Syncthing on Ubuntu Touch

arubislander

@jimmypesto said in Syncthing on Ubuntu Touch:

You told me it is save to use Syncthing locally (without https). From my experience of setting up my home server to act as a backup/ share point between different devices I just know that Syncthing config is not highly protected to listen on another IP.

Ah, I got your meaning. Well, it is safe ot use without https only if the instance running on the device is not accessible from outside of the device. And to this effect the web service is started specifically to only listen on localhost. (in the file: synchting-webd.conf) :

exec /opt/click.ubuntu.com/syncthing.syncthing/current/bin/syncthing-web -gui-address=127.0.0.1:8384 -no-browser

krillin

Hello,
Thank you so much for this app!
Can I write on microSD card using this app?
Best,
hasan

arubislander

@krillin I have never tried it. But it is unconfined, so I think it might work.

Moem

I'm liking this app more and more. It's not fast, and I need to switch wifi on to use it, but then I can just leave it to do its thing and it works fine.

arubislander

@moem Thank you for your kind endorsement.
I use it to sync the .ssh/authorized_keys, and SturmReader books accross all of my devices. I like being able to add a document, or public key on one device and have it available on any other device when I pick them up. I also sync the config of AuthenticatorNG across all my devices. No more needing to remember which specific device a code is on.

Maybe I should start a new thread asking users of the app what their sync strategy is.

Peter Gamma

@arubislander Thanks for this great app. My expectations about Ubports phones are down to the floor currently, since I realized that it was easier to manage and sync files with my Galaxy S5 Android 4.4 with external SD card which was read and writable, and file exchange with a PC was easy. With Syncthing things are getting better again.

arubislander

A new version 1.27.8 has been uploaded to the OpenStore.

I realize I have neglected this thread a little, but rest assured, Syncthing has been updated following the upstream project all this time.

In other news, I am considering discontinuing the maintenance of the Syncthing snap. I lack the time to keep that one up to date and it has been lagging behind for some versions now.

Fortunately there is a 'competing' snap: and the maintainer keeps it quite up to date with upstream. I have already moved my servers over to this snap. So this is a heads-up to anyone who might have also been using my snap. I will provide migration instructions when the decision has been finalized.

arubislander

A new version (2.0.16) of Syncthing has been uploaded to the Open Store. This release follows the upstream release. See here for the release notes.

developerbayman

@arubislander lol i was about to drop my pysync ....network file share kinda inspired by syncthing but more a direct file serve not so much as a directory sync ...although it does sync the directory ....ill wait a bit considering you released this? ....i guess i dont understand if thats rude of me to do that or not? so im asking

arubislander

@developerbayman it's just an update of an app that I have had in the store for years now.

This is an open ecosystem. User choice is welcomed. If it is a different app, inspired on Syncthing or no, then there's definitely no objection.

Even if it were the same app, then I am in no capacity to object anyhow. But in the latter case I would rather appreciate collaboration rather than having two distinct versions of the same app in the store.

But since this is not even the case with your app, by all means follow your intuition.

developerbayman

@arubislander yeah i was just double checking cause you know? idk i just didnt want to be rude lol but thank yeah ill drop it eventually rn im working on a esp32p4 project