No, the question is what if you do want cloud syncing for your passwords (you need to sync with your phone somehow without manually uploading/downloading from a browser every time...), but unable or unwilling to install a background cloud syncer installed on every system you use KeePassXC on. People blindly suggest KeePassXC without realizing not everyone has or wants a cloud syncer installed on their entire system.
> You're not really going to get around having to install "something" to sync your passwords if you want to have your passwords synced
Huh? This is obviously wrong; I'm doing literally this with KeePass. I haven't installed anything, and it has a plugin to sync directly with Google Drive that doesn't mess with or care about anything in the rest of the system.
I don't follow you. I use Google Drive, and I don't install additional software on the OS. I just sync with it directly using KeePass. There is no "problem". It works just just fine.
My understanding of the problem under discussion here is that there are some people who will refuse to use a cloud syncing service, period. Syncing with Google Drive does not get around this constraint, regardless of whether it requires any locally installed software.
Additionally, I was not personally aware of any way to "sync directly" other than using the Google Drive desktop client (https://www.google.com/drive/download/) and storing the database file in the synced folder. It sounds like you're saying Keepass has some direct integration with Google Drive?
All of that said, I am really not invested in this issue - I use multiple cloud sync services and it doesn't bother me.
Syncthing isn't very intrusive in my experience/opinion.
I created a keepass/syncthing directory somewhere inside my home directory, and I told Syncthing to sync only that directory. And the directory only contains the Keepass database plus a few Syncthing log files and such.