localsend VS syncthing-android

I use Syncthing in combination with Cryptomator for sensible files, but there is also the Localsend app : https://localsend.org/

GitHub: https://github.com/localsend/localsend

I wish someone forced Apple to make AirDrop an open standard because it is an amazing user experience.

It’s great that Microsoft is trying to make an alternative, but ultimately it’s no different than any other AirDrop-like app that you can find around.

And it seems like alternatives like LocalSend are potentially much better: https://localsend.org/

Link to Windows is going to require Windows, but LocalSend is cross-platform across Linux and Android with no need for a Windows system.

I have been using LocalSend (https://localsend.org) between macOS, Windows, and Linux. It works great. It has Android and iOS clients as well but I haven't tried on mobile yet.

For local network sharing between my devices I tend to use LocalSend [0] which is absolutely brilliant, pretty much replaced my USB stick for transferring files/folders between devices on the same network.

[0] https://localsend.org/

I tried most of these apps some time ago, and the best ones for large files were Landrop and Localsend. If you have a VPN, you can use them to transfer files remotely too.

https://landrop.app

https://localsend.org

Thank you for this. Just adding this here:

There seems to be an issue with recent Android apis that make file access painfully slow that it wasn't able to sync my data in 1 full day. Enabling the "Case Sensitive FS" option on the folder helped a lot.

https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1088#...

I've been using Obtainium to install Android apps from Github releases and automatically update them. It's worked great.

Syncthing's .apk release files can be found here: https://github.com/catfriend1/syncthing-android

I was browsing this thread to try to find a workaround. There seems to be a fork that you either have to install through fdroid or as an apk. https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1149#...

Yes, very sad.

Two alternatives exist:

1. Syncthing-Fork (https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android) - Works just like the official app. Install from F-Droid or GitHub. Single developer but active.

2. Syncthing in Termux - Run the actual Syncthing program in Termux. Takes more setup but uses the standard version.

The fork is easier to use, while Termux needs more setup but gives you the standard Syncthing experience.

Same! I use [syncthing-fork](https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android) to automate the process.

Been using catfriend1's Syncthing fork https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android for years. Works well.

Available on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.github.catfriend1.syncth...

The author of Syncthing-fork has actually said they've had similar problems with Google and believe it's only a matter of time before their app is locked in a similar way - so much so that they are planning to surrender their Play developer account:

https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android#about-play-s...

I use https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android which has an option to run only every X minutes of each hour, as a decent tradeoff.

This version also ships and Android Quick Settings tile that will start Syncthing for those X minutes and stop it outside of that schedule, so I'll hit the button as I'm putting on shoes to go out after making a shopping list on my phone or what have you