🆕 Software Suggestion | xBrowserSync bookmarks synchronization between devices #1735
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Basic Information
Name: xBrowserSync
Category: Not sure, could be in File Sync or Browser Extensions as a mention?
URL: https://www.xbrowsersync.org/ (sourcecode for both the client app and server: https://github.com/xbrowsersync)
Description
xBrowserSync is a free, open-source and end-to-end encrypted alternative to synchronize bookmarks across your devices. Your data is encrypted and decrypted on your device, no one but you can read it. There is no registration needed, all is needed is to enter a randomly generated id on all devices. Different servers are available, and it can also be self-hosted.
Why I am making the suggestion
Synchronizing browsing between devices is a common need nowadays, and this solution is E2EE, opensource and free. I know it since years but before it was very cumbersome to use, but recently the bookmark sharing has gotten a lot better and is transparent on the most common browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, works on Android smartphones too by sharing links to the app), so I've restarted using it and I can recommend it as it is simple enough to use now IMHO.
In the future, they plan to synchronize open tabs and history too, but for the moment I did not see these features implemented.
My connection with the software
Just a (recent) user.
To clarify how it works in practice:
Note it's not made for offline browsing (unlike Wallabag for instance, BTW this app being not E2EE), it's really just for bookmarks synchronization, the content of the links (apart from the title and a description, both being editable by user) are not stored.
Interesting add-on and certainly a must. Firefox provides bookmark sync out of the box, but I believe it doesn't let you host the data yourself, no idea on encryption.
I'd propose adding this one to the Recommended Add-ons.
Does the end to end encryption that is utilized by the addon have an audit?
No 3rd-party audit of xBrowserSync specifically, but all crypto is done using the Web Crypto API in the client's browser, which itself should be audited.
Also some more details from the FAQ:
Just edited my posts and title to respect the x in lowercase (XBrowserSync -> xBrowserSync)
perhaps with adding xBrowserSync (thanks for bringing this up 👍), it will be also worth mentioning floccus (https://github.com/marcelklehr/floccus) for those who don't want to setup an own dedicated service for bookmark-syncing but already have a trusted sync-service.
i really like its approach to support different sync-backends like nextcloud-bookmarks, a generic WebDAV-server or any other file-storage.