Syncthing
Open-source, peer-to-peer service offering encrypted file synchronization, ensuring data privacy and user-autonomy without relying on cloud storage or central servers, suitable for various uses.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Application type
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- Terminal
- Cloudron
- Termux
Features
Properties
- Decentralized
- Lightweight
- Privacy focused
Features
- Peer-To-Peer
- Folder Sync
- File Sync
- Real-time sync
- End-to-End Encryption
- Large File Transfer
- Synchronization
- Ad-free
- No registration required
- Dark Mode
- Portable
- No Tracking
- Shared Folders
- File Versioning
- Command line interface
- Works Offline
- Mesh network
- Selective Synchronization
- Encrypted Connection
Syncthing News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Syncthing
Syncthing 2.0 debuts with SQLite migration, new logs, platform changes, and much moreSyncthing 2.0 has arrived, marking a major release for the popular open source solution for continu...
- POX published news article about Syncthing
The Syncthing Android app is being discontinued, but alternatives remain availableSimon Frei, the maintainer of Syncthing, has announced the retirement of the official Syncthing And...
Recent activities
POX added Syncthing as alternative to Nothing Warp- hamid-khan updated Syncthing
Aerosol added Syncthing as alternative to cryptfiles.cloud and lod.ink- pjthedj liked Syncthing
- Aerosol added Syncthing as alternative to cryptfiles.cloud
Aerosol added Syncthing as alternative to TransferChain Drive and maybefiles
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What is Syncthing?
Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it's transmitted over the Internet.
Private. None of your data is ever stored anywhere else other than on your computers. There is no central server that might be compromised, legally or illegally. Encrypted. All communication is secured using TLS. The encryption used includes perfect forward secrecy to prevent any eavesdropper from ever gaining access to your data. Authenticated. Every node is identified by a strong cryptographic certificate. Only nodes you have explicitly allowed can connect to your cluster.
Easy to Use Powerful. Synchronize as many folders as you need with different people or just between your own devices.
Portable. Configure and monitor Syncthing via a responsive and powerful interface accessible via your browser. Works on macOS, Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, OpenBSD, and many others. Run it on your desktop computers and synchronize them with your server for backup.
Simple. Syncthing doesn’t need IP addresses or advanced configuration: it just works, over LAN and over the Internet. Every machine is identified by an ID. Give your ID to your friends, share a folder and watch: UPnP will do if you don’t want to port forward or you don’t know how.
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Syncthing information
Developed by
Jakob Borg Licensing
Open Source (MPL-2.0) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.2Alternatives
142 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
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Backup & Sync, File Sharing, Security & Privacy, OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 81,681 Stars
- 4,993 Forks
- 392 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
SyncTrayzor will encapsulate SyncThing within a regular program window. Can be closed and/or minimized to tray and start-up minimized as well. You can still access the web interface if desired. The SyncThing executable keeps a (ugly) taskbar slot constantly open, SyncTrayzor fixes this. Get it here, https://github.com/canton7/SyncTrayzor Also, I would like to add that it works just fine on Windows 10 x64 (TP-10130) without a hitch.
I sought out an alternative to Bitorrent Sync and SyncThing+SyncTrayzor takes care of my needs.
Thank you for mentioning this utility! My biggest issue with SyncThing was having to keep a terminal window open all the time.
If you are using Linux (terminal?) you can run it with "screen syncthing". Then just press Ctrl + AD and you have it in the background. Get screen by inserting "sudo apt-get install screen" if you are running debian-based distros like me.
Automatic crash reporting. See https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/releases/tag/v1.2.0 This costs it 2 stars. The feature appeared today. Upon starting up the app on 2 of my PCs, a message appeared giving me an opportunity to opt out. On a 3rd PC, which runs around the clock, with Syncthing always on, I did not see a message to opt out. To disable automatic crash reporting, according to https://docs.syncthing.net/users/crashrep.html , one must go to "advanced configuration dialog" (not "settings," which only allows one to set anonymous usage reporting). When you click on advanced configuration dialog, a window opens with the following warning: "Be careful! Incorrect configuration may damage your folder contents and render Syncthing inoperable." When I checked, there weren't other instructions. I clicked on "options," and a number of settings appeared. One of these settings, Crash Reporting Enabled, was unchecked. I am going to presume that Crash Reporting Enabled is the same thing as automatic crash reporting. So, for my 3rd PC, apparently, I have not received an opt out notice but crash reporting has not been enabled. Maybe this will change if I restart this PC at some point (I already restarted Syncthing several times)? I don't know, but this will be one more thing that I am going to have to check for a while. Disenchanted long ago with Resilio, I have been using Syncthing. Today's change is disappointing.
Amazing sync solution, although not as fast when connected to a VPN in my experience
I wish the sync conflicts were more clearly communicated / listed somewhere. Other than that, great service.
For a novice home user, SyncBack seems like a much easier option than this program to set up synching a drive to a usb attached drive.
Syncthing is awesome, i use it to keep my important files synced between my phone desktop and laptop, ive used it for roughly a year now and wouldent go back
keep my files up to date across all of my devices