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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] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Syncthing-Fork

It's been around for several years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months 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 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also attributed to burnout.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

google's fuckery would burn me out too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

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] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting, I'd heard of the name but never looked into it. Is it better than Syncthing or is that simply what you tried first and have been fine with?