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I use Piknik: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
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Copy/paste anything over the network.
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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17 sourcesAlso Piknik: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
The first thing I install on any new computer.
In Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safelyExtra handy when combined with `piknik`[1] for distributed/cross-Apple account clipboard shenanigans.
[1] https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
In macOS command-line tools you might not know aboutThere is https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik and similar open source projects that implement their version of cross-machine copy/paste as a command-line program. There is https://symless.com/synergy, https://github.com/debauchee/barrier, and https://kdeconnect.kde.org/ that can synchronize your GUI clipboard. Browse GitHub topics (repository tags) like "clipboard", "shared-clipboard", and "clipboard-sync" to explore more options.
In Ask HN: How would you build copy and paste across computers?There's Piknik: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
In Clipboard: Cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminalThis remind me of https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik, except that's self hosted.
In Show HN: pbcopy/pbpaste across machines via Gitlab SnippetsFor securely sharing data online, you may also want to consider Piknik https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
In Modern Alternatives to PGPOr use Piknik: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
In Show HN: Send encrypted secrets from the command lineSee also: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
In Show HN: A cross platform app for mirroring the clipboard between synced devicesOr use Piknik https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
In Transfer.sh – File sharing from the command linemobile app would be great!
https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik/issues/3
In Piknik – Copy and paste anything over the networkPiknik – Copy and paste anything over the network
107 points · Open discussionAlso, Piknik: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
In Magic-Wormhole – Get things from one computer to another, safelyIn order to communicate confidential information using email, PGP remains the gold standard, and it's here to stay.
Using a different tool will just be annoying, and at many workplaces, people just can't install whatever software they want.
Sure, PGP isn't perfect. Or rather "tools leveraging the PGP format".
MacGPG is constantly broken after a new macOS update. Overall, all GUIs suck. Nobody's using the chain of trust mechanism (Keybase isn't great either but from a usability perspective, it's way better). And I have to go through my shell history every single time I need to do something with GPG using the command line.
But when it works and you can remember how to use it, it does the job.
From a crypto perspective, it is also totally fine, and GPG has had support for ECC for quite some time.
Besides email, if I have to quickly share thi
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ngs with my coworkers or transfer things between computers, I always use Piknik instead, because it's way more convenient to use: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
And Minisign for signing software, because it assumes that people can install software on their computer anyway: https://jedisct1.github.io/minisign/
But for email... I don't see PGP going away anytime soon.
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