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what's the problem with syncthing?
I am assuming this is referring to the recent drama around syncthing-fork, which made a lot of people question its safety.
But in the meantime another app called BasicSync jumped into that gap.
First I’m hearing of BasicSync. Thanks for mentioning it.
Be careful when you set it up. Make sure to enable file system access before you start syncing. I think it got fixed in the release a few days ago, but before that BasicSync thought without file system access that you had an empty folder and deleted all files on the remote directory. Happened to me.
Other than that it works as expected, quite happy with it.
It's a little wonky getting it set up at first, but once it's going it's fine.
Android file permissions are goofy.
I always have issues with syncthing. Either when I am changing devices which would be okay, but oftentimes i find out it didnt sync for a long time and i always have to open the app on the phone and web interface on the computer to start it up again. Not sure why.. So I am in market for alternatives as well...
Check out Resilio.
I've used both for 10 years now, rarely have issues with either, and I sync (with Syncthing) hundreds of gigs between about 8 devices, with about 20 different sync jobs, every day.
You do have to configure ST exactly how you want it, and know what that means.
I've been able to move the config 3 times now as I've migrated systems - you stop the service, copy the config files (ensuring the new system has the same folder structure), then start it there. Not for the faint of heart.
I do think Resilio is a little more robust, but it's much harder on memory/battery for mobile - so much so I don't let it just run on my phone and only use it when I want to sync specific files over (using it's Selective Sync feature).
Hi, thanks for the tip. Resilio doesn't seem to be open source, right? I think that is very important for me, I can not let something access my files if i can't check what exactly does it do.
The only problem I've has is when a file or folder name contained certain emoji. Some worked, some didn't. No idea why. So I just renamed them and everything was fine.