File share on a NAS and “save to files” under the share menu on iOS. Also the venerable “send yourself an email” if the file is small enough
I use sftp with either termux on android or ish on ios, alternatively telegram or email.
Edit: I don’t use it, but if I’m not mistaken, nobody mentioned any cloud service.
And before I discovered ish, I used the python html module to start an html server and connected with safary. You shouldn’t do this when your connected to the wild, open internet - it opens up the device on which your server runs for everybody unless you invest the work to secure the html server, taking a 1min research 1 line task into real work.
SMB storage mounted by file manager
i usually get some hate for this, but i have a samba share on my desktop, which i can access from home network. i use a wake on lan app to wake up the desktop when i need to access the share
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.
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.
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!
Localsend!!
I used androidftp.
Magic wormhole.
Syncthing!
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.
Kde connect is also available in windows
Localsend is fantastic.
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
My phone and computer can occasionally see each other through KDE Connect. Never when I actually have a use for it though.
i have this issue between my media pc (mint) and my phone (GOS), but my phone and desktop (ultramarine kde) can see each other and desktop and media pc can see each other…
+1 for KDEconnect
Seems to work much better on Linux than it does on Windows, in my experience.
I already installed it, you don’t need to sell it to me so hard!
I wasn’t selling KDE Connect to you, I was selling Linux to the other people that might overhear, lol.
Best one, a bit finicky at times but amazing.
X-plore file manager.












