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I use syncthing... it's great for that purpose, Android is not officially supported but there is a fork, that works fine. Maybe you want to combine it with either ente.io or immich (also available for self-hosted) for photo backup.

I would also distinguish between documents (like PDF and TIFF) and photos - there is also paperless ngx.

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Isn't that like a Dropbox approach? If you have 2tb photos this means you need 2tb storage on everything?

I like Syncthing but it’s not a great option on iOS.

What about Möbius Sync?

https://mobiussync.com/

It's an option... But still beholden to the arbitrary restriction apple has on data access.

Synctrain is better, and free

Now that’s interesting, thanks for sharing. Link: https://apps.apple.com/no/app/synctrain/id6553985316

I’ve tried Möbius before but wasn’t happy with it. Ended up switching to Resilio Sync (proprietary, one-time purchase) some years ago; the iOS client was better, it synced faster, and it was better at working around NAT/FW issues.

But I recently tried Syncthing again, and it seems to have mostly catches up except for the iOS client.

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