researchxxl/syncthing-android on Hacker News

Last things first: on my phone I only run syncthing "on demand", so I can't actually answer your question. Maybe someone else can chime in? From the little I've brushed up against the issue you're referring to, I think there's a way to…

comment by ratrocket · 2026-02-02 · in Termux

[Passed my edit window, so replying to self] Looks like the original repo of syncthing-android, ( https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android ), which was maintained by @Catfriend1, now redirects to the one maintained by @researchxxl (…

comment by bxparks · 2025-12-08 · in Syncthing-Android have had a change of owner/maintainer

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Syncthing-Android have had a change of owner/maintainer

story by embedding-shape · 2025-12-07 · 32 comments

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Syncthing-Android – Status

story by _____k · 2025-12-07 · 1 comment

…including their whole GitHub account. User nel0x [1] is communicating with the new repo owner. https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/issues/16 >> Hi @researchxxl, I initially thought this might be Catfriend1’s new account, but…

comment by justsomehnguy · 2025-11-18 · in PSA syncthing-fork has changed owners

…[1], or simply copy the files over to an external storage device and transfer them that way. [0] https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android [0] https://github.com/equalitie/ouisync [1] https://github.com/VentralDigital/InterProfileShar…

comment by ysnp · 2025-09-14 · in Introduction to GrapheneOS

…it's the Android client[0], but I'll have to find the time to look into this more closely. [0]: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

comment by codethief · 2025-09-09 · in Immich – High performance self-hosted photo and video management

It’s available on Play Store, but a different dev handles distribution there: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/blob/main/wi... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.cat...

comment by aspenmayer · 2025-08-14 · in Syncthing 2.0 Released

More info about the release situation: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/blob/main/wi... Play Store build: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.cat...

comment by aspenmayer · 2025-08-14 · in Syncthing 2.0 Released

…retired the Official Android App, there was already a much more popular and better maintained fork: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android AFAIK, it's only available on F-Droid/Github/Obtainium

comment by toastercat · 2025-08-12 · in Syncthing 2.0 Released

…in multiple occasions and it works beautifully. [^1]: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing [^2]: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android [^3]: https://github.com/restic/restic [^4]: https://github.com/borgbackup/borg

comment by rafamaddd · 2025-07-20 · in Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts

…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#...

comment by saidinesh5 · 2025-07-10 · in Google can now read your WhatsApp messages

…this nice surprise literally today, all my synced folders stopped working and had to be re-added: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/1430 But overall it has worked well, I am using it between 4 devices.

comment by remram · 2025-05-19 · in Ditching Obsidian and building my own

…and automatically update them. It's worked great. Syncthing's .apk release files can be found here: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/releases

comment by spiffytech · 2025-05-19 · in Ditching Obsidian and building my own

…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#...

comment by whatifitoldyou · 2025-05-17 · in Google reverses course after blocking Nextcloud Files app

This fork has been better for a long time already: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

comment by mappu · 2025-01-10 · in Ask HN: How do you backup your Android?

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…

comment by drio · 2025-01-10 · in Ask HN: How do you backup your Android?

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

comment by raheelrjunaid · 2024-12-26 · in Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server

There is a fork: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

comment by TheFreim · 2024-10-25 · in Bitwarden SDK relicensed from proprietary to GPLv3

I've used this long-running fork and been pleased, and it's on F-Droid. https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

comment by miloignis · 2024-10-21 · in Concerns raised over Bitwarden moving further away from open source

…---- Your fork uses `MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` which Google Play heavily restricts: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/blob/main/ap... This is very likely the reason that your fork no longer wishes to be on the Play Store: >…

comment by david_allison · 2024-10-20 · in Syncthing Android App Discontinued

…is an Android Syncthing fork [1] which is active and 1.3K stars (for whatever that's worth). [1] https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

comment by jsiepkes · 2024-10-20 · in Syncthing Android App Discontinued

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...

comment by yorwba · 2024-10-20 · in Syncthing Android App Discontinued

…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...

comment by proactivesvcs · 2024-07-11 · in Google Play rejecting app update without substantive reason

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…

comment by rrix2 · 2024-02-16 · in Orgzly Revived: a community-maintained version of Orgzly

…which lets you define more granular sync conditions including "just turn on 5 minutes every hour" https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android

comment by rrix2 · 2023-12-22 · in Ask HN: Best modern file transfer/synchronization protocol?

https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/blob/main/RE... When I set it all up, I think the fork had much better behaviour around folder permissions for non-root users, I'm not sure if that's true any more.

comment by kybernetikos · 2022-05-04 · in Google's most ridiculous trick to force users into adding phone number

> Lots of controls, especially in the forked android client. Here's that fork: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android You can also search up Syncthing-Fork on Google Play.

comment by makeworld · 2021-10-14 · in Syncthing – a continuous file synchronization program

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Syncthing-Fork – A Syncthing Wrapper for Android

story by makeworld · 2021-08-02 · 1 comment

…which groups changes to avoid excessive sync operations, so it might be percieved as latency. [0] https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android#readme -- I recommend the 'fork' over the original app, it's got some nice extras. Although…

comment by karlicoss · 2021-05-14 · in Open Source Continuous File Synchronization

…might be hope in Android 11[2]? [2] https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing-android/issues/29 [1] https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android/issues/457 [2] https://forum.syncthing.net/t/android-11-all-files-access-fo...

comment by codethief · 2020-05-19 · in Termux and Android 10