cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/14305957

Per the GitHub readme:

This app is discontinued. The last release on Github and F-Droid will happen with the December 2024 Syncthing version. Interactions (issues, PRs) are limited now, and the entire repo will be archived after the last release. Thus all contributions are preserved for any future (re)use. The forum is still open for discussions and questions. I would kindly ask you to refrain from trying to challenge the decision or asking “why-type” questions - I wont engage with them.

The reason is a combination of Google making Play publishing something between hard and impossible and no active maintenance. The app saw no significant development for a long time and without Play releases I do no longer see enough benefit and/or have enough motivation to keep up the ongoing maintenance an app requires even without doing much, if any, changes.

Thanks a lot to everyone who ever contributed to this app!

This is extremely disappointing news. I have been using the Syncthing-Fork version, but since it is based on this app, this may be the end for that app as well.

  • @[email protected]
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    712 hours ago

    Bad news! So what kind of timeline are we looking at before the final version becomes unusable do you think?

  • @mlg
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    1216 hours ago

    Dammit I actually use this

    • Atemu
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      27 hours ago

      According to the author, that has happened quite a while ago and we’re now at the next step.

    • @ouch
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      815 hours ago

      Someone would have to maintain it. And someone would have to make sure it’s not Jia Tan.

  • Dark Arc
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    1518 hours ago

    Well that’s not good… I’ll have to find some other way to keep my phone in sync…

    Maybe proton drive’s sync is finally good enough…

    • @CrackaAssCracka
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      39 hours ago

      I’ve been using Autosync for years with good results first with Drive and Dropbox and now Pcloud. Supports a lot of different cloud services though not Proton which is why I haven’t started using that yet.

      Autosync

      • Dark Arc
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        8 hours ago

        Interesting, I’ll have to check it out.

    • @teolan
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      817 hours ago

      The proton drive app does not have a way to automatically sync a specific directory. It’s so infuriating, because they already have this implemented for the pictures.

      • Lad
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        717 hours ago

        The app in general is a long way off being a reliable every day use app. So many missing features.

    • @[email protected]
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      717 hours ago

      Just in case anyone thinks nextcloud is the solution, it isn’t. Can’t do two way sync at all on Android.

    • @[email protected]
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      216 hours ago

      Yeah I’m in the he same boat has worked reliably for a long time for me. Backs up my folders when I get home.

  • @macattack
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    517 hours ago

    Definitely piqued my interest. Did some digging and the main Android app was more-or-less on maintenance mode over the last few years as is.

    I use the fork on one of my three Android devices and will likely transition the rest for future updates.