KDE Connect
Empowers seamless interaction between devices, offering notifications, SMS replies, music control, file sharing, volume control, secure connections, and cross-platform compatibility.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
- KDE Plasma
- F-Droid
- Sailfish OS
- Plasma Mobile
- Chocolatey
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Share Clipboard
- Remote media control
- Send & Receive SMS
- Real-time sync
- Integrated File Sharing
- Large File Transfer
- Ad-free
- Remote File Access
- Battery level report
- Live Push Notifications
- No registration required
- Remote music control
- No Tracking
- Universal clipboard
- Cross-Platform
- Dark Mode
- Video Calling
KDE Plasma integration- Browser integration
- VoiP Calls
- Audio Calling
- Virtual KVM Switch
KDE Connect News & Activities
Recent News
- Fla published news article about Linux Lite
Linux Lite 7.8 releases 12 rewritten apps and expands software selectionLinux Lite 7.8 introduces 12 key applications fully rewritten with Python and GTK4 as the distribut...
- POX published news article about KDE Connect
KDE Connect 2.0: A Major Upgrade for Seamless Device ConnectivityAfter a decade of development, KDE Connect, the app that connects phones, laptops, and desktop comp...
Recent activities
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A really good tool that I use for … just remote mouse control, playing/pausing multimedia, or mobile notifications and the ability to reply to them. For everything else – whether it’s contacts, the calendar, text messages, calls or files on the mobile – I use MyPhoneExplorer, which, although it’s proprietary software, is (as far as I can tell) developed solely by a German developer in his spare time. I believe I’ve understood that KDE Connect was actually designed to turn the mobile into a...
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CyderCoder added KDE Connect as alternative to Doorstep
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What is KDE Connect?
KDE Connect is a software that facilitates inter-device communication. It allows users to receive phone notifications and reply to messages on desktop computers. It also enables control of desktop music from a phone, and the execution of predefined commands on a PC from connected devices. Users can monitor a phone's battery level, ring the phone, and share files and links between devices. It also allows browsing a phone from a desktop, controlling the desktop's volume using a phone, and sending SMS from the desktop.
KDE Connect information
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Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 4.4Alternatives
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- English
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Comments and Reviews
Easy and seamless way to integrate your Android phone with Linux desktop. Completely free (as in money AND as in freedom), lets you see your notifications on PC, receive and send SMS, control media playback, share files, emulate mouse and keyboard input with phone touchscreen and more!
The desktop application is ok. It lacks UX, and the iPhone application as of Dec 2023 is unusable, because it requires to be on foreground and it has just a bunch of basic features implemented. It's very rough around the edges.
You said its ok, why did you give it 1 star?
@PearOfJudes for everything I said after that...
A really good tool that I use for … just remote mouse control, playing/pausing multimedia, or mobile notifications and the ability to reply to them. For everything else – whether it’s contacts, the calendar, text messages, calls or files on the mobile – I use MyPhoneExplorer, which, although it’s proprietary software, is (as far as I can tell) developed solely by a German developer in his spare time. I believe I’ve understood that KDE Connect was actually designed to turn the mobile into a ‘remote control’ for the PC. Even file transfers are a right faff. I don’t understand how to do it via Wi-Fi, so I can only do it via Bluetooth.
Has a basic set of functions, great for file sharing, you can pair your mobile devices with one another, perfect if you don't need anything else. Is intended for use with your own devices. calling it a remote control tool is a bit of an overstatement as it has no screen mirroring.
KDE Connect does basically anything you could want between any two devices you have. For example, I use the "Share Input Devices" plugin to share my mouse and keyboard across two different desktops over the network; no separate app required! Like many KDE apps, the UI isn't that great, but it does what I need.
Super easy & convenient to use. Easy to install. Easy set up. Nice feature to be able to use your phone as your mouse/keyboard and send commands to your PC. I really only wanted to connect my phone so this went above and beyond expectations an d I was pleasantly surprised.
very easy to install and use, I was looking for a multimedia remote control and I found a lot of very useful functions, for controlling slides, sending files, remote mouse, and keyboard, etc