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I'm planning to selfhost my own webdav server, but I'm not sure what FOSS app to use. RCX seems to be not being maintained anymore (last updated was 2021). Any suggested app available in Fdroid?

EDIT1: I want to sync my keepassxc database using webdav so i can use the same file on my Android phone and laptop. Looks like keepassxc doesn't support synchronization

EDIT2: ok I found DAVx⁵, has anyone tried it?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

ok I found DAVx⁵, has anyone tried it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yes I've been using DAVx⁵ for many years to sync my Synology Calendar to my phone via WebDAV and my contacts via CardDAV. Any concerns you have?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

can i also use webdav in DavX to sync files for my keepass db?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I see. Somehow I missed your first edit with that information. It does not seem like that's an option given the response on the GitHub discussions: https://github.com/bitfireAT/davx5-ose/discussions/318#discussioncomment-5814992

They suggest:

creating a Tasker automation, or use an specialized application for synchronization like Syncthing or FolderSync for example.

Apparently there's also the option to use NextCloud and their app if you want to go that route like someone else suggested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

ah I think they are suggesting Tasker if user wants to autocopy new files (e.g. say an image after taking a pic) to the WebDav folder. This is not what I plan to do as I will already place the keepass file to the webdav folder.

My question about DavX is if it has WebDav feature (which looks like it has) and works correctly to sync files in the specified folder? I don't see any webdav apps in Fdroid other than DavX.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry, but I use davx5 and sync with contacts and calendar with nextcloud

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes! It works perfectly, you can have Google and non-Google accounts there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

thanks for the feedback

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does it work with syncthing? There are people who use keepass, might be worth asking what other people use.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Been using syncthing for maybe 4 or 5 years now. Syncing the keypass database over 5 devices, no problems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

syncthing is an option, but i think i may add other files if i upgraded my server. Is syncthing better than webdav?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Syncthing is only for syncing. You can't access it directly on a foreign computer but that's not really what you want anyway. If it's only for keepass, I'd go with syncthing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

oh ok, so syncthing doesn't need a server from what i've read. I think I'll use webdav instead as I plan to self-host a server. I'm also planning hosting a site on that server, but that's not the main concern here. I found DavX in Fdroid has Webdav feature. I just want to make sure if that's the right app as I don't see other Webdav apps in Fdroid?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can run syncthing on the server as well 😂 I use Davx5 for carddav and caldav, it works perfectly fine. Probably for webdav as well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

i see, will take a look at syncthing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There’s WebDAV modules for all major web servers. Just use whatever web server you’re more familiar with configuring.

There’s probably Docker images about, ready to go with WebDAV, to save time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Op is asking for an app for Android

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are plenty. I use nextcloud

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

do you experience any merge conflicts with nextcloud like what some users have reported?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

no, but i also don't use keepass anymore 😆 in the thread its mentioned that the android app might be to fault for that, directly using webdav should work

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Keepass2Android supports fetching the database over WebDAV. It's not on F-Droid though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Keepass2Android

that's sad no progress for an fdroid app, but i think this is fine as long as webdav is supported

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