I wanted to feature Syncthing in the showcase. I recently switched to it for syncing files between my desktop and laptop, screenshots, downloads, temporary work, stuff like that.
I used to just dump it all into Google Drive temp folder, but now within a few seconds of my laptop waking up it’s already pulled over everything from my desktop, so I can pick up the same work without thinking about it. Which is sometimes days before switching over to laptop.
So Syncthing, is a continuous file sync tool with no central server, your data stays on your own machines, all encrypted over TLS. No IP addresses or much config either, each device gets an ID, you swap IDs and share a folder. It just works over LAN and the internet.
Open source, runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and the BSDs.
I’ve been considering this, but I haven’t seen any advantage it would offer over syncing through my Nextcloud. Their desktop client generally picks up on changes really quickly and if I don’t have it, I can always log into the web interface.
Yeah, very true. If already using Nextcloud, then adding Syncthing adds no advantage.
Nextcloud is a full-featured platform (like Google Drive or Dropbox) supporting collaboration with apps for calendars, contacts, video/calls, office document editing, notes, and more.
While, Syncthing is just a lightweight, decentralized, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sync. Thin on features, just copies files between devices without a central server.
