Greetings lemmings
I can’t seem to find a verdict on the use of syncthing fork these days.
I know there was turmoil around the repo owner changing hands, and the lack of communication around it.
Looking to see what folks are using these days for Syncthing on android.
Any and all info on this welcomed!
I still use Syncthing-Fork. It also is available in F-Droid. There are some other apps like BasicSync or SyncUp in F-Droid. Maybe you can try those.
Mostly out of the loop, I use this fork as well. Apps distributed on the F-Droid repo are OSS, built from source, and screened for malware.
If the fork is no longer maintained I expect it to be removed from the repo, that should be announced on the blog with the regular app news.
It is maintained, there is just a different lead dev.
I’ve raised this question a little while ago: https://lemmy.ml/post/47046615
My personal conclusion was to use BasicSync. It’s a minimal wrapper around the upstream shared codebase of syncthing itself, and it’s so far been very stable and reliable. Security-wise and in terms of risks of abandonment, this approach also makes sense for me. I use it since.
I did install this, and I am lliking it’s simplicity and reliance on Syncthing itself for configuration.
Syncthig Fork is fine.
syncthing fork ran just fine always enabled. Basicsync seems to suck down my battery like crazy
I use the version before the change. There’s some easy instructions to run it as a Linux package (? Sorry not sure of the terminology) as android can do that. The only issue is you dont have a direct GUI and need to use the web interface. I believe its much smaller and more efficient than any app, not to mention uses the “official” version.
I just started using BasicSync and I like how it’s basically just the regular webUI
I just started using BasicSync, and can agree. The fact that it is more reliant on the UI from Syncthing rather than a UI on top of Syncthing is appreciated. Super simple.
