What services/tools are folks using for cross-platform file sharing?

[scottslowe@fosstodon.org]

What services/tools are folks using for cross-platform file sharing? My household is cross-platform (wife is on #macOS, I have an old macOS system I keep around, and the rest of my systems are #Linux) and I don't foresee that changing any time soon.

[sam@neopaquita.es]

@scottslowe It depends! If you want to synchronize devices, Syncthing is a very good solution.

But for sporadic sending files between devices, Localsend works incredibly well.

[cweiske@fosstodon.org]

@scottslowe For single file sharing now and then: #LocalSend https://localsend.org/ - works on Linux, Android, iOS, Windows, Mac.
For real folder sharing and syncing - #NextCloud.

[skysong@floss.social]

@scottslowe USB flash drives.

[scottslowe@fosstodon.org]

@sam I am a current SyncThing user for my own devices, and I use LocalSend as well---probably a good idea to get LocalSend installed on my wife's Mac.

[scottslowe@fosstodon.org]

@cweiske I use LocalSend now for myself, but it's a good idea to get it installed on her Mac. I've also been looking at more self-hosting, so perhaps NextCloud is a good route there. Thanks!

[scottslowe@fosstodon.org]

@skysong Not fancy, but it works!

[maddin@gruene.social]

@scottslowe for occasional single files I'm using scp or rsync.

But for more compatibility with the local #macos and #ios devices (and their users!) I'm also running a #samba server on a #raspberrypi. Remote access is not required here.

[giggls@karlsruhe-social.de]

@scottslowe AFAIK MacOS does support NFS as well as SMB/CIFS. This said for sharing a couple of files from time to time I tend to use #localsend

[skysong@floss.social]

@scottslowe Not only does it work, but it's also not beholden to third parties deigning to continue allowing access/service.

[erikbussink@vmst.io]

@scottslowe A simple tool is #localSend
https://localsend.org