Use phone to check status of currently running process on laptop

Question

I have two laptops (Mac + Linux) and one phone (iPhone). Sometimes, my girlfriend has me download a large media file on one of the laptops. I&rsquo;m quite lazy, and would like to check the download status while using my phone in another room.Thoughts? App suggestions? Scripts? Mac, Linux, and/or cross-platform suggestions all welcome.In fact, I&rsquo;m lazy enough to be willing to get an Android phone and/or Windows laptop. Really, pretty much any combo that would allow me to take quick glances at the download status.

compressedgas · Accepted Answer

I think I would recommend http://ariang.mayswind.net/ https://github.com/mayswind/AriaNg which is a web interface to https://aria2.github.io/You must have a new enough aria2 that has the --rpc-allow-origin-all option: aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-allow-origin-all.

tomcam · Answer

If you are super fit, ignore me. I am not. You might reconsider the lazy way. I use occasions like this to get me out of my seat. Consequently I go up and down a very steep set of stairs about 30 times a day. That can&rsquo;t be bad for me.

smabie · Answer

You're lazy enough to be willing to buy a windows laptop to put in a room to check the download status of a computer in another room?

solmanac · Answer

How abut ssh from termux installed on your phone?

muzzletov · Answer

I wrote an sse http server for that exact reason, that you can pipe data into from a posix terminal

phendrenad2 · Answer

Use the Twitter API to send yourself a private message every 5% completion.

suyula · Answer

I use Transmission, which has a web interface for this.