I'm running the standard version of syncthing through termux at the moment. It lacks some of the power management options, but otherwise I've experienced no issues.
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I use proton and it seems to work just fine for me
I'm looking for a selfhosted alternative, I'm not really to keen to place all of my password eggs into one company basket so to speak. But yes, other than that, Proton is a good choice (but I'd probably go with Bitwarden personally). Thank you.
Understandable why you would want to selfhost. I also use proton and for me it is something that I would rather pay for so I don't have to administer it. I also hope they'll keep improving the auto-fill experience.
I've been using KeePass for almost 20 years now, used to host the database on Google Drive. I started using Syncthing about a year or so ago, including Syncthing-Fork on my Android devices. It's nearly flawless - I sync the database across 6 devices (two phones, two laptops, gaming PC, NAS [which is backed up regularly]), so there is the occasional conflict maybe once every few months, but I think that's more user error than anything else. It's fairly easy to resolve since Syncthing clearly labels the affected file.
It's very important to remember that "Syncthing-Fork" IS NOT the official Syncthing project. Syncthing-Fork uses Syncthing under the hood while providing a mobile-friendly wrapper.
Edit - Re: Syncthing Fork "drama":
Catfriend1 (the original maintainer of Syncthing-fork) recently put in their 2 cents.
TL;DR - The new dev is fine.
For me personally, the fact that 1) devs from both F-Droid and Syncthing itself have reviewed and confirmed that the code is safe, and 2) the original maintainer vouched for the new guy, is good enough for me. There will always be those who refuse to trust anything, even from the original developer, and they are often the most vocal about it - i.e. the "vocal minority". Whether or not you want to listen to their criticisms is up to you. IMO, they're just beating a dead horse.
Its a port of linux pass with git built in.
You backup your passwords in a private repo and sync back and forth. It's great if you already use pass
Yeah, pass has been discussed a bit in the thread already, but there are a few security issues that keep me from using it. Speaking of security, I had no idea the Android app was archived in 2024. That's quite a long time without updates. Are you using a fork?
Thank you for sharing your workflow either way! Using a git based solution would be amazing.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| CF | CloudFlare |
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 14 acronyms.
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