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I've been thinking about switching to a self-hosted solution over the last couple years as Dropbox has gotten increasingly annoying. But I always assumed that w
by _bxg1 6y ago
I've been thinking about switching to a self-hosted solution over the last couple years as Dropbox has gotten increasingly annoying. But I always assumed that would mean spending a weekend fighting with config files and trawling forums, and unlike iCloud, the core product of Dropbox has continued to work well enough for my needs. But after seeing how incredibly simple it is to set up Syncthing, I may go ahead and take the plunge.
- yogthos 6y agoI highly recommend NextCloud. It's trivial to set up with Digital Ocean, and I've been using it for a couple of years now without a hiccup. I use it as a file server, calendar, and a media streaming solution.
- indigodaddy 6y agoBut then you’re back to client/server model no? I like the idea of syncthing and the p2p/node aspect.
- yogthos 6y agoyeah that's a trade off, but having your own server has some advantages as well since it's always available. Also provides an easy way to share stuff with friends. Syncthing is definitely nice if you just need p2p sync between devices though.
- rdschouw 6y agoAlso love you can encrypt your files at rest. Something which Dropbox does not offer.
- NikolaeVarius 6y agoSyncthing vs NextCloud. I guess that nextcloud does alot more than syncthing, but I'm curious about the differences in implementing the file sync.
- teejmya 6y agoAs a user of both, they're quite different. Syncthing is written in Go and does one thing well -- syncing folders. If you need more than that, like a web portal full of your files, sharing via web links, etc.... Try nextcloud.
- anderspitman 6y agoWould you pay $5/mo for a hosted syncthing instance? A little surprised no one is offering that but I suspect the market is pretty tiny.
- _bxg1 6y agoI currently pay $10/mo for Dropbox, so yes, I'd say I would :)
- indigodaddy 6y agoHow would that be possible? Syncthing isn’t a hosted model is it? Eg, not client/server model— it’s more like p2p no? I guess someone could offer a service based on it with theirs being the hosted/cloud node, perhaps like a “master” node I guess? I’d imagine they’d have to hack on the syncthing code to achieve this? Not sure...
- _bxg1 6y agoGit is also p2p. Don't tell GitHub that that precludes having a centralized node :P
- anderspitman 6y agoPretty sure you'd just need to run it on a DigitalOcean droplet and expose the built-in webui with a password.
- iak8god 6y ago> Would you pay $5/mo for a hosted syncthing instance? I might, but I'd want to hear a lot of reassuring words about security. To a sibling comment's point: yes, syncthing is p2p, but I'd like to have one of my instances be somewhere off-premises and running all the time so I can synchronize between my office computer and a home computer without needing both of them running at the same time.