GEGeoAtreides·Dec 28, 2023
Even better, you can host the sync server yourself: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs
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7 sourcesIncluding self-hosting the sync server, if preferred: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs
In Firefox Keeps Getting Faster> The alternative is https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs which is ridiculously hard to set up.
https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/issues/49...
This is the issue to watch, supporting SQLite. This makes it feasible to run a simple sync server for a single user or a small group. But this is not moving forward.
In Can Chrome Sync or Firefox Sync be trusted with sensitive data? (2018)Problem with this is that it needs the sync server:
> Since the Mozilla-hosted sync servers will not trust assertions issued by third-party accounts servers, you will also need to run your own sync-1.5 server.
The tutorial refers to the old unmaintained version: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver, see https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver/commit/8d9804...
The alternative is https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs which is ridiculously hard to set up.
In Can Chrome Sync or Firefox Sync be trusted with sensitive data? (2018)Ask HN: Is anyone successfully self-hosting Firefox Sync?
I use Firefox as my primary browser, and I would absolutely love to be able to use the Firefox Sync functionality to sync bookmarks, etc. across several devices.
However, I do not want to risk storing absolutely sensitive data (browsing history, auth cookies, credentials, etc) at some third party.
Everytime this comes up in HN comments, someone says that Firefox Sync can be self-hosted. And while this was true in the older versions of Firefox, it seems to me that self-hosting is currently neither supported nor documented. And it has been like this for at least since 2020[1][2].
It seems self-hosting is not a priority for Mozilla.
Is anyone actually self-hosting Firefox Sync?
If so, how do you do it?
How is it working for you?
Any issues to be aware of?
[1]: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/issues/681
(opened on Jun 22,
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2020)
[2]: https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/issues/550
(opened on May 26, 2020)
Yes, I am aware of the project. However, it seems from this issue that self-hosting Firefox Sync is not actually documented or supported:
https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs/issues/68...
In Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right nowLooks like you can with some extra steps https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncstorage-rs
In Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now