Ferry Sync (Cloud file sync)

Ferry Sync is a native file sync and cloud browser app for Sailfish OS: connect it to your cloud server, browse your files, and keep local folders synchronized in both directions.

rclone is the transfer and sync engine.

Features:

• Two way folder sync (rclone bisync) per sync pair — a whole folder or just a single file
• Upload only (one way) (rclone bisync) per sync pair — a whole folder
• Currently implemented backends: Seafile, Nextcloud, SFTP, FTP/FTPS
• Remote browser: navigate your libraries/folders, create folders, upload, download and delete
• Open files directly on the device: built-in text viewer, text editor and image viewer
• File browser for uploads — all file types, multi-select
• Background sync via systemd user timer: every 5 / 15 / 30 minutes, ... -- or manual only
• Network rule: Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi and mobile data; runs are skipped cleanly when offline
• Safety limit against mass deletion: a run that wants to delete unusually much is aborted and waits for your explicit confirmation ("Force sync")
• Global exclude patterns, editable line by line (*.tmp, .thumbnails/**, …)
• Per-run sync logs viewable in the app, plus a permanent diagnostics page for support cases
• Cover action "Sync now" with status at a glance
• Translations via Weblate: EN, DE, NO

Supported Backends:

For a full list of backends the engine can talk to, please refer to https://rclone.org/overview/

If you want to use a backend that is not yet implemented and it is on the list above, please create an issue on GitHub and I will add it.

Technical Information:

• Qt 5.6.3 (Sailfish OS Silica UI) + Python 3 backend via PyOtherSide — no C++, no Java
• rclone as the one and only transfer and sync engine, bundled in the RPM (aarch64, armv7hl, i486)
• Background sync as a short-lived systemd user timer — no permanent daemon, no battery drain
• Sandboxing is disabled (Sandboxing=Disabled): inside the jail the Secrets daemon socket is invisible and systemctl/python3 cannot be executed, which makes background sync and secure credential storage impossible

Tested on: Fairphone 4 (SFOS 5.0.0.62), Emulator (5.0.0.62)

Links:

• Github: https://github.com/Dominik-h-hub/harbour-ferry
• Releases & Changelog: https://github.com/Dominik-h-hub/harbour-ferry/releases
• Issue Tracker: https://github.com/Dominik-h-hub/harbour-ferry/issues