A native KDE Connect implementation for the COSMIC Desktop, written in Rust.
Many features are working but you may encounter bugs — please report them via GitHub Issues.
✅ Supported Features
- Device Pairing / Unpairing
- Battery Monitor
- Clipboard Sync (bidirectional)
- Connectivity Report (signal strength / network type)
- Contacts Sync
- Find My Phone
- MPRIS / Media Control (exposed via D-Bus MPRIS2 to COSMIC panel)
- Notifications (receive, action, reply)
- Ping
- Run Commands
- Share Files & URLs (send files, receive files and URLs)
- SMS (conversations, send/receive)
- Plugin Enable / Disable per device
🚧 Features Not Yet Supported
- MousePad / Remote Input
- Presenter Mode
- SFTP / Browse Device
- System Volume
- Telephony
- Virtual Display
Installing from COSMIC Flatpak Repository
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --user cosmic https://apt.pop-os.org/cosmic/cosmic.flatpakrepo
flatpak install --user io.github.hepp3n.kdeconnect- rustup.rs
libxkbcommon-dev(required on some distros — if the build fails, install this first)justcommand runner
git clone https://github.com/hepp3n/kdeconnect.git
cd kdeconnect
just build
just installThe service starts automatically on next login via D-Bus activation and XDG autostart.
For journalctl logging and systemctl control instead of D-Bus activation:
just install-systemd
just enable-serviceNote: You may need to log out and back in for the applet to appear in the COSMIC panel. Once logged back in, go to COSMIC Settings → Desktop → Panel → Configure Panel Applets and add KDE Connect.
Full logging for both the service and panel applet:
just install-debug- Service logs →
/tmp/kdeconnect-service.log - Applet logs →
/tmp/kdeconnect-applet.log
Restore to standard install with just install.
just uninstallRequires flatpak-builder:
flatpak-builder --force-clean --user --install-deps-from=flathub --repo=repo --install builddir io.github.hepp3n.kdeconnect.json