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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by MostlyStable on Monday July 28, 2025 @01:19PM (#44713025)
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but wouldn't this work great (albeit huge overkill) for the extremely common problem of trying to get files from one device to another (especially when one of those devices is a phone)? I see tools that are supposed to do that posted to HN all the time, with the comments usually pointing out one or another problem with any given utility. This seems like it would be pretty great self hosted, open source, solution to that problem?
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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by brewtide on Monday July 28, 2025 @04:09PM (#44714987)
If you have not tried "localsend" I would highly recommend.
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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by ssernikk on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @04:32AM (#44720688)
There is also https://pairdrop.net - same thing, but you don't have to download anything, it works on the web.
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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by wintermutestwin on Monday July 28, 2025 @04:02PM (#44714929)
?? Airdrop works well.
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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by ZeWaka on Monday July 28, 2025 @04:19PM (#44715106)
Not everyone uses Apple products.
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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by mhuffman on Monday July 28, 2025 @01:36PM (#44713227)
I have been having a lot of luck with Blip[0] recently regarding phone <-> laptop file transfer. My biggest issue so far is that it does support iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows ... but not Linux.

[0]https://blip.net/

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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by klabb3 on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @02:40AM (#44719848)
Try https://payload.app/

Resumable, can queue, send directories, drag & drop, LAN (without account) & WAN (hybrid p2p), all transfers + metadata are e2ee. Linux, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android.

Disclaimer: I’m the creator

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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by 3036e4 on Tuesday July 29, 2025 @03:33AM (#44720228)
Termux and python -m http.server. I use that embarrassingly often, except for cases where I can just use scp or rsync (e.g. between two Android devices that both have Termux installed and I have bothered to copy the public ssh key from one to the other).
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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by fc417fc802 on Wednesday July 30, 2025 @04:03AM (#44731869)
$kdeconnect-cli -d somedevice --share somefile
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Re:Copyparty, turn almost any device into a file server by sanroot99 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @01:59PM (#44778356)
A very simple shell script:https://github.com/sancoderhost/ShareFiles
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