Where does this whole controversy stand right now? Any of you went back to using it? If not, what are the alternatives? I'm pretty dependent on it but in no way informed enough to analyse this on my own
Where does this whole controversy stand right now? Any of you went back to using it? If not, what are the alternatives? I'm pretty dependent on it but in no way informed enough to analyse this on my own
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Lemmchen@feddit.org · 78 pts · 224d
There never was a controversy about SyncThing, only a bit of drama about the ownership of an unofficial Android client. I'm still using it, but it's pinned to an older version for now.
jasonthedragon442@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 224d
Is there a way to manually download an older version if I missed with the auto update? And good to to know it's only the android repo, I thought it was the whole project for some reason
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 224d
Assuming you're talking about Catfriend1 giving up on syncthing-fork?
Install version 2.0.11.2. This was the last version of it under control of CatFriend1. Just scroll down a bit on the F-Droid page and tap on the version you want to install. And then toggle "ignore new versions". There's a competing Android client made by nel0x who's been maintaining the Google Play version. I'm waiting for them to release more updates. They seen to have a good rep in the Syncthing community.
bert@lemmy.monster · 2 pts · 223d
Looks like I can only see the three latest versions (as far back as 2.0.12). Is it user error or do I need to do something special to look further back?
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 223d
It could because I'm using Droid-ify or that I have 2.0.11 installed to the site is showing me that version.
I'm considering updating the app since nel0x (maintainer of the google play version) and researchxxl (who catfriend gave the app to) are joining forces.
merde@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 223d
good to hear/read.
jasonthedragon442@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 223d
Yeah same
nil@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 223d
Well you can download 2.0.11 from their github at least. However, I also don't see the version in droidify.
https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/releases/tag/v2.0.11.2
Sephie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 224d
It appears there is now an alternative that is maintained by somebody that akaik is a known and trusted individual in the SyncThing dev community: https://github.com/nel0x/syncthing-android
I use Obtainium to keep it updated.
Edit: and apparently it's archived now, so no longer maintained :(
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 224d
Have been there lately, the repo has been archived and is read-only. This doesn't look good. Time for me to visit the Syncthing forum to see what's going on.
Edit: Looks like nel0x repo has been archived for 19 days https://forum.syncthing.net/t/does-anyone-know-why-syncthing-fork-is-no-longer-available-on-github/25661/216
Looks like nel0x and researchxxl will combine forces and maintain syncthing-fork together. Good stuff
Staff@piefed.world · 7 pts · 223d
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 224d
The tldr is the official win and nix versions are ok.
The problem is the unofficial android fork.
The original maintainer decided to hand the keys over to someone else, who thought it was a good idea to create a GitHub account with a name stupidly close to the original maintainer. As there is no history with this new maintainer, people are worried about another zx incident where malware is slowly introduced.
marighost@piefed.social · 11 pts · 224d
I use it between PCs (binary, flatpak) and NAS (Docker), but i believe the android fork is still potentially compromised. Haven't updated the android version since the repo was taken over.
jasonthedragon442@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 224d
I basically only need it for my phone and laptop...
Arlodottxt@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 224d
I'm building FOSS alternatives from the ground up on top of IPFS. Not quite ready to use, but very promising (on desktop). Building the abstraction needed to do multi-device edits of the same IPNS key was the hardest part, but that work is done and usable for building any app. Might be another year before everything is stable enough to daily drive the storage implementation due to limited bandwidth to work on it, so I won't share here -- find me in the https://windowsappcommunity.com/discord if you'd like to see the work or contribute. If something happens to syncthing or people want a p2p alternative to the personal cloud, I'll be there!
kumi@feddit.online · 19 pts · 223d
Discord
</3eneff@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 223d
I would have checked this out, but Discord is a deal breaker.
RalfWausE@feddit.org · 3 pts · 224d
SolarPunker@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 223d
Uninstalled on mobile at the moment :/ I've read about using termux without recursive sync but not the most intuitive solution for my gang.
trilobite@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 219d
Looks like i missed this and now have 2.0.12 installed. Dangers of autoupdate i guess. What are the chances that this version is compromised? I guess if i installed it the i've potentially already compromised my android. When will we know when all is good to go and why has the fdroid people not blocked the app unitil there is clarity?