This is to brainstorm, make a roadmap and eventually develop interoperability between Syncthing, Tiki and ClearOS in the context of WikiSuite.
We will use ClearOS and Tiki to complement Syncthing's feature-set to make an awesome full-featured file sync server. For example:
- Syncthing has no concept of users, just devices. So we could map devices to users.
- Syncthing can't be used to share files via an email. This is trivial to add to ClearOS or Tiki.
Tiki-Syncthing interop
Use cases
- Isabelle has a directory of all files related to design, with subfolders by customer.
- Marcel works on various files, and Charles and others need access
- Files that are generated by a job or process
- Nathalie needs to privately share a video and has this problem: https://xkcd.com/949/
Wants
- Link to latest version of a specific file
- List all files (sorted)
- List only files from a specific customer
- List recent changes
- Compare with previous version (we'd need viewers / converters)
- Embed most recent version in relevant viewer (ex.: ViewerJS, PluginMediaPlayer)
- Share a file by email. So a unique URL permits to download a file which is managed by Syncthing -> https://doc.tiki.org/Share
Wiki Syntax
{syncthing folder=abc sort=lastmodified startatsubfolder="UQAM"}
Random questions / ideas
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ClearOS: How to have an instance available for each user? They should run as different users. done
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In the ClearOS GUI, users should be able to manage their Syncthing instance. done
- And they should have access to their FlexShare directories
- Syncthing should be restricted to specific directories on a default setup (it's to sync user data, not the OS)
- Not: Syncthing is no longer running as root
- How to have Tiki File Gallery interop?
- How to have interop with ClearOS Flexshares (Samba)
- Should ClearOS devices per use be tracked in ClearOS's OpenLDAP?
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