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Want to sync files from Linux PC to Android phone (piefed.social)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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... without using any variation of Syncthing.

My phone is usually on the same Wifi network as my PC, so some sort of auto-syncing via wifi would be great. Like how Immich syncs from the phone to my server, in an almost totally hands-off way.

What are the best non-Syncthing FOSS phone and PC file sync options these days?

Thanks!

ETA: Sorry, sorry, I should have explained: I no longer trust any variant of Syncthing. The wild chain of events last year left me completely questioning what was going on with that code base. I struggle with trust issues for FOSS software every so often and once I feel things have gone awry, I can't go back again. Plus, I really want to know about what's new and interesting right now.

Link to one conversation about Syncthing's events, if you are out of the loop:
https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/@surfhosting/115674236291033568

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago

Not really.

Resilio has a Selective Sync feature, where it keeps an index at each client, and you select which files to sync in the moment. Works very well, I use it to access (mostly) all my media files (but actually any file on my NAS).

I don't replace Syncthing with it because it's very memory intense (keeps the index in ram) and notably harder on battery than Syncthing.

But it works very well - it could replace Syncthing if you wanted.

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