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Syncthing-Fork - A Syncthing Wrapper for Android.

31 mentions on Hacker News by 27 people: 3 stories, 28 comments · first 2020-05-19 · latest 2026-02-02

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  1. 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
  2. [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
  3. …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
  4. …[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
  5. …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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. …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
  9. …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
  10. …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
  11. …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
  12. …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
  13. …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
  14. 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?
  15. 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?
  16. 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
  17. There is a fork: https://github.com/Catfriend1/syncthing-android
    comment by TheFreim · 2024-10-25 · in Bitwarden SDK relicensed from proprietary to GPLv3
  18. 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
  19. …---- 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
  20. …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
  21. 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
  22. …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
  23. 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
  24. …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?
  25. 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
  26. > 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
  27. …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
  28. …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