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Synchi - Two-way file sync (jakobkreft.github.io)

submitted 1 week ago by jak0b@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44815211

Two-way file sync, no remote agent needed

Today Synchi is finally public! It's designed for syncing files between two locations (local or over SSH). It detects conflicts, and lets you decide what to do.

Why not rsync/Unison/Syncthing?

rsync has no memory between runs and is one-way

Unison needs to be installed on both sides

Syncthing requires always-on daemons

Synchi runs on demand, works over SSH, and only transfers what actually changed.

GitHub: https://github.com/jakobkreft/synchi

Docs: https://jakobkreft.github.io/synchi/

I use it daily for syncing a shared folder between my machines and an android phone. Works great in combination with Tailscale/WireGuard so that you can sync files remotely.

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[–] grapemix@lemmy.ml 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Syncthing is pretty unmaintained now, community worries about it get abandoned multiple times. Stick around and introduce your app to those future post and your app will shine. If you are into serious backup, i would look at bareos,but it is way overkill for most ppl and old too, but very good backup pro sumer lvl open source solution. I once tried hard to shop around

[–] jak0b@lemmy.ml 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the kind words! To be fair, Syncthing itself is still actively maintained (they just released 2.0), it was the official Android app that got discontinued due to Google Play issues. Community forks still exist on F-Droid though.

But yeah, Syncthing and Synchi have different workflow. Syncthing needs daemons on all devices and can't sync to a mounted drive, NAS path, or local folders on the same machine. Synchi is on-demand and doesn't care where the two roots are. This is also why I started working on it. I used syncthing for a few years before that.

[–] grapemix@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

That's what I got confused. Thanks for clearing thing up.