Which syncthing app is recommended nowadays? Does anyone know their trade-offs? The screenshot is from F-Droid, with the first three on the list updated quite recently.

I’m mostly interested in reputation, stability and no additional security overhead compared to upstream Syncthing project. (But still auto-disabled sync when on low battery, or without WiFi.)

And a reminder. The old Syncthing Android is out-of-date for 17 months now. Repeating this a little bit in case someone didn’t notice yet.

    • vas@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 days ago

      UPD: actually, after considering @trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone’s points here, I’ve realized that BasicSync really appeals to me. It’s a minimal layer above the main Syncthing project. The web interface is good enough for me (I actually really like it!)

    • vas@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 days ago

      Thanks! Looks like a solid oprltion based on the comments so far.

      // I’ve actually tried Termux-based solution first, but quickly realised it’s not meant for non-technical people. And I like compatibility and shared knowledge with that group, so for now it’s Syncthing-fork for me.

  • trem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I switched to BasicSync a few days ago. No idea about reputation.
    It’s a thin wrapper around Syncthing, which just gives you access to the web-UI, and can pause syncing depending on different conditions, like whether you’re on battery or a mobile connection.

    Just feels like a sensible approach to me. I don’t need a native UI for setting up the syncing once in a blue moon. Obviously, you still don’t know that it isn’t malware, but I don’t need to trust the author as much that they’ll keep maintaining it, because it’s magnitudes less work to do so. And it’s just as well easier for a fork to succeed, should the author disappear.

    • vas@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 days ago

      Adding to your points, it’s also 27 Mb, instead of 64 Mb Syncthing-fork 🤔

      (As in, most phones would handle +37 Megabytes, but less code = less things going mysteriously wrong and less attack surface.)

    • vas@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 days ago

      Thanks for the attempted help! Though this post is all about the Android story. The FOSS-oriented F-Droid, those four forks, etc.

      • Steve@mastodon.au
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        3 days ago

        @vas Oops. I saw iPhone mentioned in your screenshot and had tried one of the apps in your list on iOS and then added 2 and 2 and came up with 13 😬