just setup a private #firefox #sync server. pretty straight forward... 
1. build a #docker image from https://github.com/mozilla-services/syncserver
2. #deploy it somewhere
3. configure identity.sync.tokenserver.uri in #about:config to point to your new location
4. login at `about:preferences#sync` (you still need a #mozilla account, unless you also run a private account server)
5. sync and check about:sync-log for #error|s
@mase yes, they discontinued #weave (aka #sync 1.0 or 1.1) because it was too #complex and #unreliable...
now it's sync 1.5! 👨🌾
and it seems to be working well. (though, i didn't test everything, yet...)
with #floccus you can only sync #bookmarks, can't you?
@martin Yes, but bookmarks is enough for me. I don't store tabs or passwords. For passwords I use keepass, which I also sync with Nextcloud. Does it also work in Android?
@mase it is supposed to work on #android, but i can't confirm that...
i'm using #orfox and #fossbrowser, which however do not support sync.
there is no pure #firefox in the @fdroidorg repository (and #google #play #store is not an option). just tried #icecat but cannot sign in to sync (probably related to https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?50960)
@martin @fdroidorg I use Fennec from F-droid. Maybe I will give the new sync a try.
@mase @fdroidorg thanks! please keep us updated :)
just let me know if you want to use my sync server for temp testing
@martin
awesome!
A writeup would be much appreciated. Besides the detailed steps, I'd like to know what features I lose, and why there's still a mozilla account involved.
@martin never hurts to blog! (it's kind of a lost art nowadays)
@martin Should also add that elementary OS's native browser, Epiphany (based on Gnome Web), syncs with Firefox accounts—so you don't even need Firefox, technically!
(IMHO Epiphany is a totally decent browser if you don't need a ton of extensions—comes with built-in adblock, lighter than Chrome & Firefox.)
@martin it uses your Firefox account, so yeah, it syncs with both FF & Epiphany. E. g. when sharing a link via Firefox mobile I can send it to Firefox desktop, or Epiphany.
@nev but i can't figure out how to point #epiphany to my private #sync server...!?
the settings seem to be #hardcoded..?
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/blob/master/lib/ephy-sync-utils.h#L33
do you have any #experience with that?
@martin this is what I need to add to they.com. thanks
@martin lol I didn't catch that autocorrect.
@martin my domain is thejoyo.com and that does have a valid cert. chrome doesn't want to do an http redirect tho.
I'm pretty sure that's how I configured the domain registration and cert.
@martin oh now that I think about it I am blocking port 80
@Xyc0 yes, that's what it looks like ;-)
curl also gets a time out on :80
but even on :443 the page doesn't work for me... it says " Error fetching updates" (do you need cookies or anything?)
@martin that's cool, might wanna try that once I get my hands on some decent server and my dorm's students club gets a new technical director who isn't just ignoring all my requests for server housing in one of the mostly empty housings we've got
This would be interesting as a hive mind^W^Wteam service.
Multiple machines signed into a sync server through a shared account but able to pass one another URLs and have a shared bookmark.
@martin I thought, Mozilla stopped syncing to custom servers. I used weave in the past. Does this work again? How about Firefox mobile? At the moment I sync to Nextcloud bookmarks with the Floccus addon in Firefox. Works pretty good.