How is Resilio Sync doing? Is Resilio still alive?


drego85

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Hello,
this is meant to be a serious thread to reason about the state of development of a software that I've loved and supported for a long time.

In September 2014, almost 10 years ago, I started using BitTorrent Sync (btsync) with great satisfaction and recommended it to many friends.

I and other users have helped in this forum (and in the previous BitTorrent forum) new users, we have helped developers with long debugging sessions to help the development of this software.

Now I am honestly very very confused or perhaps disappointed. 😥

Resilio Sync has not received new features since May 8, 2020, almost 4 years ago with version 2.7.0.1366.

All subsequent versions bring only fixes, and the latest fixes were released on March 28, 2022 (2.7.3.138).

This latest version is not without bugs (crashes at startup, GUI reporting incomplete errors, etc etc).


Resilio continues to write Blog articles (at least two per month) to publicize his solutions. But it is not updated the software. 🤷‍♂️

Personally, I'm disappointed, disappointed. I would like the development situation to be clear for the future.
Should we still trust Resilio or is it time to migrate to other solutions (Syncthing, GoodSync, etc.).

Thank you for your attention!
Andrea

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This has been discussed elsewhere in the forums before. The Android client was updated as recently as last week. I haven't experienced any bugs I haven't been able to work around across Windows, macOS, Android, Linux, and iOS peers.

I don't personally need any new features.

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I don't think Android client was "updated", they just allowed newer build, while it even newer builds are already available to PCs.

And I don't think there's nothing left to fix, there's a ton of issues:

  1. When you are connecting a share it may stuck if new device fails to acquire keys.
  2. Memory usage is gross, especially for mobiles. 500MB to 1GB is too much, other apps are preempted and stopped. CPU usage might be high too for no apparent reason.
  3. There's a ton of UI issues - you can't see what files are ignored, stuck, you can't fix sync issues or resync files.

Personally I want to buy a family 5-pack right now, just to support devs mostly as I don't think I hardly need all that features, just waiting for a next discount. On the other hand really useful features are only available on subscription, like syncing with online storages etc.

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I seriously doubt the "updated" Android apk contains any new code or bugfix. I think it's probably because Google asked them to compile the package with higher / required Android SDK level, or the app will get delisted. 

I used to share files with my friends using RSL. Not anymore, it seems nobody still uses it nowadays. I still have RSL clients running on my Raspberry PIs, but haven't modified files in these shared folders for quite a long time. I got 3 new devices this year (2023): a Linux server, a Win11, and an Android phone, none of them got RSL installed.

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  • 4 weeks later...
On 12/8/2023 at 6:29 PM, jdrch said:

I don't personally need any new features.

How about fixes for what's not working properly? Scroll bars for the windowed app would be nice. So would fixing the error messages so they actually tell you the specific issue - at the moment I can get a sync error 'Can't sync file' but it doesn't expand to anything - the file names woule help!

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  • 5 weeks later...
On 12/7/2023 at 10:23 AM, drego85 said:

Should we still trust Resilio or is it time to migrate to other solutions (Syncthing, GoodSync, etc.).

Resilio is great and will do the job  , other solutions like Syncthing, GoodSync , Syncback , Gs Richcopy 360 , ShareGate ...etc will also help but Resilio is the best 

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I can only agree that Resilio Sync has some bugs that are becoming more and more obvious as the platforms (Windows, Linux, Android ...) progress. It can only be used efficiently as a complete package across the platforms. Personally, I don't need any additional features, but I do need fine-tuning and bug fixes. These are not coming and I started with Syncthing on two tracks and today I only use Syncthing. Monthly release updates and development versions in between, plus open source and free to use. I also purchased several licenses of Resilio Sync and have been using it since BTsync. Realizing that Sync seems to be a dead end, because the maintainers in the forum don't seem to support it anymore, has prompted me to switch completely to Syncthing.

The question is why these views here are sometimes somewhat naive. Take a look at the changelogs to see how Resilio Connect is being updated. Today is on 3.8.2.2285 (18/March/2024). The same in comparison with Resilio Sync with the following image:

Build Release date Days between Max/Min/Aver
Today Date 02.04.2024 736 736
Latest desktop build 2.7.3 28.03.2022 615 1
Latest desktop build 2.7.2  21.07.2020 34 49
Latest desktop build 2.7.1  17.06.2020 40  
Latest Desktop Build 2.7.0  08.05.2020 136  
Latest Desktop Build 2.6.4  24.12.2019 344  
Latest Desktop Build 2.6.3  14.01.2019 53  
Latest Desktop Build 2.6.2  22.11.2018 57  
Latest desktop build 2.6.1  26.09.2018 62  
Latest desktop build 2.6.0  26.07.2018 63  
Latest desktop build 2.5.13  24.05.2018 133  
Latest desktop build 2.5.12  11.01.2018 2  
Latest desktop build 2.5.11  09.01.2018 22  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.10  18.12.2017 74  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.9  05.10.2017 29  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.8  06.09.2017 28  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.7  09.08.2017 27  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.6  13.07.2017 8  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.5  05.07.2017 16  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.4  19.06.2017 11  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.3  08.06.2017 21  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.2  18.05.2017 1  
Latest Desktop Build 2.5.1  17.05.2017 43  
Latest Desktop Build 2.4.5  04.04.2017 116  
Latest Desktop Build 2.4.4  09.12.2016 4  
Latest Desktop Build 2.4.3  05.12.2016 24  
Latest Desktop Build 2.4.2  11.11.2016 43  
Latest Desktop Build 2.4.1  29.09.2016 16  
Latest Desktop Build 2.4.0  13.09.2016 83  
Latest Desktop Build 2.3.8  22.06.2016 49  
Latest Desktop build 2.3.7  04.05.2016 37  
Latest Desktop build 2.3.6  28.03.2016 11  
Latest Desktop build 2.3.5  17.03.2016 1  
Latest Desktop build 2.3.4  16.03.2016 22  
Latest Desktop build 2.3.3  23.02.2016 5  
Latest Desktop build 2.3.2  18.02.2016 16  
Latest Desktop Build 2.3.1  02.02.2016 12  
Latest Desktop Build 2.3.0  21.01.2016 69  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.7  13.11.2015 11  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.6  02.11.2015 24  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.5  09.10.2015 3  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.4  06.10.2015 7  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.3  29.09.2015 6  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.2  23.09.2015 7  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.1  16.09.2015 7  
Latest Desktop Build 2.2.0 09.09.2015 9  
Latest Destkop Build 2.1.4  31.08.2015 17  
Latest Desktop Build 2.1.3  14.08.2015 3  
Latest Desktop Build 2.1.2  11.08.2015 22  
Latest Desktop Build 2.1.1  20.07.2015 5  
Latest Desktop Build 2.1.0  15.07.2015 19  
Latest Desktop Build 2.0.128  26.06.2015 1  
Latest Desktop Build 2.0.127  25.06.2015 2  
Latest Desktop Build 2.0.126  23.06.2015 5  
Latest Desktop Build 2.0.125  18.06.2015 10  
Latest Desktop Build 2.0.124  08.06.2015 20  
Latest Desktop Build 2.0.120  19.05.2015 70  
Sync 2.0 Is Available  10.03.2015 33  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.110  05.02.2015 31  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.106  05.01.2015 55  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.103  11.11.2014 11  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.99  31.10.2014 14  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.93  17.10.2014 1  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.92  16.10.2014 6  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.91  10.10.2014 22  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.83  18.09.2014 2  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.82  16.09.2014 14  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.75  02.09.2014 6  
Latest Desktop Build 1.4.72  27.08.2014 27  
Latest Desktop Build 1.3.109  31.07.2014 45  
Latest Desktop Build 1.3.106  16.06.2014 28  
Latest Desktop Build 1.3.105  19.05.2014 13  
Latest Desktop Build 1.3.94  06.05.2014 19  
Latest Desktop Build 1.3.93  17.04.2014 8  
Latest Desktop Build 1.3.87  09.04.2014 1  
Latest Desktop Build 1.3.86  08.04.2014    
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Today Resilio released a new version, 2.8.0. A new thread was opened by the Admins in this forum but no one has officially responded to my discussion (which had almost 2 thousand readings).

The new version has a minimal changelog, as the first detail stating that it has improved software security "security enhancements."

I remain disappointed with this very poor communication, so for over two years we have had software with security issues installed on our computers and they just release such a minimalist changelog?!

In 2024, cybersecurity must be the focus of every software house. Especially if their product shares/sync files/data.

I'm so, so sorry. I'm disappointed! 😪

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4 hours ago, drego85 said:

Today Resilio released a new version, 2.8.0. A new thread was opened by the Admins in this forum but no one has officially responded to my discussion (which had almost 2 thousand readings).

The new version has a minimal changelog, as the first detail stating that it has improved software security "security enhancements."

I remain disappointed with this very poor communication, so for over two years we have had software with security issues installed on our computers and they just release such a minimalist changelog?!

In 2024, cybersecurity must be the focus of every software house. Especially if their product shares/sync files/data.

I'm so, so sorry. I'm disappointed! 😪

I received an email update yesterday and this is what it said:

We understand it's been a while since you've received a software update, and we wanted to acknowledge that and share the latest news.

The team has been working behind the scenes to develop the next generation of Resilio Sync. We're committed to continuously improving your experience, and a significant update will be designed to make Sync even more powerful.

We can’t reveal all the details yet, but it is scheduled to launch in the near future.

In the meantime, we have released a maintenance update today. Resilio Sync 2.8 includes security enhancements, bug fixes, and other performance improvements. We highly recommend you update your current version to Sync 2.8.

 


Thank you again for your continued support. We're thrilled to share what we've been working on soon!

Sincerely,

Team Resilio

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  • 3 months later...
1 hour ago, Golria said:

Many alternatives are available, take a look at GoodSync, Gs Richcopy 360, and Syncback Pro. All are gold

Some of those are backup, not sync, solutions. The 2 types aren't the same.

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