Just use Syncthing and whatever chat app you like.
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2024
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Thank you, I'll try it.
What's the difference between this and Syncthing-fork? I see both recommended in different threads
Syncthing-fork has a couple of mobile-specific enhancements, like only sync on a schedule, never on mobile data, etc.
But the official SyncThing was more recently updated, last I checked. Should that be of concern?
My version of Syncthing-Fork is currently at 1.27.6, same as the official version.
I wouldn't be surprised if it lags behind for a day or two for the changes to be merged, but most if not all of it is specific to the Android wrapper, not the Syncthing core.
Oh, good to know, thanks!
To understand correctly: You have friends that care about moving files of their mobile by sync? Or is their only concern switching to Signal, but the lack of backup besides on the device?
Asking because:
- I have the same solution as you but the android folders - foldersync - Nextcloud variant.
- My motivation comes from privacy / sovereignty.
- My friends lack this motivation so they are happy using the cloud (iCloud or Googles) to "backup" everything.
- Any hassle by not using that needs strong motivation to endure and overcome.
So when their photos are in the cloud and their documents stay happy in mail attachments often there isn't much more to backup besides configuration. Which all those bigphone (Samsung Lenovo Apple etc) suppliers provide.
For the chat backup:
- I got my whole family to switch to Signal (at least with me and for group chats, we have them for events and topics). The leverage I used was to only use Signal for baby photos of our newborn kids which my sisters and mom just couldn't live without. 😎
- They complain about running out of local storage and not being able to bulk delete media in Signal.
- As a workaround they sort by filesize and delete a dozen big files (eg video).
- Or they leave a group, delete it along with media and join again.
- I was surprised they don't care about the files after consuming it (foto video) and happy delete them.
- After that ... the backup becomes small again.
Or is their only concern switching to Signal, but the lack of backup besides on the device?
Pretty much this, they like the comfort of being able to check old messages to remember what was talked about. I'll look into deleting my files to keep backups at a manageable size
Just do away with everything Google. You're welcome!
I self host seafile. Nextcloud and syncthing are also good options. There are people that sell hosted nextcloud and seafile
@tiny
would you mind sharing those ppl?
Altispeed technologies sells both otherwise I'm not familiar with anyone else that does it since I self host
iOS has its own internal backups that can either be done by connecting your device to a Mac or a PC with iTunes for local storage or you can use a part of your iCloud storage and upload it. There is no need to add an extra layer or another provider.
Is it possible for them to mark a specific folder for upload / backups? I think android has a similar backup option, but it's for the entire phone's contents.