KDE Connect

KDE Connect is a multi-platform application developed by KDE, which facilitates wireless communications and data transfer between devices over local networks.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} KDE Connect is available in the repositories of many Linux Distributions and F-Droid,^[11] Google Play Store^[12] for Android. Often, distributions bundle KDE Connect in their KDE Plasma desktop variant. KDE Connect has been reimplemented in the GNOME desktop environment as GSConnect, which can be obtained from GNOME Extension Store.^[13] Since 2021, KDE Connect has also been available on Windows,^[14] and it is available as an unstable nightly build on macOS.^[15]

KDE Connect
Developer(s)	KDE
Initial release	2013; 12 years ago (2013)
Stable release(s)
KDE 24.12.0[1]  / 2 December 2024 Android 1.32.11[2]  / 18 January 2025 iOS 0.4.3[3]  / 25 January 2025
Repository	invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-kde
Written in	C++
Operating system	Linux, macOS, Windows,[4] Android, iOS,[5] Sailfish OS
License	LGPL, GPL
Website	kdeconnect.kde.org

Mechanism

KDE Connect utilizes various DBus interfaces from UI agnostic Libraries for a specific operating system for its functioning.^[16]

Features

• Shared clipboard: copy and paste between a phone, a computer, any other device
• Notification sync: Read and reply to Android notifications from the desktop
• Share files and URLs instantly from one device to another, including some file system integration
• Multimedia remote control: Use a phone as the remote for Linux media players
• Virtual touchpad: Use a phone's screen as a touchpad and keyboard
• Presentation remote: Advance presentation slides using a phone^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

Encryption

KDE Connect uses Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption protocol for communication. It uses SFTP to mount devices and to send files.