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Overlaps somewhat with /c/floss_replacement and /c/privacy; crossposts welcome

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Hello!

I recently had issues with my self-hosted instance of Nextcloud so I started looking for an alternative to it.

I would like something that could allow me to make a local network of shared files between devices I choose, if that makes any sense.

I stumbled upon Syncthing but it doesen't seem what I had in mind: I understand that it replicates folders between devices, but I am looking for a way to distribuite files between machines. Again, like Nextcloud but without a central server to rely to.

Do you know if something of that sort exists?

Or if you have any other solution?

Thank you.

P.S. I am posting it here because it seems like some sort of self-hosting, but maybe I will cross-post it to the decentralized comunity.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

The closest thing to what you're describing is https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs

However they're right now in the middle of a Python 2 to Python 3 port, have to keep an eye on github for a new release.

Here's a good video on the technology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xdEyquCl2I

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

They need a Python to Rust port. :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Some of the underlying libaries are in C, but yes; there was some discussion on their IRC about potentially using Rust instead.

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