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minus-squaresunstoned@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoI don’t mean to join the broken record crew here, but is this better than Syncthing in some way?
minus-squarePowerCore7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoThis is for file sharing, while Syncthing is for file synchronization. While you could use Syncthing for file sharing as well (and I have used it for that before), it’s definitely more complicated to use, and requires a bit more setup.
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoIt’s for a completely different purpose. This is more close to AirDrop
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt looks like an alternative to LocalSend rather than Syncthing
I don’t mean to join the broken record crew here, but is this better than Syncthing in some way?
This is for file sharing, while Syncthing is for file synchronization. While you could use Syncthing for file sharing as well (and I have used it for that before), it’s definitely more complicated to use, and requires a bit more setup.
It’s for a completely different purpose. This is more close to AirDrop
It looks like an alternative to LocalSend rather than Syncthing