Status of syncthing-fork on Android? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Are anyone up-to-date on the status of the syncthing-fork on Android, following the drama of catfriend1's sudden disappearance and the less-than-trust-building behavior of researchxxl? Did they rebuild that trust? Was it forked again by someone more trustworthy?

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[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 16 points 1 week ago

Syncthing-Fork is apparently fine.

I had freaked out over it briefly but someone had linked to proof that the handover was legit: https://old.reddit.com/comments/1tfldu7 (Yes, I know linking here is that-which-shall-not-be-done-on-Lemmy but the discussions were interesting and are worth reading.)

With that said, I actually like BasicSync's design more than -Fork anyway so I'm sticking to BasicSync for now. I think either is fine.

[-] greencoil@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Have you noticed any change in battery performance on BasicSync? I've been thinking about switching over; aside from the poor dev transition/communication, the new version by ResearchXXL started chewing through my battery life. Used an older version of the app and confirmed that it used less energy, but was too concerned about possible security exploits in what is a very popular p2p application with extensive file permissions...

[-] Dymonika@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have noticed no difference but I'm also one of those users who only sync while their phone is charging (especially because I have a synced computer on less than half the time, so it's a waste of energy to have my phone constantly seek for my other devices online), so I don't know if my experience is relevant if your syncing is constant.

I like to fine-tune my control based on charging in case I experience data loss once in a blue moon, to eliminate panic about the loss immediately daisy-chaining to other devices. I guess I don't understand/trust how file retrieval through the trash system works...

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the link - I'll dig into that tomorrow!

I am also going to check more into BasicSync.

[-] prism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

I know I'm not directly answering your question but I switched from Catfriend's last build to BasicSync. Sure, it doesn't have the same bells and whistles as Syncthing Fork but importing worked fine and it's been rock solid since. If you've ever used the Syncthing web UI on desktop you'll be fine. Plus the developer is well known in the Android development circle.

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the recommendation. I see that the developer of BasicSync has also createed pull requests in researchxxl's repository which I guess would not happen if there was a general distrust among those who are close to the development.

[-] CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Why is BasicSync reaching some cloud domains? I used it but noticed they're constantly reaching some remote endpoint. So I ended up staying on Syncthing-Fork

[-] prism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

Maybe it's the endpoint Syncthing uses for NAT traversal or fetching the relay list. Other than that I'm not sure but you could ask the developer, they respond to questions quickly.

[-] n4sdaq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I recently switched to BasicSync as well. I had Syncthing-Fork from the F-Droid. Then I switched to the Play Store version. For whatever reason, it wouldn't keep connection to my server. BasicSync is always able to reconnect and I was easily able to reuse my previous Syncthing-Fork config.

[-] trewq@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

FWIW, syncthing-fork in F-droid has link to researchxxl's github. The package name still catfriend1 though. https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncthingfork/ Trustworthiness is still a question mark though, hence I've not installed in my phone.

[-] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

I seem to remember that F-Droid halted the updates while the confusion was at a maximum - that it is "back to normal" is perhaps somewhat of a sign that things have sorted themselves? Catfriend1 is also making contributions to the repository, but I guess there's no guarantee that it's really the same person?

[-] WuxinGoat@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I was wondering this myself

[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

If you are still unsure you can download Termux and use the official Syncthing package.

[-] Novocirab@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In case someone needs an alternative, the SambaLite app by edgels from F-Droid is pretty easy to use (requiring a Samba setup on your PC, of course).

[-] dieTasse@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Or cifs documet provider if you want it mounted. Syncthing fork is safe, but I had issues lately, syncthing just not syncing automatically, so much so that I stopped using syncthing altogether.