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Have you tried Syncthing? [1] An open source alternative to Dropbox. [1] https://syncthing.net/ https://syncthing.net/

Jedd 8y ago
It's on my todo list (in trello :) ... but haven't got to it yet. I use a combination of Unison(-gtk) and Foldersync (android) to replicate some quite large data sets between desktop, server, a couple of laptops, and tablet & phone. Keybase and Synthing are definitely on the list of potential replacements for the manual, periodic sync. How does Syncthing go insofar as replacing a note-taking system (tagging, collaboration, etc)?
- maxaf 8y ago
  There isn’t any explicit notion of collaboration, and tagging can be accomplished by way of a folder structure. I haven’t tried symlinks, which is how you’d make multiple tags work on a regular file system. Syncthing’s purpose is to ensure that a specific directory remain synchronized across multiple computers and/or mobile devices. It accomplishes this goal with the minimum of fuss, and (in my experience) works better than Dropbox in that it burns fewer CPU cycles and doesn’t crash/hang/nag me to upgrade.
  - Jedd 8y ago
    I think when I looked at it a while back my concern was how it would cope with one or more of my devices being off-network for days at a time (a regular occurrence). The other devices wouldn't be, and changes would only be done wherever I happened to be, but the cost of evaluating this solution was unfortunately higher than not making any changes. As I say, it's on my list. The suite seems to be quite robust - but given Evernote's primary stated purpose was to ensure none of your data was ever lost (and yet many people have sad stories of data loss) I'm extra-cautious about changing my workflow.
    - acct1771 8y ago
      Evaluating as well, is your concern that the files won't come down at all? Or that it'll be egregious when it's time? Solution?
      - Jedd 8y ago
        Actually much more pedestrian than that, as I'm confident it works on cases more complex than me. It's simply that I've got a series of mechanisms that work acceptably, and it takes time and effort to run up a VM, set up an archive process, test a new suite & workflow over several weeks.
lscotte 8y ago
Syncthing is indeed great, and works across all my platforms very well. It's also still actively maintained.

Jedd 8y ago

It's on my todo list (in trello :) ... but haven't got to it yet. I use a combination of Unison(-gtk) and Foldersync (android) to replicate some quite large data sets between desktop, server, a couple of laptops, and tablet & phone. Keybase and Synthing are definitely on the list of potential replacements for the manual, periodic sync. How does Syncthing go insofar as replacing a note-taking system (tagging, collaboration, etc)?

maxaf 8y ago
There isn’t any explicit notion of collaboration, and tagging can be accomplished by way of a folder structure. I haven’t tried symlinks, which is how you’d make multiple tags work on a regular file system. Syncthing’s purpose is to ensure that a specific directory remain synchronized across multiple computers and/or mobile devices. It accomplishes this goal with the minimum of fuss, and (in my experience) works better than Dropbox in that it burns fewer CPU cycles and doesn’t crash/hang/nag me to upgrade.
- Jedd 8y ago
  I think when I looked at it a while back my concern was how it would cope with one or more of my devices being off-network for days at a time (a regular occurrence). The other devices wouldn't be, and changes would only be done wherever I happened to be, but the cost of evaluating this solution was unfortunately higher than not making any changes. As I say, it's on my list. The suite seems to be quite robust - but given Evernote's primary stated purpose was to ensure none of your data was ever lost (and yet many people have sad stories of data loss) I'm extra-cautious about changing my workflow.
  - acct1771 8y ago
    Evaluating as well, is your concern that the files won't come down at all? Or that it'll be egregious when it's time? Solution?
    - Jedd 8y ago
      Actually much more pedestrian than that, as I'm confident it works on cases more complex than me. It's simply that I've got a series of mechanisms that work acceptably, and it takes time and effort to run up a VM, set up an archive process, test a new suite & workflow over several weeks.

lscotte 8y ago

Syncthing is indeed great, and works across all my platforms very well. It's also still actively maintained.