Why Syncthing instead of say, rsync?

For those using it on Android, a reminder that the older app is not maintained anymore and you might want to replace it with Catfriend1/syncthing-android.

But also - maybe wait for the app v2.0 to be released to upgrade the desktop client at the same time; I don't know if using v2.0 on the desktop would work with the v1.x app.

No Solaris or Illumos support? That’s gonna piss off like 12 people

Syncthing is great.

That reminds me, I should donate them some money. They've saved me untold amounts of money and headache from dealing with cloud services.

SQLite continues to be the "Do Nothing. Win" of databases

Nice, I like Syncthing too.

• One of the biggest shifts is the move from the LevelDB database backend to SQLite
• The command-line interface ... old single-dash long options removed, some options renamed, and others reorganized into subcommands.

Masterpiece software.

Easily one of the most integral and convenient pieces of software in my use. I've got six machines syncing up in various degrees: desktop, laptop, Android, ereader, media server, and laser controller. It along with Tailscale are among first things I install. I'm hoping version 2.0 is as stable as 1 has been. The only trouble I've ever had out of was when I was syncing something in my local cloud directory.

Sounds like it's fully compatible query devices running older version. Great.

Doens't look like Syncthing-Fork is on 2.0 yet. They have an RC but if you use it, you might want to be careful upgrading before they release.

I relied on Syncthing for a few years until my laptop became so powerful that a desktop was no longer needed (I do pro-audio work in Logic with lots of plugins; but I'm also just a nerd power-user). This has me thinking about getting back into using it to sync a much smaller amount of data, such as my Bash profile and custom functions, as well as some custom binaries that I keep in ~/bin. But I'll wait until a few releases into the 2.x cycle before I install while others help find the rough edges.

Hooray for development of awesome tools. Hats off to all the devs involved.

There doesn't seem to be that many changes for the user, at least not for me. Hopefully the performance difference is noticeable.

Awesome

Good Point to start fresh? Mine ist totally fucked. Dont even know how i should start over :(

(Some syncthin-fork update or android update fucked the folder paths and trying to fix it while also adding a new folder somehow created some loops/crashes/conflicts)

I think I'll wait a few point releases before upgrading.

Native Android app incoming too?

For those using it on Android, a reminder that the older app is not maintained anymore and you might want to replace it with Catfriend1/syncthing-android.

But also - maybe wait for the app v2.0 to be released to upgrade the desktop client at the same time; I don't know if using v2.0 on the desktop would work with the v1.x app.

I was in the impression it’s development stopped altogether since mobile app support dropped. Cool!

Emacs Org mode (or Logseq) and Syncthing together are probably the only system I have found that works for my chaos, I am very thankful for how these softwares have allowed me to structure my organizational system in a way that is simple and I have direct control over.

Also, it takes years for me to integrate habits deeply into my life with many many many repetitions necessary to lock the habit in, so being able to organize things in plaintext gives me much needed assurance that I won't have the rug pulled out from under me by the company behind the product enshittifying or going out of business.

Syncthing is critical to my organizational systems because it makes the sharing of notes between devices agnostic of the specific notes system I am using. Syncthing shares a folder and it has some text files in it... those could be .org emacs org mode files or logseq files.. it doesn't matter I can change my notes system and retain the same sharing mechanism.

From the bottom of my heart thank you to everyone who has worked on these tools, I plan to keep donating to and supporting these projects in the future!

This is very exciting! But I'm relying on third-party addons for both Android (syncthing-fork from Fdroid, itself a fork of syncthing-android which wasn't being maintained) and windows (syncthing tray). I think my Mac and Linux machines are using standard syncthing, but I'll be waiting a little bit for the rest of the community/ecosystem to catch up!

Hopefully the android releases will be able to follow, as I understand the original syncthing authors will no longer be supporting android.

thanks for the info, I totally missed it

Oh, this is wonderful news. Looks like it'll be a time before it'll work with my phone, though, which is a shame since I use it to sync save files for games I play cross platform.

The article could use a link to upgrade walk-through