Syncthing

Syncthing is a peer-to-peer file synchronization utility, designed to sync files between devices on a local network or between remote devices over the Internet. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, *BSD and illumos. The software is free and open source, and its version 1.0 was released in 2019 after 5 years in beta.

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Software.logo: 220px|Syncthing logo
Software.screenshot: Syncthing GUI.png
Software.caption: Syncthing web interface: the synced Folders are on the left and the Devices are on the right
Software.author: Jakob Borg
Software.developer: Jakob Borg et al.
Software.programming language: Go
Software.operating system: Windows, Unix and Unix-like (including Linux, macOS, Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD, Solaris, illumos, iOS)
Software.platform: x86, x86-64, ARM, ARM64, Loong64, MIPS, MIPS 64, PowerPC, RISC-V, IBM zSeries
Software.language: Acoli, Albanian, Albanian (Albania), Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Catalan (Valencian), Chinese, Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong), Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian (Croatia), Czech, Danish, Danish (Denmark), Dutch, English (Australia), English (United Kingdom), Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, French (Canada), Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew (Israel), Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish (Ireland), Italian, Japanese, Japanese (Japan), Korean (Korea), Latvian, Lithuanian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian (Romania), Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovak (Slovakia), Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Spain), Swedish, Tamil, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Western Frisian
Software.language count: 62
Software.genre: File synchronization
Software.license: MPL 2.0

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Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program . It synchronizes files between two or more computers. We strive to fulfill the goals below. The goals are listed in order of importance, the most important ones first. This is the summary version of the goal list - for more commentary, see the full [Goals document][13]. Protecting the user's data is paramount. We take every reasonable precaution to avoid corrupting the user's files. Syncthing should run on every common computer. We are mindful that the latest technology is not always available to every individual. Syncthing is primarily about empowering the individual user with safe, secure, and easy to use file synchronization. There are a few examples for keeping Syncthing running in the background on your system in [the etc directory][3]. There are also several [GUI implementations][11] for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Building Syncthing from source is easy. After extracting the source bundle from a release or checking out git, you just need to run go run build.go and the binaries are created in ./bin . There's [a guide][5] with more details on the build process. Release binaries are GPG signed with the key available from There is also a built-in automatic upgrade mechanism (disabled in some distribution channels) which uses a compiled in ECDSA signature. macOS and Windows binaries are also code-signed.

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Official website: forum.syncthing.net
Image: Syncthing-screenshot-dark.png

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issue tracker URL: github.com/syncthing/syncthing/issues
software version identifier: 2.0.16
author name string: Jakob Borg
Commons category: Syncthing
translation contribution URL: hosted.weblate.org/projects/syncthing
hashtag: syncthing
inception: 2013-12-15
source code repository URL: github.com/syncthing/syncthing

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The Syncthing server runs in the background as a daemon and provides a graphical user interface to the user for configuring the shared folders and devices. The interface is accessed in a web browser using the localhost address http://127.0.0.1:8384. Data security and safety are built into its design with all Syncthing data transfers encrypted using TLS.