       | Tailscale's Taildrop (https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop/)
       | has completely solved this problem for me.
        
         | loeg wrote:
         | Is it truly Synology only?
        
           | pkage wrote:
           | No, it supports macOS/win/linux + ios/android; the docs just
           | highlight Synology NASs first.
        
       | jamps wrote:
       | Pretty cool and lightweight! I use KDE connect that allows me to
       | have communication both ways.
        
         | blensor wrote:
         | I am also happy with kdeconnect, although I am not sure if I
         | have set everything up correctly. I am un xfce and every once
         | in a while use the kdeconnect cli to pair my phone, then I
         | never think about it and just share my files to the downloads
         | folder or copy paste something from the clipboard
        
       | prettyStandard wrote:
       | Pretty happy with resilio sync...
       | 
       | Wait... all commits were 2 hours ago?
        
         | sva_ wrote:
         | It's less than 100 lines
         | 
         | https://github.com/parvardegr/sharing/blob/main/bin/index.js
        
       | andirk wrote:
       | Much like many applications such as Slack attempt to be the
       | "email killer", is this the "copy-paste-into-email-to-myself
       | killer"?
        
       | RupertEisenhart wrote:
       | 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/
        
         | dotancohen wrote:
         | 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.
        
           | fgeiger wrote:
           | 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.
        
       | lucasgonze wrote:
       | What an excellent idea. Kudos.
        
       | bbkane wrote:
       | Nice! I used to do something similar with:
       | python -m http.server
       | 
       | And a dns -> http record Namecheap which sent traffic from
       | books.bbkane.com to http://localhost:5000
        
       | Phelinofist wrote:
       | I have an alias in my .bashrc for that:                 alias
       | instashare='python3 -m http.server 8082'
        
       | chuckdotis wrote:
       | This looks identical to qrcp.
       | 
       | https://github.com/claudiodangelis/qrcp
        
         | quyleanh wrote:
         | Same thought. I've been using qrcp for a long time, and still
         | prefer go rather than js.
        
       | avodonosov wrote:
       | 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.
        
       | mvidal01 wrote:
       | https://file.pizza is nice.
        
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