Just got into using Syncthing for my home network, was thinking I should add it to my phone. Makes sense it dies the instant I consider it
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2024
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Lol, I was also looking at installing it last weekend.
I guess this thing is on the same connection as my stock choices.
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Oh No! This is terrible news. This IMHO is one of the most irreplaceable projects out there. I don't know of another cross-platform local file syncing app that comes anywhere close to this. I hope that it can continue even if it's not through the Play Store.
Google seems to be torpedoing open source developments with a number of decisions lately. Maybe they see F-Droid as a threat now that EU is making them open competition? Maybe they just don't care.
There is an android native GUI for syncthing in fdroid that looks like its still maintained: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android?tab=readme-ov-file
Somene opened an issue about it, maybe answers are gonna be posted here : https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1149
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Cool, now I have to find something else to sync my Obsidian vault to my phone. It just worked! Fuck. =____=
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I've always just used Folder Sync + an ssh server, if people are looking for alternatives.
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This is going ro leave a shit-ton of people dead in the water.
The app is not going to suddenly stop working, and it's unlikely to do so before a replacement appears.
Oh, yeah, he did mention there's another update for December. But it's still an issue for many people. Moving to privacy is convoluted enough, it's even rougher when you have to forcibly change your streamlines.
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I used it on an Android DAP to sync my music collection from my NAS after giving up on Folder sync due to its issues with new file detection breaking after a daylight savings time change. Synching was definitely more reliable but it takes ages to do the scan.
I've been using Syncthing-Fork (on F-Droid) for the extra features it has. I wonder if that developer will be able to continue.
Somene asked in an issue about this subject, maybe answers are gonna be posted here : https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1149
I just installed that on your recommendation.
Hoping for the best.
Here the link for anyone who wants to check it out.
For the F-droid enabled users, it seems there's a Syncthing app in the Termux repos:
~ $ apt show syncthing
Package: syncthing
Version: 1.28.0
Maintainer: @termux
Installed-Size: 26.4 MB
Homepage: https://syncthing.net/
Download-Size: 7857 kB
APT-Sources: https://packages.termux.dev/apt/termux-main stable/main aarch64 Packages
Description: Decentralized file synchronization
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Any news about the fork of it? https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android-fdroid
Somene opened an issue about it, maybe answers are gonna be posted here : https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1149
Not sure I understand the reasoning for discontinuing. Google standing in the way? Not enough f-droid users benefiting from it? It didn't see development cause it was already feature complete?
As they said the app needs ongoing maintenance.
oof. All I can do is thank you for the hard work that anybody's put into this, and I'm sad to see it go because I've been using this with my keypass for probably about a year now.
Really hoping the Graphene OS lawsuit allows for some Options to open up again!
Can you share what lawsuit you’re referring to? 🙏
Looks like they still haven't launched it yet. They just mentioned they would in this Ars Technica article.
Out of the loop. What is this app for?
It's a very stable, reliable, local, cross-platform file syncing that is pretty easy to set up. Basically, it allows you to have a shared folder (or folders) on multiple devices without using Google Drive, OneDrive, iCloud, etc.
Syncing things
Syncthing is application that sync folders across devices. This was the mobile version
It's a very convenient app to sync files between your devices. It's cro-platform and doesn't require any registrations.
Many people (me included) use it to sync their password databases.
Oh boy, just wanted to get into it. Damn sad, not of course understandable, the developers are only humans as well
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