After switching from Firefox to LibreWolf, I became interested in the idea of self-hosting my own Firefox Sync server. Although I had seen this was possible before, I had never really looked into it—until now. I embarked on a journey to set this up, and while it wasn’t completely smooth sailing, I eventually got it working. Here’s how it went.
Finding the Right Sync Server Initial Search: Mozilla’s Sync Server Repo I started by searching for “firefox sync server github” and quickly found Mozilla’s syncserver repo.

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After switching from Firefox to LibreWolf, the author set out to self-host a Firefox Sync server. They initially found Mozilla's outdated syncserver repo but switched to the Rust-based syncstorage-rs project. They faced challenges with Docker documentation and dependencies but found a simpler solution with syncstorage-rs-docker. The setup involved Docker Compose, MariaDB, and configuring a Caddy reverse proxy. Despite difficulties with database persistence and storage, they successfully set up the server within two hours.

Self-Hosting a Firefox Sync Server

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