# Very disappointed on Joplin and its sync problems

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/very-disappointed-on-joplin-and-its-sync-problems/45026>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [24 April 2025 01:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/very-disappointed-on-joplin-and-its-sync-problems/45026 "2025-04-24T01:59:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 15

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chr15m](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/chr15m/32/6896_2.png) [@chr15m](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/chr15m)\
**Post date:** [30 April 2025 03:13 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/very-disappointed-on-joplin-and-its-sync-problems/45026/15 "2025-04-30T03:13:55Z")

</div>

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/b/8/b8d7f8d0ca5a8ca0a0f4a44fd4e88e88ef843ff6.png)

Another thing that could improve the user experience: show the number (even an estimation) of items that still need to be sync'ed. At the moment I see 2725 items - but out of how many? This is a replace-remote-with-local so you know the destination is empty and every file must be sync'ed. You could also time each item and then provide a rough estimate. Yes, I understand there could be technical challenges with this due to the current implementation, but obviously it is possible because it happens in other apps.

Other ideas for faster sync:

- Nextcloud's "bulk upload" feature [File bulk upload — Nextcloud latest Developer Manual latest documentation](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/client_apis/WebDAV/bulkupload.html)
- Supporting Rsync: [rsync - npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/rsync)
- Support scp: [node-scp - npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-scp)

> Those issues don't happen with Joplin Cloud

@laurent It looks like a cool product and I wish you luck with it. I don't want to sync to somebody else's server. I donate more than a Pro subscription every month via GitHub so it's not about the money. My self-hosted webdav servers are also not free. They cost more per month than a Joplin Cloud subscription. For an open source Free Software app like Joplin it seems like a good idea to have well supported fully self-hosted sync as a feature.

---

_[View the full topic](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/very-disappointed-on-joplin-and-its-sync-problems/45026)._