Ask HN: Dropbox-like file sync software decoupled from storage provider
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Syncthing seems to fulfill most of the points?
https://syncthing.net/
https://syncthing.net/
Maybe Duple could work for you
https://www.duple.io/en/
https://www.duple.io/en/
It requires one of the computers to be online all the time and run its software (aka server). Also, it's even more niche than GoodSync. There's no way I'll trust my sensitive data to some totally unknown software.
Duplicity
I was under impression that it's a backup utility. It doesn't work realtime, you need to execute its CLI. It also doesn't really do full sync, but one-way sync. If I have some files newer on my machine but other files newer in cloud, it won't handle it well. Am I correct?
You’re right!
There is also Unison but it isn’t encrypted at rest by default.
There is also Unison but it isn’t encrypted at rest by default.
I only found GoodSync, but it seems very niche, not popular with the IT crowd and I'm not sure how trustworthy it is. I know that JungleDisk used to work this way years ago, but they don't seem to include "sync" in their feature list today and seems they pivoted towards backup solutions.
Is there a solution meeting these criteria? What do privacy-oriented folks use to sync their files across machines?