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LocalSend!

Works flawlessly, on windows, linux and android (and others) and you can send files, folders, text, or eadily paste your clipboard.

https://localsend.org/

https://kdeconnect.kde.org/

Localsend

Another one for KDE Connect. https://kdeconnect.kde.org/download.html It works on everything. Linux, Android, Windows, macOS, iOS, SailfishOS(?). I use to to share files from phone to my laptop, laptop to Steam Deck.

LOCALSEND

It's an app for your phone and another app for your computer. Works good. It's how I do it. Uses wifi I think

Localsend!!

KDE Connect has an app for Gnome too (GS Connect) so lots of flavours of Linux can join in. Brilliant way to sync your phone to your PC in every way.

KDE connect works great with Linux. You can easily put stuff on and get stuff off your phone.

First, buy a domain. Then, set up a server, then a hypervisor on the server, then set up a reverse proxy, punch a hole in your firewall, set up MFA, set up a container, install docker, set up NextCloud using a docker-compose, set up accounts and a client on the devices... Simple!

Localsend has been really well considered. Only wish is that it recognized links and opened them in a browser automatically

Also KDE connect but I just learned you can send more than one file at a time through it.

• From Android to Linux Desktop: select files then the share button then send to [Your PC Name here] via KDE connect
• Both ways: select Remote Filesystem and just move or copy files around in the file browser.

Just use Telegram Saved Message feature and send files to yourself This pipeline works for me since it was released

There are already mentions of LocalSend (i use it for smaller stuff), Syncthing (for keeping folders synchronized, i use it to keep Wine prefixes between my Pc and my Steam Deck up to date) and KdeConnect (I use it for Clipboard sharing); I also use Copyparty, which runs on everything that allows python to run (so pretty much everything) and handles everything from single files to folders, up- and download, drag&drop support, serving mediafiles and so on, with lots and lots of features. give it a try!

Syncthing!

I use Signal's "note to self" conversation. Since you can install the desktop version of Signal on basically any OS, it is almost perfectly cross-platform.

Syncthing or Resilio Sync for regular, instant, no-fuss between devices you control.

I use Syncthing-Fork in my phone (has more flexible sybc conditions) to keep specific folders in sync.

I use Resilio Sync on my file server just for the Selective Sync feature, which enables me to easily grab any file from the server from anywhere.

KDE Connect. You need to be in the same network. But it's clearly the easiest and most useful.

I use Syncthing for this; it syncs directories on my phone and computer, so to put something on my computer from my phone I just put it in that directory. I share my camera roll so my pictures are synced with my computer.

If you just want a "send this file" application, warpinator might do that.

Airdroid? Provides a WebUI to browse your phone, send and receive files, and e. g. write SMS if you're into that.

Kde connect works good, but https://pairdrop.net/ may be helpful.

I second KDE Connect, it makes life a lot easier

Croc

FTP Server option of Solid Explorer. Works great on Home Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agrEOg7X0c0

Works also with Windows Explorer

Phone to computer and back, I always use tailscale plus any file manager.

https://pairdrop.net/

You can also self host it: https://github.com/schlagmichdoch/pairdrop

Sending files over bluetooth

if you have the app/feature on both devices, QuickShare.

on Linux, there's RQuickShare, which lets you use QuickShare on Linux

I find the scp command to be extraordinarily powerful for never having been taught anything about it in school.