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It's been a weird situation.
Discontinuing syncthing-android - 2024
But then they list Syncthing-Fork in the docs, seemingly giving the fork their blessing
https://github.com/catfriend1/syncthing-android <-- the fork repo
So I guess your main options are:
For additional info about not releasing anymore on play store from Catfriend1 :
ah, so both are legit. thanks.
The announcement literal purpose is to tell you the author does not know if its legit or not and that you should decide for yourself.
Can confirm am using Syncthing-Fork from F-Droid.
I use it too, work well! 🙂