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I used to use all these Sync programs, but each of them had their own issues (or missing features). So I eventually switched to regular rsync + ssh.

The upside is that you don't have to install much serverside.

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The nice thing with nextcloud is it allows you to share to the public, just like dropbox but self hosted.

That just means you rsync to the public www directory instead. :)

So your rsync+ssh solution to one-click share-a-link that is one-time use or with an expiration date is what?

The knowledge that one time links are a terrible means of access control.

Ahh, the old "I don't have a response so I'll just say the feature you use everyday is 'terrible'". The market would suggest you are completely wrong.

Can you help me understand how you think your solution is an alternative?

* What do you do for mobile access?

* How do you share to a single person or a group?

* What do you do for team collaboration?

Maybe I should add that I'm the only user and I don't need to sync between mobile.

I also don't need to share since all I need is to sync between my laptop and my Desktop.

What features did you miss with such minimal requirements?

Well, I guess I wanted to see what gets synced, before it gets synced. I can easily do that with rsync by running it in dry mode first.

There is also Unison, which is similar.

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