Show HN: Sharing, command-line tool to share files with your phone

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;snapdrop.net" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;snapdrop.net</a> is my go to for this. Works on any modern browser on the same LAN. Supports files and plain text.<p>Previous HN discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25524472" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25524472</a>

Tailscale’s Taildrop (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tailscale.com&#x2F;kb&#x2F;1106&#x2F;taildrop&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tailscale.com&#x2F;kb&#x2F;1106&#x2F;taildrop&#x2F;</a>) has completely solved this problem for me.

I use Syncthing[0] for continuous file synchronization to&#x2F;from my phone, its pretty nifty. Way more memory-heavy than something like this though.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;syncthing.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;syncthing.net&#x2F;</a>

This looks identical to qrcp.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;claudiodangelis&#x2F;qrcp" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;claudiodangelis&#x2F;qrcp</a>

For only text I use <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cl1p.net" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cl1p.net</a>, basic but works everywhere.

Ok, nice idea with the qrcode, but (as far I can tell from a quick view into the source) it uses plain http?<p>On Android I&#x27;m happy with the apps I use anyway, e.g. Termux which offers ssh (both client and server), rsync, … or sftp via Solid Explorer.

For me kde connect is great for this and a lot of similar purposes(clipboard sharing, sms, media controls, notifications)

Pretty cool and lightweight! I use KDE connect that allows me to have communication both ways.

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.

Nice! I used to do something similar with:<p><pre><code> python -m http.server </code></pre> And a dns -&gt; http record Namecheap which sent traffic from books.bbkane.com to <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;localhost:5000" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;localhost:5000</a>

Really cool. One of my favorite things about iOS+MacOS is the ability to copy&#x2F;paste between devices, but I can think of a bunch of use cases where this would be even better.

Another option is <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;akovacs&#x2F;uploadserver" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;akovacs&#x2F;uploadserver</a> which is a Rust (Rocket) web server that you can run on a local Windows, Mac or Linux machine. Open a browser and navigate to the machine&#x27;s IP address at port 8000 to upload&#x2F;download files from the web form. Works on a LAN or Wifi network without any Internet access.<p>Disclaimer: I know the author.

Hi i got inspired your post<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33110574" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33110574</a>

Pretty happy with resilio sync...<p>Wait... all commits were 2 hours ago?

OP&#x27;s tool looks good, I like the QRcode idea.<p>Another useful tool in this neighborhood is Droopy: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackp.online.fr&#x2F;?p=28" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;stackp.online.fr&#x2F;?p=28</a><p>It&#x27;s a Python script that runs a simple web server with some nice options.<p>I used it to copy a gigantic video file from my phone to my old Windows machine that other methods choked on.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;file.pizza" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;file.pizza</a> is nice.

Made something exactly like this 2 years ago when i was learning Go. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;prdpx7&#x2F;go-fileserver" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;prdpx7&#x2F;go-fileserver</a>

I&#x27;ve had amazing results with Warpinator, especiall when it comes to non-techies. No more ferrying files over pen drive or &quot;wetransfer&quot;-like services. As long as you&#x27;re all on the same LAN, just drag and drop.

you can also send a single small file without installing anything thanks to these free services.<p><pre><code> curl -s https:&#x2F;&#x2F;qrcode.show -d https:&#x2F;&#x2F;patchbay.pub&#x2F;yourname&#x2F;openshare &amp;&amp; curl https:&#x2F;&#x2F;patchbay.pub&#x2F;yourname&#x2F;openshare --data-binary @.&#x2F;test.jpg </code></pre> Highlight the qrcode text to invert colors.<p>If your console prints artefacts add -H &quot;X-QR-EC-Level: H&quot; or -H &quot;Accept: image&#x2F;jpeg&quot; &gt; qr.jpg &amp;&amp; qr.jpg to open in image viewer.

Much like many applications such as Slack attempt to be the &quot;email killer&quot;, is this the &quot;copy-paste-into-email-to-myself killer&quot;?

I have an alias in my .bashrc for that:<p><pre><code> alias instashare=&#x27;python3 -m http.server 8082&#x27;</code></pre>

What an excellent idea. Kudos.

Can I use it with my Ipad?

guilty pleasure: use WebDAV + FastMail Files for this.

So is this just an http server with a QR code for the link?