Syncthing status update??

https://lemmy.world/post/44676112

Syncthing status update?? - Lemmy.World

Some months ago I’v read that there where some issues over privacy on latest syncthing releases, what’s the status as of today? alternative is needed or is safe to use?

Syncthing itself is fine. The unofficial Syncthing for Android was the problem.

You can get around the problem by installing Termux and using the official Syncthing client.

There is also the android version of syncthing-tray

martchus.github.io/doc/…/android.html
martchus.github.io/syncthingtray/#downloads-secti…
martchus.github.io/doc/…/screenshots.html#mobile-…

That dev has been around for a long time so seems like a decent option even if not as polished as syncthing-fork was.

Using the Android app — Syncthing Tray 2026-03-07 documentation

Using termux full time for running network facing services is pretty insecure. Termux should not be relied on for sensitive things, EVERY process runs as the same user.
I am using researchxxl’s fork now and it works fine, had 2 updates in the meanwhile
GitHub - researchxxl/syncthing-android: Syncthing-Fork - A Syncthing Wrapper for Android.

Syncthing-Fork - A Syncthing Wrapper for Android. Contribute to researchxxl/syncthing-android development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub

github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/…/main/

Catfriend seems to be still contributing to this fork

Interesting. So while the handover was pretty bad, I think this is the version to go with