Made a Decky plugin to get stuff between my Deck and phone without cables – it now handles long clips, screenshots and ROMs

[u/WillRevolutionary61]

I got tired of the usual dance of Desktop Mode, cables or uploading to the cloud just to get a clip or a file off my Deck, so I made a plugin for it. It's called DeckyShare and it just updated to 1.3.

You scan a QR code with your phone and that's it. No app, everything happens in the phone's browser, and it works from a PC too.

What I actually use it for:

• Game clips longer than a minute. Steam won't send clips over 59 seconds to your phone. DeckyShare turns any recording into a normal MP4 right in Gaming Mode (no re-encoding, so it's quick and keeps the quality) and you download it on your phone.
• Screenshots. Pick a few, they show up on your phone as a little gallery. On iPhone, long press and save.
• ROMs. If you use EmuDeck or RetroDECK, supported ROMs you send from your phone or PC go straight into the right roms folder, SD card included. No more moving files around in Desktop Mode.
• Links and text. Send a link from your phone and open it on the Deck, or the other way round. There's also a button that types the text into whatever box is selected, which is great for long passwords.

It also remembers your phone, so after a reboot you just open the page again without scanning anything.

Install (it's not in the Decky store): turn on Developer mode in Decky, then Install Plugin from URL and paste: https://github.com/gillrajvir950-wq/deckyshare/releases/latest/download/DeckyShare.zip

GitHub: https://github.com/gillrajvir950-wq/deckyshare

Speed depends a lot on your Wi-Fi. Close to the router on 5 GHz I get 20+ MB/s, with a weak signal it drops a lot.

I've mostly tested it with an iPhone, so if you're on Android I'd really like to know if anything breaks. Full disclosure: I built a good part of this with AI coding tools. It's open source, so have a look if you're curious.