Syncthing
Purpose:: File Synchronization
Website:: https://syncthing.net/
Docs:: https://docs.syncthing.net/
Source Code:: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing
Community:: https://forum.syncthing.net/
Description
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 one being the first. This is the summary version of the goal list - for more commentary, see the full Goals document.
Central Syncthing server
Without an own Syncthing server your IP address and other metadata get exposed to the relay servers that are used to connect your devices for syncing.
https://theselfhostingblog.com/posts/how-to-set-up-a-headless-syncthing-network/
SyncTrayzor
https://github.com/canton7/SyncTrayzor
Windows tray utility / filesystem watcher / launcher for Syncthing
Installation
Chocolatey:
choco install synctrayzor
Manually:
Download latest release from the GitHub release page.
Upgrade included syncthing binary
Open terminal with administration privileges:
cd "C:\\Program Files\\SyncTrayzor"
./syncthing.exe --upgrade
Fix: failed to initialize config: config file version (37) is newer than supported version (35)
Add -allow-newer-config to Syncthing Command-line Flags in the settings of SyncTrayzor.
Start with arguments
Without console:
-no-console
Without browser:
-no-browser
Both can be combined.
Add remote device via SSH forwarding
Make the remote device available on http://localhost:18384:
ssh user@host -L 18384:localhost:8384
Ignoring Files
Ignoring Files — Syncthing documentation
Sync patterns across all devices by syncing the file .stglobalignore and include it in the file .stignore:
// .stignore
//
#include .stignore-shared
// .stignore-shared
//
// Firefox downloads and other things
(?d)*.part
// Chrom(ium|e) downloads
(?d)*.crdownload
// Temporary Files
(?d)*~
// Windows
(?d)$RECYCLE.BIN
(?d)desktop.ini
(?d)Thumbs.db
// Linux
.Trash-*
// Syncthing
(?d).stignore
(?d).stfolder
(?d).stversions
(?d).syncthing
(?d).syncthing*
(?d).syncthing.*.*.tmp
//-vi(m)
(?d).*.sw[a-p] # vim uses 'o' then, 'n'... back to 'a'.
Useful .stignore Patterns - Howto - Syncthing Community Forum
Directory deletion
A pattern beginning with a
(?d)prefix enables removal of these files if they are preventing directory deletion. This prefix should be used by any OS generated files which you are happy to be removed.
Selective Sync
Using stignore and whitelisting
First set the folders you want to sync with the ! marker and then ignore everything else.
Example .stignore:
// DON't ignore the following dirs (i.e. DO sync them):
!/DCIM
!/TitaniumBackup
// Ignore all the rest
*
Using Syncthing-PySelective
https://github.com/galilley/syncthing-pyselective
Third-party app to realize selective sync in Syncthing. It gives minimalist GUI to select which folders, subfolders and files you want to sync with a local machine and which one you would like to add for syncing.