Firefox Sync Server
nixpkgs
Firefox Sync Server | nixpkgs | |
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48 | 975 | |
1,844 | 15,753 | |
0.3% | 2.8% | |
2.1 | 10.0 | |
8 months ago | 3 days ago | |
Python | Nix | |
Mozilla Public License 2.0 | MIT License |
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Firefox Sync Server
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Reason to Use Firefox Is Sync That Works
Firefox's sync service is open source [1], so you can self-host it and update your about:config to point to it. I do this and it works great.
Caveat is that I've linked to the old Python one, and they've got a new Rust one, but it didn't support SQLite the last time I had checked.
[1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
- Can Chrome Sync or Firefox Sync be trusted with sensitive data?
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Self-host(able) sync server for web browser? [Need Suggestions!]
I'm currently self-hosting Firefox's sync server, its been working good for a year now. Syncing everything, bookmarks, history between Windows, Mac and Android. I like Firefox but I want to switch browsers after reading this (Not necessarily this issue, but the possibilty of something similar that can't be avoided happening in the future).
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How trustworthy is Mozilla Firefox with user accounts and data?
Been self-hosting their unmaintained repo https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver for 2 years with 0 maintenance required (honestly forgot I had it running until I saw this thread).
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Looking for a selfhosted tool to store/sync/backup URLs using a Firefox extension
Firefox syncserver
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Firefox Sync on Raspberry Pi ? / Dead project??
Would love to host Firefox Sync Server on a local Pi but the project seems to have died? https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
- Looking for a solution to synchronise bookmarks across PCs and mobile. I know there have been numerous threads but none of them for mobile.
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Ask HN: Is anyone successfully self-hosting Firefox Sync?
Their issue tracker suggests that it’s mostly due to their team being focused on the main Firefox service:
https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/issues/264#is...
I’m sure it wouldn’t be that hard to port but if they’re committed to a different direction it’s probably best not to give the impression that you should plan to keep using it.
- If Firefox shuts down what would be the next best private mobile browser that encrypts sync data?
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Self-hosted bookmark manager, what would you suggest?
I just followed the docker-compose guide from official repo: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
nixpkgs
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Nix: The Breaking Point
I don't think so. The article is probably intended for the Nix community, so the author doesn't need to convince HN that something is going on. If as an outsider you are interested then you need to look into it yourself, the community has no obligation to make their internal conflicts legible to the outside world.
As an outsider myself, it certainly looks like something is going on as more than 20 Nixpkg maintainers left in a week: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues?q=label%3A%228.has%3...
- Maintainers Leaving
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Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develop unmanned fighter jets
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commits?author=neon-sunset
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Eelco Dolstra's leadership is corrosive to the Nix project
I see two signers in the top 6 displayed on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/graphs/contributors
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3rd Edition of Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ by Stroustrup
For a single file script, nix can make the package management quite easy: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/doc/languages-f...
For example,
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- NixOS/nixpkgs: There isn't a clear canonical way to refer to a specific package
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NixOS Is Not Reproducible
Yes, Nix doesn't actually ensure that the builds are deterministic. In fact it works just fine if they aren't. There are packages in nixpkgs that aren't reproducible: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aiss...
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The xz attack shell script
I'm not familiar with Bazel, but Nix in it's current form wouldn't have solved this attack. First of all, the standard mkDerivation function calls the same configure; make; make install process that made this attack possible. Nixpkgs regularly pulls in external resources (fetchUrl and friends) that are equally vulnerable to a poisoned release tarball. Checkout the comment on the current xz entry in nixpkgs https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/comp...
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Debian Git Monorepo
NixOS uses a monorepo and I think everyone's love it.
I love being able to easily grep through all the packages source code and there's regularly PRs that harmonizes conventions across many packages.
Nixpkgs doesn't include the packaged software source code, so it's a lot more practical than what Debian is doing.
https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs
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From xz to ibus: more questionable tarballs
In this specific case, nix uses fetchFromGitHub to download the source archive, which are generated by GitHub for the specified revision[1]. Arch seems to just download the tarball from the releases page[2].
[1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/3c2fdd0a4e6396fc310a6e...
[2]: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/ib...
What are some alternatives?
xBrowserSync - xBrowserSync browser extensions / mobile app
asdf - Extendable version manager with support for Ruby, Node.js, Elixir, Erlang & more
syncstorage-rs - Sync Storage server in Rust
Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]
No Fuss Bookmarks - No Fuss Bookmarks
git-lfs - Git extension for versioning large files
dyu/bookmarks - a simple self-hosted bookmarking app that can import bookmarks from delicious and chrome
easyeffects - Limiter, compressor, convolver, equalizer and auto volume and many other plugins for PipeWire applications
floccus - :cloud: Sync your bookmarks privately across browsers and devices
spack - A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
Shaarli - The personal, minimalist, super-fast, database free, bookmarking service - community repo
waydroid - Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.