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Does anyone know why it was forked and the fork got all the improvements while the official app is in the exact same state of when it was launched years ago?
It was because all the proposals got rejected?
Because if he rejected all the improvements I don't really understand why he's saying "nobody wants to help development"
Hoping it remains viable for a long time without updates. Syncing my KeePass database is really key for me. I need to fluidly add and read passwords from at least 3 devices.
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.
With today's BitWarden drama, I planned to use KeePass with SyncThing for like an hour before seeing this :(((
OH NO, I hope the fork will continue for a bit otherwise I'm so cooked 🥶🥶🥶
Just got into using Syncthing for my home network, was thinking I should add it to my phone. Makes sense it dies the instant I consider it
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.
this is your fault.
I'm a fucking albatross, I know... Or whatever that sailor's curse bird is I forget. A crested wank.
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
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
Oh No! This is terrible news. This IMHO is one of the most irreplaceable projects out there. I don't know of another cross-platform local file syncing app that comes anywhere close to this. I hope that it can continue even if it's not through the Play Store.
Google seems to be torpedoing open source developments with a number of decisions lately. Maybe they see F-Droid as a threat now that EU is making them open competition? Maybe they just don't care.
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
Cool, now I have to find something else to sync my Obsidian vault to my phone. It just worked! Fuck. =____=
As noted elsewhere Syncthing-Fork is still going strong, and a drop-in replacement, it's on F-Droid.
Do you know if I need to reconfigure my folders?
I guess if the transition is not smooth there is still time for them to adapt something until the very end...
On another hand, it seems like we all deposited all our eggs in one basket huh?
I really can't think of many Synching replacements... Even when I know there are a few.
Not sure, but it is still active with like 80 contributors. It's much the same as the original with a couple of extra features and more languages, so transition should be minimally painful, maybe even export - import level. I've been using it for years as I saw the original wasn't very active, but they're pretty much (essential) feature complete and stable, which is good. Apparently, google thinks that's bad.
This is going ro leave a shit-ton of people dead in the water.
The app is not going to suddenly stop working, and it's unlikely to do so before a replacement appears.
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
Also a fork that has been ongoing for years, syncthing-fork.
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.
Somene asked in an issue about this subject, maybe answers are gonna be posted here : https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1149
Any news about the fork of it? https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android-fdroid
Somene opened an issue about it, maybe answers are gonna be posted here : https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1149
I've always just used Folder Sync + an ssh server, if people are looking for alternatives.
That takes a lot more effort.
With Syncthing, I don't have to setup a server, poke holes in my firewall/expose ports, etc.
Plus Foldersync is way harder on battery, I've experimented a lot.
And I've used Foldersync since at least 2010 - it's great, really has it's uses.