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Announcement by the creator: https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-android/23002

Unfortunately I don’t have good news on the state of the android app: I am retiring it. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version.

Reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app!

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[-] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 31 points 1 day ago

Cool, now I have to find something else to sync my Obsidian vault to my phone. It just worked! Fuck. =____=

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 day ago

As noted elsewhere Syncthing-Fork is still going strong, and a drop-in replacement, it's on F-Droid.

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[-] paperd@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago

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

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[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I can only hope the company makes the iOS client (Möbius) decides they need syncthing to continue and decide to get behind it.

As I recall, they use Syncthing as a solution in their business, this would be a big-break for them.

mobiussync.com

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 7 points 1 day ago

It says "unlimited file sync is a $5 in-app unlock" so I'm guessing they can make money. Main problem is the apple developer fees that will eat the profit of the first 25 sales each year

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[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

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
[-] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Also a fork that has been ongoing for years, syncthing-fork.

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[-] MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

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.

[-] rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

Somene asked in an issue about this subject, maybe answers are gonna be posted here : https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1149

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[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago

This is going ro leave a shit-ton of people dead in the water.

[-] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

The way i understand it, this stops maintenance for Syncthing, but Syncthing-fork in fdroid will continue its development and support as usual. Both show if you do a Syncthing search in fdroid. The fork is more up to date with features.

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[-] blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io 12 points 1 day ago

The app is not going to suddenly stop working, and it's unlikely to do so before a replacement appears.

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[-] rozlav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago

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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[-] xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 day ago

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?

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