Hey,
I want to be able to access my projects from my laptop and my desktop, without syncing build folders (patterns are okay for this) or large data folders (manually selected is preferable for those). A bonus would be to be able to selectively keep files remote to use less storage space.
I also want to sync some regular documents and class notes, but everything is able to do that at least.
Syncthing “works” for this, but it doesn’t have a web file browser or a “main” hoster, so I don’t think it’s quite the right tool.
I recently installed owncloud, and its desktop sync can almost do this, but it can’t keep files local without uploading them (otherwise it seems pretty good!). Seafile hasn’t worked at all for me, and ime nextcloud is decently painful and has way too many features I don’t need at all.
Am I using the wrong tool for the job? Is there a way to accomplish what I want to accomplish?
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Syncthing works great, if you want a web based file browser you can install one of the many available on a server with syncthing.
it does! I use it to sync my music, but I feel like it’s not the right tool for the job here.
I don’t want to “have the folders connected”, I want to have the ability to sync files easily, while excluding specific folders and files.
Ahh gotcha, selective sync or virtual file system are the common terms for that. Nextcloud supports it, Owncloud does too and I think Owncloud Infinite Scale does but it’s not 100% clear.
When you say Owncloud couldn’t keep files local without uploading, was that with VFS enabled on the client?
I tried with both, but I didn’t figure out how if such an option exists. I did manage to do the opposite (keeping files uploaded but not having them locally), both with and without VFS (with VFS it’s in a context menu in nautilus, without it’s in the desktop app).
Have you tried Seafile. https://www.seafile.com/en/home/
It has server and client. And you can choose what to sync, so you don’t have to pull down entire folders.
Also has a webgui. Client side has Sync client or Drive client for Windows/Linux/Mac.Drive client works more like a network drive so you don’t need to sync the files.
Also has Android/ IOS app
I have. It hasn’t worked very well for me, the docs weren’t great (though I’m looking at them now and they do seem better?) and it broke in strange ways.
It has been working well for us, we have a central work server and most use WebGUU, but some of us have the Sync or Drive Client and Phone Apps. I only had to pause sync and restart for a file that wasn’t syncing once in about 9 years
I don’t know how far owncloud and nextcloud have diverged, but in the nextcloud client you can add filters to ignore files by clicking the three dots on the folder in settings.
You can also free up local space by using virtual folders, but it only works properly on windows.
Windows right?
Set the folders as shared folders and just access them over the network as needed in windows explorer.
If you’re on Linux, use sshfs.
Remotely; vpn the devices together.
