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title = "Jocalsend: actually useful software if you're a weirdo like me" title = "Jocalsend: actually useful software if you're a weirdo like me"
slug = "jocalsend" slug = "jocalsend"
date = "2025-08-22" date = "2025-08-22"
updated = "2025-08-22" updated = "2025-08-23"
[taxonomies] [taxonomies]
tags = ["software", "sundry", "proclamation", "localfirst", "useful", "p2p"] tags = ["software", "sundry", "proclamation", "localfirst", "useful", "p2p"]
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Recently, I released a program called Recently, I released a program called
[`jocalsend`](https://git.kittencollective.com/nebkor/joecalsend), which is a play on [`jocalsend`](https://git.kittencollective.com/nebkor/joecalsend), which is a play on
"[LocalSend](https://localsend.org/)". LocalSend is, in its own words, " a free, "[LocalSend](https://localsend.org/)". LocalSend is, in its own words, "a free,
open-source app that allows you to securely share files and messages with nearby devices over your open-source app that allows you to securely share files and messages with nearby devices over your
local network without needing an internet connection." You can think of it as a sort of "we have local network without needing an internet connection." You can think of it as a sort of "we have
[AirDrop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop) at home", where "home" is non-Apple devices and [AirDrop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop) at home", where "home" is non-Apple devices and
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cargo install jocalsend cargo install jocalsend
``` ```
which will install the `jocalsend` program to `$HOME/.cargo/bin`; add that directory to you `$PATH` which will install the `jocalsend` program to `$HOME/.cargo/bin`; add that directory to your `$PATH`
and then you can run `jocalsend` from the command line: and then you can run `jocalsend` from the command line:
``` ```
@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ then `enter` to send, and you can see a preview on the mobile device:
![receiving text on the mobile app](./receiving_text_on_phone.png) ![receiving text on the mobile app](./receiving_text_on_phone.png)
And that's all pretty much there is! And that's pretty much all there is!
## Wrapping up ## Wrapping up
Anyway, it's been pretty fun making jocalsend. I now use it daily, and every time I do, I'm pretty Anyway, I've had fun making jocalsend. I now use it daily, and every time I do, I'm pretty
darned pleased with myself. If you're a weirdo like me who doesn't use Apple stuff, maybe this would darned pleased with myself. If you're a weirdo like me who doesn't use Apple stuff, maybe this would
be useful for you, too. be useful for you, too.
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[^cargo]: I honestly don't really get the naming theme with Rust, cargo, and crates; are crates typically rusty? I usually think of them as being made of wood. [^cargo]: I honestly don't really get the naming theme with Rust, cargo, and crates; are crates typically rusty? I usually think of them as being made of wood.
[^nixpkgs]: I wasn't the one who added to to nixpkgs; a total stranger who is a nixpkgs maintainer saw that it had been featured [^nixpkgs]: I wasn't the one who added it to nixpkgs; a total stranger who is a nixpkgs maintainer saw that it had been featured
as the ["terminal tool of the week"](https://terminaltrove.com/jocalsend/) on a site called as the ["terminal tool of the week"](https://terminaltrove.com/jocalsend/) on a site called
Terminal Trove, thought it was neat, and [added it](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/435106). Terminal Trove, thought it was neat, and [added it](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/435106).