[n4r9]

For the super paranoid, SyncThing provides a straightforward way for you to synchronise your database between various local devices without having any data in the cloud at all.

[edit: Syncthing's Discovery Server probably counts as data, actually; you can work around that but then it's less "straightforward"]

[xtracto]

OMG I tried to setup SyncThing a couple of months ago to sync my KeePassX (kdbx) between my PC, my MAC and my Android phone. It was hell, I had to fight SyncThing every step of the way (connecting between clients, which one is the receiver and which one is the sender and whatnot), and it just didn't sync. In addition I learned that in Android SyncThing cannot sync to an external SD card ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/issues/1366 ) .

I ended up uploading the file to Google Drive and using it's client. It works pretty flawlessly.

[n4r9]

It works just fine for my PC, laptop and Android. Shame that you had a bad experience with it although perhaps your use case is a bit unusual. Although that's surprising about Android being so difficult to work with in Go. It sounds like this is being resolved in Android 10 upwards: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/wiki/Frequent...

[david_allison]

> In addition I learned that in Android SyncThing cannot sync to an external SD card ( https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/issues/1366 ) .

This should be fixed: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/pull/1724

[witrak]

>I ended up uploading the file to Google Drive and using it's client. It works pretty flawlessly.

Besides my general distrust of Google, the real source of my headache is the ransomware attack. Thus such a simple schema is unsatisfactory. And the proper automatic backup procedure needs noninteractive testing whether the cloud copy is not garbled. Until now I don't know how to do it so I make backups of my Dropbox copy by hand.

[stjohnswarts]

I remember trying something similar and I kept getting weird results like repeated folders that didn't sync and then when they would I'd have 2 copies of somethign not knowing which I should keep. Maybe it's gotten better a couple years later?

[WorldMaker]

It's a strange commercial offering with a weird relationship to BitTorrent (it's "ex"), but Resilio Sync is an interesting device to device option as well.

[aborsy]

Why is it strange?

It’s closed source though.

I would like to see a comparison with Syncthing.

[WorldMaker]

Mostly because it is closed source, and also the odd behind-the-scenes drama of Resilio's spin out from BitTorrent (the company, not the tech). (The BitTorrent company of today is a strange cryptocurrency/NFT zombie of the tech company it originally was.) To my understanding that drama and corporate spin out in part even influenced the creation of Syncthing as an alternative.

From my view, Resilio is still easier to use with better apps than Syncthing, and in theory their corporate business model seems sustainable (more so than the previous parent company) and can provide useful corporate support when such needs occur. But there's still lingering doubts after all this time that they will continue to do the right things, support the software well, and it is closed source so there's not a lot of community support options if the company's business model pivots in any accidentally similar way to the events that lead to Resilio existing in the first place.