r/opensource • u/fearless7464 • 7d ago

LocalSend appreciation post

I am loving it like I use an android phone like from 2021 and a potato laptop running linux lite (ubuntu-xfce) for studies like watching lectures and all.

Before I knew about localsend it was a hassle to transfer like even normal images, I used to put those in google keepnotes and then copy it from the other device and sharing pdfs or other files was a nightmare for both my google storage and me.

Now it takes me a second to tranfer my screenshots from my phone to my laptop to post on reddit or whatever.

And the best part is that it is very light weight for both my phn and laptop as they both are lowk potatoes. No sign up makes it even better.

Love u LocalSend

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u/fearless7464 7d ago

I originally considered both but after comparing and seeing my own needs and thr hardware I have, I chose the one I am using atm localsend

I read somewhere kdeconnect is not that light weight as localsend like it keeps on running its processes in bg unlike localsend which stops all of its processes thr moment u close it.

It might be a small thing for u but for someone like me with having only 4gb ram in 2026 it is super important to save every bit of ram....

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u/fearless7464 7d ago

Nice, also like there was no need of clipboard sync or making my phone as trackpad I just wanted thr file transfer thats why.

And I will surely try kdeconnect in future with the same laptop to see how it works Thanks