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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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[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
NAS Network-Attached Storage
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol for encrypted file transfer, over SSH
SMB Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native
SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access

4 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 10 acronyms.

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