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FOSS alternatives to Syncthing? (beehaw.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Other than having to make a workaround by creating an auto-syncing script through at least, like, probably 2 other apps... hmm...

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Syncthing-Fork

It's been around for several years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean aside from that, since the fork is based on the original. I already use it, but people are fearing that it, too, will follow soon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Maybe I'm out of the loop but, follow what soon? Did something happen to Syncthing?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Its discontinued by the dev because of google play restrictions so last update is in december 2024

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also attributed to burnout.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

google's fuckery would burn me out too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Even just watching other open source projects go through it is demoralizing to me, and I'm not a contributor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's incredibly sad. Hopefully Syncthing-fork can continue on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Clarification: syncthing was not discontinued, only the (3rd party) most popular android app for it was.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unlikely. The maintainer was pushing updates more frequently and sooner than the original app. it'll be fine

Otherwise, look into cryptomator. A completely different approach, it makes use of your existing cloud storage accounts, but at least more private then using those directly. It probably requires internet access all the time a file is accessed, though, but check the docs to be sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I use Cryptomator on desktop and Android and while I think it is a slightly different use case than syncthing, it can probably cover a lot of similar uses. And yeah, on Android you don't actually have a local copy of all your stuff, you can just upload, download, or edit text files.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It might not be what you're looking for, but I use rsync (the android client is syncopoli). You will have to do some light scripting though (but no other apps involved).