Syncthing

“I use it and rely on it, and I haven't opened it in over a month. It works as a background service.”

“I use syncthing to a NAS, and the syncthing data being backed up by the NAS along everything else it contains.”

“Syncthing works very well, its only constraint is that it does need the devices to be often on if you want consistent syncing.”

“it happens automatically in almost real time as soon as the file is saved on one of my machines”

“Syncthing allows for time based backups folder so nothing can really be lost even in the case of ransomware attack.”

“So as long as my laptop and my desktop are both turned on I can trust they're always fully up-to-sync with each other”

“the syncing is entirely run on your machines; your data never ends up written to someone else's SSD.”

“the most popular third party android app is discontinued (I use the nerdily named syncthing-fork)”

“much as I love syncthing, I wouldn't recommend it to nontechnical people”

“Their official client stopped being developed and while there are options it isn't straightforward”

“Syncthing is the only app i need for syncing files to home computer. No clouds, just your phone and computer”

“You can use Syncthing for local E2EE sync, but it won't work on your mobile due to this. It works fantastic machine to machine.”

“It works perfectly fine if you're user that know how it works. I use it with Syncthing”

“It's simple to setup and will work forever instead of paying for different providers that might shut down or increase their prices.”

“maintaining that turned out to be more effort than my tiny attention span can afford these days”

“Free, opensource, works on computers and phones, can in most cases puncture nat, supports local discovery”

“Syncthing? I'm taking 'offline' to mean 'not requiring the internet', which means you can have plenty of computers!”

“Something with less config knobs, that 'just works' and handles conflicts more intelligently.”

“im using syncthing to sync freetube's settings/subscriptions between desktop and mobile”

“Syncthing keeps it all synced with my laptop. All working together seamlessly for years.”

“Syncthing keeps local copies of the files, so editing a photo inside a Synthing folder is like editing a normal file on your computer”

“provides an elegant way of providing some disk for a friend while maintaining privacy of the content”

“you're always thinking about if you're going to have to clean up a bunch of sync conflict files later”

“It sometimes takes a while for them to discover each other, and it of course works better when all the devices are on my home network.”

“there’s no good way to keep syncthing running all the time on iOS, which can lead to sync conflicts.”

“you might also consider something like Syncthing for sync without any cloud intermediary”

“Syncthing worked fast and basically flawlessly, better than either iCloud or Dropbox in my experience.”

“its so much simpler when you have the files stored locally, then syncing between devices is just something that can happen whenever”

“A service running in the background that exposes an "insecure" url for a browser to then open as the only means for GUI interaction with the app is not a great recommendation for everyday users.”

“Syncthing is the way! Along with the Material Files app from F-droid, I finally get to have a file based workflow on Android.”

“You can literally set up SyncThing to stream your on-device backups to your NAS, cloud storage, or whatever.”

“Syncthing is wonderful, and does a great job of syncing between an Android phone's photos/videos and a laptop.”

“Lost interest the momment I found out that all mobile clients for Syncthing are from third parties.”

“Things like Syncthing just aren't good enough if you don't also host a server that is always on.”

“try using Syncthing on iOS to keep your files synced across devices without having them uploaded to servers you don't control”

“auto-syncs between my desktop, laptop, Android tablet, phone and a generic cloud backup folder with SyncThing”

“Syncthing is definitely (much) more fiddly than using Bitwarden's and Obsidian's ($5/mo) native syncing tools.”

“I have it installed on my immediate family's devices to ensure all the photos are auto-backed-up to our NAS”

“It works well for smaller folders but it slows down to a crawl with folders that contain thousands of files.”

“Over years with >10k files / 100 gb, I've only ever had conflicts when I actually made conflicting simultaneous changes.”