… without using any variation of Syncthing.

My phone is usually on the same Wifi network as my PC, so some sort of auto-syncing via wifi would be great. Like how Immich syncs from the phone to my server, in an almost totally hands-off way.

What are the best non-Syncthing FOSS phone and PC file sync options these days?

Thanks!

ETA: Sorry, sorry, I should have explained: I no longer trust any variant of Syncthing. The wild chain of events last year left me completely questioning what was going on with that code base. I struggle with trust issues for FOSS software every so often and once I feel things have gone awry, I can’t go back again. Plus, I really want to know about what’s new and interesting right now.

Link to one conversation about Syncthing’s events, if you are out of the loop:
https://mastodon.pirateparty.be/@surfhosting/115674236291033568

  • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Syncthing-fork is a completely different project than Syncthing.

    Syncthing-fork merely uses Syncthing under the hood. Syncthing itself is maintained by a completely different team from Syncthing-fork. The Syncthing-fork team packages Syncthing into an Android-compatible wrapper with a touch-friendly interface.

    Syncthing itself was not affected by any of last year’s drama.

  • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Syncthing is almost always the best option. You’ll have to explain what about it is unacceptable if you want the best alternative.

    • djdarren@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I’ve used SyncThing for over a year from Graphene to, well, any computer I have. But I’ve never been able to work out: is it possible to set ST so that it doesn’t take up space on a device, like how cloud storage platforms do?

      • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 months ago

        No. For that you probably want some kind of cloud drive client like Nextcloud. Seems like it supports that scenario, but I’ve never used it and their Android app docs link is broken.

    • bonenode@piefed.socialEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I am assuming this is referring to the recent drama around syncthing-fork, which made a lot of people question its safety.

      But in the meantime another app called BasicSync jumped into that gap.

    • TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      It’s a little wonky getting it set up at first, but once it’s going it’s fine.

      Android file permissions are goofy.

      • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        3 months ago

        The only problem I’ve has is when a file or folder name contained certain emoji. Some worked, some didn’t. No idea why. So I just renamed them and everything was fine.