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0 pointsajphdiv6y ago0 comments

Sync can also be self hosted.

https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver

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I love firefox but this is one hell of an annoyance I would beat author with a large trump. A hellofablob of dependencies etc. Like it was deliberately build to not self host it (and no I dont want docker).

I really really really hate it for almost 10 years. There was a project rewritting it in go but was abandoned and probably the next thing I will develop will be a replacement .

paulddraper6y ago

> and no I dont want docker

Forgive me, but it sounds like you just want to be unhappy about the distribution, because that solves your problem pretty well.

stiray6y ago

I have freebsd server and jails. Ergo, docker doesnt solve my problem.

mrmuagi6y ago

Given it's written in python 2.7, it's due for a rewrite if I understand.

em-bee6y ago

maybe not deliberately, but i can imagine that it wasn't built with self-hosting in mind, until someone (from inside or outside) pushed for a self-hosting option.

is there a documented API? how much does it really take to sync? if it's browser encrypted it would really be just login, push or pull a blob. how hard can that be?

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stiray6y ago

I really really really hate it for almost 10 years. There was a project rewritting it in go but was abandoned and probably the next thing I will develop will be a replacement .

paulddraper6y ago

> and no I dont want docker

Forgive me, but it sounds like you just want to be unhappy about the distribution, because that solves your problem pretty well.

stiray6y ago

I have freebsd server and jails. Ergo, docker doesnt solve my problem.

mrmuagi6y ago

Given it's written in python 2.7, it's due for a rewrite if I understand.

em-bee6y ago

maybe not deliberately, but i can imagine that it wasn't built with self-hosting in mind, until someone (from inside or outside) pushed for a self-hosting option.

is there a documented API? how much does it really take to sync? if it's browser encrypted it would really be just login, push or pull a blob. how hard can that be?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse