Ditto: Real-time sync for apps even without the internet

Re:Ditto: Real-time sync for apps even without the internet by swah on Thursday September 22, 2022 @06:37AM (#32937054)

Very cool project - I wonder if they shouldn't go the "Free for open-source/education projects" route though?

With the current offering, I feel at anytime there could be a "takeover" by a well-run open-source initiative and "everyone loses".

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Re:Ditto: Real-time sync for apps even without the internet by kwhitefoot on Thursday September 22, 2022 @07:18AM (#32937352)

For a lot of simple use cases that don't need automatic conflict resolution you could just share files using Syncthing. Then the only dependency on external infrastructure is the Syncthing STUN server if one or both peers is behind a NAT.

Syncthing is open and uses the Mozilla Public License: https://syncthing.net/

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Re:Ditto: Real-time sync for apps even without the internet by WJW on Thursday September 22, 2022 @08:02AM (#32937670)

Why does "everyone lose" if a well-run open source initiative forks it and runs it better? That seems like like an improvement for everyone except maybe the original maintainer of the project, if they don't want to join up with the rest of the people.

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Re:Ditto: Real-time sync for apps even without the internet by swah on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:38AM (#32982346)

I was thinking that users will have to use a "worse" (less features) open-source alternative for years until it comes to parity.

If its a niche thing, the community for each software could be cut in half, etc.

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Re:Ditto: Real-time sync for apps even without the internet by mbalex99 on Thursday September 22, 2022 @12:05PM (#32940905)

We are working on this! Give us a bit!

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