Firefox Sync/Accounts Server

[subven]

Pushing this topic! Google (again) postponed the rollout of manifest V3 in Chrome (and therefore every other Chromium based browser). I hope/think with the introduction of manifest V3 there will be a big shift in browser market share towards Firefox. By the time of writing, Chrome (and Chromium based browsers like Edge/Opera etc.) has a combined market share of >70%! Having the opportunity to easily host your own sync server at Cloudron would convince more users to migrate to Firefox and I would really appreciate that.

[RazielKanos]

unfortunately, the fact is, most people use the browser that was preinstalled. They aren't concerned about their data security or anything, probably don't even understand the issues at all...

[subven]

As of now, Manifest v2 will no longer work unless you hack your Chromium-based browser into managed mode, which is very tedious.

I can host my own syncstorage-rs instance but I still belive it would be a nice and handy tool in addition to Cloudrons app portfolio.

Does it really not matter to anyone to own and protect their and others critical data, such as passwords, browsing history, and sessions? How do you guys handle that besides using the build in Firefox sync function?

[jdaviescoates]

@subven vaultwarden for passwords, Firefox Sync for tabs

[subven]

@jdaviescoates I also use Vaultwarden (thanks to Cloudron). Just saw that with Firefox Sync, you can control what to sync. I don't want Mozilla to save my sessions, passwords, or confidential data, but I don't care about bookmarks ^^ Maybe this could work.

[Teiluj]

I would find this helpful.
Currently, I am using Syncthing to sync Librewolf portable between devices. However I still encounter regular conflicts - Nothing major, but just some annoyances I could do without. My biggest pain in this setup is the heavy limitation for cross platforming.
And so Firefox Sync would alleviate these pain points however minor or major they are. So would be welcome.

[brerlapn]

@Neiluj If you're concerned about privacy issues using Firefox Sync, there's also https://github.com/xbrowsersync/api which was recommended to me by some friends when I was looking for a service I could self-host.

Clients are available at https://www.xbrowsersync.org/

[josephcosta]

@subven Hello, I use vaultwarden for passwords and floccus + nextcloud-bookmarks to sync my bookmarks on different browsers (floccus has an extension for all of them).

• https://floccus.org
• https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/bookmarks

[Teiluj]

@brerlapn @josephcosta Thanks for your suggestions - while I am aware of xbrowsersync / floccus, it does not quite fit what I am after and the gap that Firefox Sync Server would fill for me: Syncing browser parameters/extensions and session.
Hence my appreciation if ever Firefox Sync Server ever comes to Cloudron.

[matthiaskurz]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to ask whether there are any plans to support a "Firefox Sync Server" app?

I used the Sync Server for a long time many years ago and was always very impressed with it. For me personally, a modern browser sync feature like this is an important pillar of self-hosting and data sovereignty.

Thanks in advance for a quick update.

Best regards,
Matthias

[Teiluj]

Hi @matthiaskurz

Same as you, I would very much like a Cloudron package for this.

However in the meantime, have you seen this post.

This might help for the time being, at least until either I or someone else (or even better Cloudron Staff) get around to possibly make a custom or official package for this.