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Comment by kvemkon | original | Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

[−]kvemkon · 2026-08-29 Sat 17:29 UTC · link

Is there an easy way to share iOS clipboard to Linux directly using local WiFi without going through any cloud?

Edit: clarification in my reply later in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49492003

[−]cpuguy83 · 2026-08-29 Sat 17:58 UTC · link

"Easy" is subjective, but tether seems like it would do this? There is also kdeconnect (don't let the "KDE" fool you).

[−]kvemkon · 2026-08-29 Sat 18:13 UTC · link

That's what I thought at first but then discovered:

> universal clipboard is synchronized over internet, it is not done trough cable connection. it uses apple continuity service, what you put into UC is uploaded into apple cloud,..

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/...

That's why I'm a bit confused now.

> don't let the "KDE" fool you

Being GNOME2-then-MATE user, it really would.

[−]inigyou · 2026-08-29 Sat 21:09 UTC · link

It's a project by KDE, but it doesn't require you to use the KDE desktop environment. I'm sure it integrates with that but it doesn't require it.

[−]cassianoleal · 2026-08-29 Sat 18:03 UTC · link

Literally OP does this. It doesn't share it automatically like iOS-to-macOS integration but you open the app, click a button - job done.

[−]bestnameever · 2026-08-29 Sat 18:06 UTC · link

You can use the app that is the subject of this thread:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tether-linux-companion/id67620...