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đŸ“± Nextcloud iOS App

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đŸ“± Nextcloud iOS App

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Very interesting project, and nice landing page! Will definitely check it out. I'm a long time ownCloud/NextCloud user and I'm aware of the alternatives. With multiple android


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Observed mentions: 2020-03-26 22:19:40 UTC to 2025-12-06 15:43:02 UTC.

01232020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2025

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> The Nextcloud iOS app does it. Searching for "nextcloud ios background sync" shows a whole bunch of forum posts and bug reports about it not working well unless you have the application open. One issue (https://github.com/nextcloud/ios/issues/2225) been open since 2022, seems to still be not working properly. Another (https://github.com/nextcloud/ios/issues/2497) been open since 2023. For something that works well it seems like a ton of people have a lot of issues with it. Are you sure you're on the latest iOS version? Seems like people experience the issues when they're on a later version.
In Self-hosting my photos with Immich
Journelly uses standard iOS file access and relies on iCloud (or third parties) to handle syncing via related infrastructure. Theoretially, any third party app that is a file provider https://developer.apple.com/documentation/fileprovider should be able available to Journelly. The reality is that reliability and provider completeness by third parties varies drastially. For example, many of them don't offer directory access to other apps (Nextcloud as an example https://github.com/nextcloud/ios/issues/3283#issuecomment-27...), which is a show-stopper for Journelly. It needs a directory to save images. Here's a thread with some third party options some folks are using with Journelly https://framapiaf.org/@marczz/114369575100101184 Working Copy, SyncTrain, and Möbius Sync are amongst the ones I've heard working from users. For v1, I'm offici
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ally supporting iCloud (but still leaving it open for folks to try other providers). I'm just not able to do what's necessary to implement or fix what's needed in those providers (their app/codebase).
In Show HN: Journelly for iOS: like tweeting but for your eyes only (in plain text)
> Can you expand on this further? Wouldn’t this just be exposing myself to the same vulnerabilities as OP? Yeah I wouldn't do this personally, I just mentioned it as the simplest option. Unless it's meant to be a public service, I always try to at least hide it from automated scanners. > If I use nginx as a reverse proxy, would I be mitigating the risk? If the reverse proxy performs additional authentication before allowing traffic to pass onto the service it's protecting, then yes, it would. One of my more elegant solutions has been to forward a port to nginx and configure it to require TLS client certificate verification. I generated and installed a certificate on each of my devices. It's seamless for me in day to day usage, but any uninvited visitors would be denied entry by the reverse proxy. However support for client certificates is
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spotty outside of browsers, across platforms, which is unfortunate. For example HomeAssistant on Android supports it [1] (after years of pleading), but the iOS version doesn't. [2] NextCloud for iOS however supports it [3]. In summary, I think any kind of authentication added at the proxy would be great for both usability and security, but it has very spotty support. > Based on other advice, it seems like the self hosted VPN (wireguard) is the safest option, but slower. I think so. It shouldn't be slow per se, but it's probably going to affect battery life somewhat and it's annoying to find it disconnected when you try to access Immich or other services. [1] https://github.com/home-assistant/android/pull/2526 [2] https://community.home-assistant.io/t/secure-communication-c... [3] https://github.com/nextcloud/ios/pull/2908
In A story on home server security

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