KDE Connect
Links a phone and a computer to share files, links, notifications and remote controls.
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1 more ways to get KDE Connect
Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask kde-connect
About KDE Connect
KDE Connect pairs your phone with your computer so they can work together. You can send files and links in either direction, browse the phone's files from the desktop, and see phone notifications on the computer, including replying to text messages without picking up the phone.
It also turns the phone into a remote. You can pause or skip music playing on the desktop, run predefined or custom commands such as locking the screen or shutting down, control a presentation, or use the phone as a trackpad.
Strengths
- Sends files and links between phone and computer in both directions
- Shows phone notifications on the desktop and lets you reply to texts
- Runs custom commands on the computer from the phone
- Phone works as a media remote, presentation remote or trackpad
Limitations
- Both devices need the app installed and paired
- Built around a KDE desktop, so other environments may get fewer integrations
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download, with an option to donate to KDE.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- KDE
- Platforms
- Linux, Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Linux desktop users who want their phone and computer to work together
- Categories
- System utilities, File sync
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to KDE Connect
Compare allSoftware that can replace KDE Connect for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
GSConnect
A GNOME Shell extension that implements KDE Connect to link your phone with the desktop.
GSConnect implements KDE Connect as a GNOME Shell extension, works with the same mobile apps and adds Nautilus integration, but it only runs on the GNOME desktop.
Valent
A GTK desktop app that connects your computer and phone over the KDE Connect protocol.
Valent speaks the KDE Connect protocol with a native GTK interface for GNOME-style desktops, sharing files and notifications, but it runs only on Linux desktops.
Pushbullet
A service that links phones and computers for sending pushes, sharing files and mirroring SMS.
Pushbullet sends files and mirrors SMS between Android and Windows, macOS or the web, but it is proprietary and depends on Pushbullet's servers.
Join
An app for sending links, files and notifications between an Android phone and other devices.
Join pushes links, files, clipboard and notifications from Android to Windows, macOS, Linux and browsers and adds Tasker integration, but it is paid and closed source.
AirDroid
A service for transferring files between Android phones and computers and controlling devices remotely.
AirDroid moves files between Android and computers and adds remote control, but relies on a closed-source hosted service.
KDE Connect as an alternative
Listings that name KDE Connect as an alternative.
LANDrop
A cross-platform app for sending files to other devices on the same local network.
KDE Connect links a phone and a Linux computer for files, notifications and remote control, but both devices must be paired and it centres on KDE.
Quick Share
Google's wireless file sharing between Android devices and Windows PCs.
KDE Connect is open source and links Android to Linux computers for files, notifications and remote control, rather than Windows PCs.
RQuickShare
An open-source Quick Share client for Linux and macOS that exchanges files with Android devices.
KDE Connect links Linux computers and Android phones for files, notifications and remote control, but requires its app on the phone.
Warpinator
Linux Mint's app for sending and receiving files between computers on the same local network.
KDE Connect sends files between a Linux computer and an Android phone and adds notifications and remote controls, but both devices must be installed and paired.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
LocalSend
Sends files between nearby devices over your own network, with no account, server or internet connection.
ClipCascade
A self-hostable, open-source utility that automatically syncs clipboard contents across devices.
