• So, you’re basically running the KDE infrastructure, just not using the KDE WM? Have you done a ps and counted the number of KDE services that are running, just to run KDE Connect?

    Here are the (KDE) dependencies on the Arch KDE Connect package:

    kcmutils 
    kconfig
    kcoreaddons 
    kcrash
    kdbusaddons
    kdeclarative
    kguiaddons
    ki18n
    kiconthemes
    kio
    kirigami
    kirigami-addons                               kitemmodels
    kjobwidgets
    knotifications
    kpeople
    kservice
    kstatusnotifieritem                           kwidgetsaddons
    kwindowsystem
    pulseaudio-qt
    qqc2-desktop-style
    qt6-base
    qt6-connectivity
    qt6-declarative
    qt6-multimedia
    qt6-wayland
    

    When you run KDE Connect, you’re running most of the KDE Desktop and Qt; you’re just not using it.

    Have you ever tried running it headless? I have; it doesn’t work.