Maestral VS Syncthing

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Maestral mentions (45)

• I'm over my device limit and want to install Dropbox on a new Mac so I can download my files to a thumb drive. The Install won't complete unless I upgrade my account. How can I copy my online Dropbox to my thumb drive?

  Also, since you're on a mac, you can use https://maestral.app/ which bypasses the limit or, if you're comfortable with the command line, you can use https://rclone.org/. Source: 12 months ago

• App that sync a folder to dropbox?

  Maybe https://maestral.app/ can help you with that. Source: about 1 year ago

• Dropbox axes 16%

  Over time I've switched from Dropbox to Google Drive to iCloud as my primary way of storing files I want backed up and/or able to be shared. Replacing the Dropbox client with Maestral https://maestral.app meant a much happier system with a lighter application running. Also no prompts for the SD card to be uploaded. When Dropbox limited an account to 3 devices, it made sense to use Google Drive more. Google kept... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Working Docker image for Dropbox?

  If you can, make a container with https://maestral.app/. Source: about 1 year ago

• After updating to macOS Ventura 13.2, when Dropbox is Syncing my External is Unusable, Hangs

  The fix is don't use the Dropbox client. Use https://maestral.app/ instead. Source: about 1 year ago

Syncthing mentions (827)

• Ask HN: Online File Repository System?

  Depending on what you're looking for, this is the kind of thing that P2P protocols were made for. Check out https://syncthing.net/. - Source: Hacker News / about 20 hours ago

• Ask HN: Best useful tools that are helpful in your business?

  We use syncthing to share files between our machines. It avoids is having to use dropbox / OneDrive etc. You just choose a folder and it automatically syncs it in the background. https://syncthing.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 24 days ago

• LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices

  This very hn entries is bust contradicting your statement. Also what about syncthing[1] (for recurrent/permanent sync) and croc[2] (for one time copies) ? I have used both for a number of years already. [1] https://syncthing.net/ [2] https://github.com/schollz/croc. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Ask HN: How best to sync a subset of my files with a friend?

  I would use syncthing, which is open source at https://syncthing.net/. After minimal setup, it just works(tm). You have a normal directory in your filesystem, that is synced to the other peers (which you set up in the "minimal setup"). I have been using it for years, and it works well. It has no problems crossing os'es (i.e. Windows -> linux, linux -> mac) For windows I usually recommend - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Free and Open Source Alternative to Airdrop

  Do consider Syncthing particularly if you are using Android. If using apple iOS you'd need the möbius sync client. https://syncthing.net/ https://www.mobiussync.com/ One thing that it beats the cloud / centralized sync on is because the connection is direct between devices when the initial transfer is completed the file is completely there on the other device. With a cloud type of sync you do the transfer twice.... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago