any cool ideas what i could do with termux? - eviltoast
  • Kevin@lemmy.ca
    22·
    1 year ago

    Termux is awesome! I use it for a bunch of things:

    • sshing into servers and my home when I’m out and about
    • using croc to transfer files
    • making videos I’m going to send people smaller with ffmpeg
    • downloading stuff with yt-dlp
    • giving myself access to the sandbox + /sdcard from other computers by running an ssh server
    • scripting phone stuff (like taking photos) with the api
    • running weechat locally, which I can then connect to with weechat android
    • using vim
    • probably a bunch of other things I’m forgetting
        • Kevin@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s pretty much where I’m at too, and I find it easier to get to the file(s) I want to send through the cli. No judgement to anyone who prefers the gui though!

    • ouch@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      Does croc relay pass only metadata about the client addresses, or is the data itself sent via the relay?

      • Kevin@lemmy.ca
        2·
        1 year ago

        As far as I know the relay just NAT busts, after that it’s encrypted p2p.

    • noddy@beehaw.org
      3·
      1 year ago

      Using termux for SSH as well. Haven’t heard about croc before. Are there advantages over copying files with ssh (scp) for example?

      • Kevin@lemmy.ca
        2·
        1 year ago

        The main advantages for me are:

        1. You don’t need to swap ssh keys, which makes it great for setting up new systems I haven’t connected to everything else yet (or don’t plan to)
        2. It’s cross platform
        3. The devices don’t need to be on the same network (it NAT busts too)