Hi everyone,

I currently use Telegram to send photos, PDFs and text messages between my Android phone and my Debian laptop. It works, but everything goes through a third-party server, and I would like a fully local, privacy-friendly alternative.

What I need: Send photos, PDFs and other files in both directions (phone ↔ laptop) Send short text messages or clipboard content Works locally

Thanks for any advice and experience!

  • CutieBootieTootie [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    LocalSend is the best solution.

    I can also reccomend KDE Connect for everything except file sharing; even though that’s the specific ask in this post, I’m just a huge evangelizer for it even if it’s file transfer as implemented is terrible in my experience.