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Nextcloud or Syncthing - which one do you suggest? (lemmy.kde.social)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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Hello fellow selfhosters! I have a laptop and a tablet (both running endeavourOS), and I want a certain folder to be always in sync. I also have a very potato server.
My two options currently are Nextcloud and Syncthing. The laptop and the tablet are rarely online at the same time, so I need the server as middleman (so, no syncthing laptop <-> tablet, but laptop <-> server <-> tablet).

Which one do you recommend? The power consumption (of the client) is also very important, because both the laptop and the tablet are battery-powered

I'm also open to other options as well!

thanks in advance to everyone!

Edit: thanks to everyone for your precious help! I finally set up syncthing and it's working flawlessly!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Quick pros/cons from what I've read (correct me if I'm wrong - I've not used syncthing myself):

syncthing

Pros:

Easy to setup and use.
No infrastructure to maintain
Will sync directories between computers

Cons:

Uses third party resources to sync by default (can setup direct sync if needed/wanted however)
Only does directory synchronization

Nextcloud

Pros:

Can synchronize directories
Entire synchronization pipeline is under your control
Offers a lot more functionality if you want it (WebDAV, Calendars, public shares with "anyone with URL can view" permission, etc.)

Cons:

You need to setup/maintain your Nextcloud server
Can be fiddly to setup for some (wasn't for me - but lots of people do complain about it).

[–] JoeKrogan 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Syncthing can do direct sync if you give the ip address to each node and you can disable relay servers .

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! Updated.

[–] JoeKrogan 1 points 4 months ago

Happy to help 😉

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The maintenance part crushed me. Most of my other self hosted home setup, I fiddle with at most 2-3 times a year. Next cloud, I logging in at least once a month because something wasn't working.

[–] cybersandwich 4 points 4 months ago

I switched the the snap package and it's been rock solid and pain free the entire time.

I welcome any and all comments on why snap is Satan.