Anyone else using (and liking) localsend?

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Is anyone else using (and liking) localsend? Following a post by Liam Proven recently on El Reg The Register I have tried it on android phones and opensuse 15.6 (yes I know) and 16.0 machines. It really does just what I need to allow easy inter-operation.

However, it’s not well documented for Leap 16.0, I try here to document how to do it:

First off, it’s only packaged as a Flatpak, so that has to be enabled. Then installation itself is the easy bit. But the firewall has to be configured manually:

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=external --add-port=53317/udp
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=external --add-port=53317/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload 
sudo systemctl restart firewalld.service

Clearly if your main zone is different (e.g. “Public”) you need to use that instead of “External”)

Happy transferring!

R.

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I normally use “rsync” or “scp” for copying files on the local network. Does “localsend” do anything other than copy files?

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Yes, much more. Files, links,entire folders…
In my case, typically urls sent in texts e.g. from GP that I want to open on desktop.

I don’t use apple, but apparently it provides similar functionality to AirDrop.

All machines must be reachable on LAN.

Take a look at the post I cited earlier: https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/05/15/localsend-puts-your-sneakernet-out-of-business/5241407