Post by @paul
Today I learned of #JocalSend
Yes, JocalSend
(maybe "JoecalSend", but the built binary is `jocalsend`)
A terminal #LocalSend client.
As my only option for using LocalSend was to use the flatpak (it's not in Alpine repos, and I can't be bothered to sort out trying to build it from source if it doesn't build with a single try) it's been a bit of a pain as I've had to flatpak override a folder to make it actually save files somewhere sensible.
JocalSend just builds (cargo install jocalsend) and works. And even better, it's terminal based, so much friendlier and lighter to use.
https://git.kittencollective.com/nebkor/joecalsend
Thank you nebkor!
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@paul Oh wow, no Electron? I'll absolutely have to try this. I might do it just for how much more lightweight it must be... Though it seems to have less configuration options? (Like setting device name, favorites, passwords, etc.) That's sort of too bad. Hopefully it will pick them up later.
FWIW, you can use FlatSeal if you would find a GUI option more convenient than the override command. Or you can set an override to, for example, ~/Downloads or whatever on a global basis in Flatpak (although I would have thought LocalSend would default to allowing access to user files.) It's good to have options (and that applies to other stuff too.)
@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social yeah, it's quite lacking in fancy features, but the basic functionality is there.
I only really use LocalSend once every few weeks, so it is absolutely fine for my usage.
I'm fine with flatpak override as a command, I much prefer a console than a GUI anyway. It's just a pain if, for example, I wanted to save a file somewhere different for some reason.
And I'm much happier trusting software I inspected and compiled than a downloaded blob, so I totally get why the overriding exists 🤣
@paul I don't use LocalSend very often myself. It's very handy to have since it's sort of universal(ish) at least. Actually, I just realized this would be even greater for headless servers. This should work over SSH...
I do hope it picks up some of those settings later though. It really helps out a lot to have devices show up with a name and I guess I just feel better with a password even if technically if someone is getting on my LAN a simple app password probably wouldn't stop them.
@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social ooooooh yeah... Running on headless servers is an absolutely brilliant point!
That may be super helpful...in the absence of rsync or scp anyway, or for sending a file from mobile.
@paul Yeah, it's a very convenient way to send stuff. Less work for some like me who don't know the ins and outs of those other methods well (also rsync can't be trusted anymore anyway.)