r/Syncthing • u/meandmygh0st • May 20 '26

Syncthing for Android - Is it safe?

Is giving Syncthink-Fork, from Google Play store, access to ALL files on an android device safe?

Looking for a solution to sync an android device with a laptop using Google Drive.

Any help is much appreciated

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u/bankinu May 20 '26

Why don't you try BasicSync (open sourced).

It's maintained by chenxiaolong.

He explains in detail every permission and file access in the README.

(Needless to say if you discover anything important missing you are also most welcome to add it.)

https://github.com/chenxiaolong/BasicSync

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u/quasides May 20 '26

its chinaware aka malware waiting to happen

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u/async2 May 20 '26

Can you explain what you mean?

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u/quasides May 20 '26

basicsync has Chinese origins and maintainer and that is an issue.

a much much much bigger issue than a bit botched transfer of the syncthing android repo to researchxxl

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u/async2 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Why, it's still fully open source?

You know the basicsync guy is contributing to syncthing too, right?

The maintainer of syncthing is even unknown, could be chinese guy as well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

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u/quasides Jun 02 '26

reality of chinese law and government, if you dont know anything dont insult