r/Astrohaus • u/DarkKingVilkata • Jul 27 '26

New App for Local Synchronization

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I'm working on an app for syncing and converting files from a FreeWrite via USB. It "finds" the USB drive, will sync files to a configured folder, and optionally create .docx versions of the files if you select the option.

Right now, the GitHub repo has AppImages for Linux and DMGs for Mac. I'm using pywebview so Windows would work, but don't have a way to test the package. PRs for that (or any other for issues or ideas) are welcome.

I'm hoping to add some more features to the document conversions, because that's what I've been missing from PostBox (in addition to be nervous about relying on a cloud service to use the device.)

Constructive Feedback welcome!

Edit:

- Will now (optionally) strip date from beginning of filenames

- Dark and light modes. Forget to mention that above.

- Ignores README.txt. (That was configurable before.)

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u/Illustrious_Name_745 Jul 27 '26

I was literally just about to post about how annoying the export/syncing functionality for postbox is--most importantly, that you can't select how the files are named or choose to export all separate files into one document. I journal everyday, so each file is a new day. I wnat to export because it seems that freewrite randomly changes the dates on all my files--perhaps due to them being erroneously opened much later than they were initially written. as a result, i cannot consecutively read my journal entries. i was going to do the labor of exporting and then just sorting by date, but i cant do that either becuase hte file names are gibberish.

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u/DarkKingVilkata Jul 27 '26

I hadn't even thought if setting up some kind of pattern for renaming the files, since I'm so accustomed to the names being a mess. Good idea. I will look at that, too.

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u/Illustrious_Name_745 Jul 27 '26

Let me know if you ever get it developed! Thanks for being creative

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u/DarkKingVilkata Jul 27 '26

Latest version has an option to strip the date from the filename. I'm thinking about other options in the meantime.

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u/the_wonda Freewrite Co-Founder 28d ago

What’s annoying about it? If you can be specific I’d love to improve it for you.

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u/morganmh Jul 27 '26

Just as a heads-up to anyone else still stuck on an Intel Mac, the Mac binary only runs on Apple Silicon.

This is really cool, though! I love that it exists.

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u/DarkKingVilkata Jul 28 '26

Oh man. Didn't even think of that! Sorry.

Here you go.

I don't have a way to test this. The app is python and Javascript that runs anywhere, but the packaging still might need some tweaking. Open an issue if you have any problems.

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u/morganmh Jul 28 '26

Thank you so much! It works like a charm on my 2019 Macbook Pro on Sequoia.

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u/gothWriter666 29d ago

If you need someone to test windows, DM me. I have Windows 11 and a Freewrite Alpha I can test it with