LinLink v1.1.0 – Sender-First QR Phone-to-Phone Transfer & Privacy Mode

LinLink v1.1.0 🔗📱💻

A seamless, fast, and secure local companion bridge for Android ↔ Linux and Android ↔ Android, with zero cloud dependency.

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✨ What's New & Changes in v1.1.0

📲⚡📱 Sender-First Phone-to-Phone QR File Transfer

Re-engineered the phone-to-phone transfer mechanism to a fast, sender-initiated flow:

• Pick First, Share Instantly: Sender taps "Send Files" to pick photos, videos, apps, or documents.
• Dynamic Transfer QR: A unique session QR code is generated containing the queued files and local network endpoint.
• Scan & Auto-Download: Receiver taps "Receive Files" to scan the QR code. All staged files download automatically to Downloads/LinLink without manual pairing steps.
• Works 100% locally over Wi-Fi or Personal Hotspot with zero mobile data or internet.

🛡️ Strict Privacy Mode

• No Directory Snooping: Phone-to-phone connections strictly block remote folder browsing (/fs/list) with HTTP 403 Forbidden.
• Peers can only download files that were explicitly selected and shared by the sender.

📋 Background Clipboard Service

• Added native Android foreground service support for persistent background clipboard sync.
• Live persistent notification showing active sync status.
• Full Wayland and X11 bi-directional clipboard synchronization.

💻 Terminal Shell Improvements

• Fixed terminal screen clearing (clear / cls) behavior in linlink shell.

🎨 UI Refinements & Fixes

• New PhoneSendDialog modal displaying queued file previews, total sizes, and network IP selector.
• Resolved navigation bar layout overflow issues across various screen aspect ratios.

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🚀 Supported Connections

Connection	Support	Details
📱 Android → Android	✅	New: Sender-first QR pick & auto-download
💻 Linux → Android	✅	Browse Linux filesystem & download to phone
📱 Android → Linux	✅	Direct upload via SAF File Picker or terminal
📋 Clipboard Sync	✅	Real-time bi-directional (Wayland & X11) + Background service
💻 Linux Terminal Shell	✅	Interactive terminal management (linlink shell)
🛡️ Privacy Shield	✅	Blocks peer storage inspection
⚙️ systemd Service	✅	Background companion daemon with auto-start

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📦 LinLink v1.1.0

LinLink v1.1.0 brings the all-new sender-first QR file transfer between phones, strict privacy protections against storage snooping, persistent background clipboard syncing, and UI/terminal stability improvements.

LinLink v1.0.0 — Initial Release

LinLink v1.0.0 🔗📱💻

A seamless, fast, and secure local companion bridge for Android ↔ Linux, with zero cloud dependency.

✨ Highlights & Key Features

📱⚡📱 Android-to-Android P2P File Transfer

Share files, photos, videos, and documents directly between Android devices over local Wi-Fi or Hotspot, with zero mobile data usage.

💻⚡📱 Bidirectional Linux ↔ Android File Transfer

• Linux → Android: Browse files on your Linux system from your phone and download them directly to Android storage.
• Android → Linux: Upload files from Android to Linux using the native SAF File Picker or terminal commands.

💻📱 Interactive Linux Terminal Shell

Use the LinLink terminal shell to interact with your connected Android device directly from Linux.

linlink shell

Explore, upload, download, and manage files directly from your Linux terminal.

📋 Real-Time Bidirectional Clipboard Sync

Synchronize your clipboard between Linux and Android in real time.

• Linux → Android: Copy on Linux and paste on Android.
• Android → Linux: Copy on Android and paste on Linux.
• Supports both Wayland and X11.

🎨 Floating Glass Navigation Bar

A modern Material 3 interface featuring:

• Blurred glass navigation
• Smooth active-tab animations
• Clean and responsive UI

🔌 Instant Disconnect Notifications

Stopping LinLink on Linux with:

linlink stop

instantly resets the connection state on Android without waiting for connection timeouts.

⚙️ systemd User Service Integration

Run the LinLink daemon as a background user service with automatic startup when you log in to Linux.

🔒 Local & Secure

LinLink is designed with a local-first architecture. File transfers and device communication happen directly over the local network, with no cloud dependency.

🚀 Supported Connections

Connection | Support -- | -- 📱 Android → Android | ✅ 💻 Linux → Android | ✅ 📱 Android → Linux | ✅ 📋 Clipboard Sync | ✅ 💻 Linux Terminal Shell | ✅ ⚙️ systemd Service | ✅

📦 LinLink v1.0.0

The first release of LinLink brings fast local file sharing, Android ↔ Linux connectivity, terminal-based file management, clipboard synchronization, and a modern Material 3 experience — all without relying on the cloud.