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FOSS contacts storage/sync? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago by iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So...yeah. As I'm moving away from google, I'd like to store my contacts elsewhere. I have proton (I know, I know), but this is also not great, since their system isn't too android-friendly. Which system (maybe self-hosted) would you suggest to easily sync/backup your contacts?

Thanks!

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[–] thomask@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If you are feeling ambitious and want to go "serverless", try out DecSync and a compatible android app for contact sync. This represents all your contacts as files on disk in a way that avoids conflicts, and you can use SyncThing to keep your devices in sync 100% peer to peer. Unfortunately on your desktop you'll probably have to use something like radicale on localhost and the plugin to convert it into CardDAV for your regular email client to understand.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

Thanks! For databases, I'd prefer not to have to rely on Syncthing. I know it's reliable, but I'd prefer something hooking directly to the android contacts/calendars providers. I'll try something CalDAV/CardDav-based. Still trying to find one that includes a web client as well, to edit the contacts/calendars on the web if I choose to (otherwise I'll be needing to create two URLs, one for the client and another for the server).