Does anyone have any experience with Sync-in for online files?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨paequ2@lemmy.today⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

I still haven’t found a Google Drive replacement. Nextcloud is way too bloated. Seafile is way too complicated to install.

I need multi-user support, so other apps where they just serve a folder from my server don’t really cut it either.

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Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
If you just want file sync, the obvious option is SyncThing. It’s established and highly regarded.

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- Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It doesn’t support offline files though. I can’t dump a few hundred GB on there and then access it from my phone etc
  
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Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Opencloud is the was to go from the established systems in my opinion. github.com/opencloud-eu

File sharing and -management for me has a higher level of trust and stability requirements. Syncin with four developers and “doing everything” while based on typescript makes me suspicious - but I haven’t tried it hands-on.

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u_tamtam@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Nextcloud is way too bloated

It really isn’t, though? What if you deploy it from source with just the modules you need and a tuned config for PHP/postgres?

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- ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨37⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
  I like NC and use it primarily for file sync. I think this would create a fragile maintenance nightmare for the sake of saving a few MB of storage and memory.
  
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NorthWestWind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Copyparty is awesome. You don’t even need to sync you can just mount WebDAV

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- Kynn@jlai.lu ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Surely awesome, but sync is one-side only. This is a nogo for my usecases.
  
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- cravl@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Agreed, copyparty is awesome. However, the one obvious downside is that you lose guaranteed offline support (some clients may allow for it, but it’s not baked in).
  
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kurotora@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I have been in Nextcloud wagon for quite sometime, but latest versions or new features are not really in my use case. I just want a place to store my files and work with others (mostly family), nothing about AI assistants or the like.

With that said, I have a testing instance of Sync-in. So far is good, files are stored on my server and the structure makes it easy to backup (one of the reasons I dropped OpenCloud), collaboraCODE integration works really well, sharing spaces with family works OK.

The only missing feature is an Android client, like nextcloud, to store some files locally (something that you could need to be available and not be concerned about connectivity). As a workaround, I’m using syncthing (I’m aware of the android-app related drama, and that’s why I would love to have an Android native client for Sync-in).

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anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I haven’t tried Sync-in but if simple is what you want then a Synology DS225+ should get you up n running quickly.
androidpolice.com/synology-as-a-google-drive-alte…

Which part of the seafile install was it that made you back off?
manual.seafile.com/latest/…/setup_ce_by_docker/

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- paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  but if simple is what you want then a Synology DS225+ should get you up n running quickly
  
  Ah, I forgot to mention I’m already running my own Debian server. Ideally, I wouldn’t have to buy another device just for online file management.
  
  Which part of the seafile install was it that made you back off?
  
  There’s proxies behind proxies behind proxies that proxy to proxies so you can proxy while you proxy.
  
  I managed to install half of it, but then some of the many servers you need to install didn’t end up talking with each other. I tried studying the architecture for a bit, but still couldn’t figure out which server’s request I needed to rewrite in order for the other server to see it.
  
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Kynn@jlai.lu ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Hi,

I’ve been on seafile for years, I see no reason for the docker install to scare you.

I’ve been meaning to migrate to an european alternative (seafile is essentially chinese), but none seem to have the notion of zero-trust.

I’ve checked both opencloud and sync-in. In both cases, if you are the admin, you can access every one’s files. For now at least. This means a hacker accessing your server could also get the files uncrypted.

This is a no-go for me, I want my friends to be able to trust my instance so they can use it. Seafile has that : you can create an encrypted collection which asks for a second password when you open it.

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captcha_incorrect@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
A very simple way to do it is to use SSHFS, mounting the drive via SFTP. It may not be as fast as other protocols but it is simple and requires minimal setup on your server.

github.com/winfsp/sshfs-win
github.com/libfuse/sshfs

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