Perkeep VS Syncthing

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Perkeep mentions (16)

• Amino – The Public IPFS DHT Is Getting a Facelift

  There's also Perkeep [1], though it seems like development has slowed down on it in recent years. [1]: https://perkeep.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Is there a way to create a mass photo storage system that can be accessed anywhere?

  You probably just want to pay the cost for hosted. But if you're set on running it yourself, https://perkeep.org/ is great. Source: 12 months ago

• opensource file inventory over multiple system and OS's

  Not sure how actively it’s being developed but it sounds like perkeep is exactly the idea you’re looking for. Source: over 1 year ago

• Storing files locally in a graph

  So... It just occurred to me that you need to know about https://perkeep.org , I have been following it since the beginning when it was called Camlistore, and notably this talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxSzQIwXM1k ( from this page: https://perkeep.org/doc/ ). Source: over 1 year ago

• Seeking a self-hostable search engine for *everything* that I own

  If you want to live dangerously, this might eventually be useful: https://perkeep.org/. Source: over 1 year ago

Syncthing mentions (826)

• 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 / 21 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

• Willow Protocol

  So something like https://syncthing.net/ ? - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago