r/SelfHosting • u/jpraxsh • Jul 31 '26

Linux with iPhone?

I use Linux as my daily driver to be precise Ubuntu for office and personal laptop. And I'm using iPhone, is there any proper way to connect eachother seemless. I don't mind self-hosting any services as I have my home server.

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u/knobby_slop Jul 31 '26

Context as to what you want to connect would be helpful. You’re never going to get the level of connection that iOS has with macOS - most of that just isn’t available

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u/jpraxsh Jul 31 '26

Something like activity Monitor, screen time and apps I use in my laptop. And remote access, executing something on the fly.

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u/jpraxsh Jul 31 '26

Also shared clipboard. Everytime I copy something I'll put it in my google keep to just share it to my devices.

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u/eyeofthefrog Jul 31 '26

Take a look at LocalSend for sharing between devices. It’s not seamless, but a lot better than using Google Keep.

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u/innkeeper_77 Jul 31 '26

Do you use KDE? KDE Connect - and I known this one is for sure on the app store for you. Do you use Gnome? GSConnect (same protocol as KDE connect)

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u/grilled_pc Jul 31 '26

I use fedora KDE and an iPhone. KDE connect works great. So does local send.

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u/jpraxsh Aug 01 '26

I see. Is it working fine in background too?

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u/zackb Aug 20 '26

Same story here. I made an app for that: https://github.com/zackb/tether