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
  • @[email protected]English
    4•5 hours ago

    From memory MTP is pretty flaky and quite slow.

    ADB push is pretty good but at that stage rsync is just as easy.

    Put SSH in the phone and you can do it all from the computer too.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•5 hours ago

      MTP’s not bad anymore. It works perfectly well in Windows Linux and Mac these days and is as fast as anything else.