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This project is kinda wonky from a free/open-source perspective. It's ostensibly licensed under GPL-3 (i.e., there's a source zip which has a License.txt that's
by chaosite 5y ago
This project is kinda wonky from a free/open-source perspective. It's ostensibly licensed under GPL-3 (i.e., there's a source zip which has a License.txt that's GPL-3), but it otherwise acts like freeware with a single developer.
It has a history of bundling file-droppers/malware; there's a donation edition with a different feature set, with some extra features (including removal of arbitrary limitations on the regular versions); the installers are binary blobs, and there's no attempt (and passive hostility) towards integration with distros and package managers; source control isn't provided, and there's basically no attempt to create a dev community.
The binary installers may or may not include things that are not in the provided source code, like installer and ad systems. That's not really cool.
- nerdponx 5y agoThat's a hard pass from me. I will keep using Seafile and supporting FOSS by paying for hosting.
- ktm5j 5y agoI've been through tons of different file sync/backup solutions but once I landed on seafile I haven't looked back. Truly awesome software, does one thing really well, upgrades are a breeze, I can run it in a container that bind mounts zfs volumes for storage and MySQL database so I can even snapshot those. Love it!
- krastanov 5y agoHave you tried synching? It is what I currently use and I would be grateful if you can share your insight on how they compare.
- justinclift 5y agoIt seems like it serves the same kind of purpose as SyncThing (https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing). SyncThing seems like a safer bet (better community, proper OSS, etc). :)