Asking because of the latest issues with the maintainer.

  • wltr@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 hours ago

    How does it handle the battery life? Is it run all the time or do you just start it to sync when you need it?

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      6 hours ago

      I just have it constantly running in the background at all times. Every time I restart my phone, I manually open Termux and run the command syncthing. I haven’t noticed any difference in battery life compared to when I used Syncthing Fork. It may possibly be better or worse, but not noticeably so.

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        6 hours ago

        Ok, thanks. It really sounds like a simple solution to the problem. I think even if it does drain battery for some reason (e.g. a repository with a huge number of files), this could be automated, like the on/off switch to run the app to sync and be done with it.

        On iPhone, I use sushi train, and it does automated sync via Shortcuts (a built-in app for light automations), via timers or other events like charging. It works perfectly fine for my use case. It syncs my notes multiple times a night, plus during the day while on charge or when I join trusted WiFi networks. I expect the same can be achieved on an Android. So, really, the CLI version might do the job plenty good, I believe.