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Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by fiatjaf »

fiatjaf wrote: post #10

Since no one is complaining: I find Syncthing too complicated to set up. You must create a folder, then get a number for a computer (which you end up writing in a pastepad or something like that because the two computers don't communicate), then go to the other computer and place the number in, then do the same for the second computer to the first. Repeat it for 5 or 6 machines. If any machine is switched what do you…

I came to wander if there was market demand for some kind of "Syncthing Admin" that would centralize this process for corporative users, and provide other kinds of features (commands from "Syncthing Admin" could be transmitted through Syncthing itself!).

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by odabaxok »

Can anyone share their experiences with Syncthing compared to Resilio Sync (aka Bit Torrent Sync)?

I am using Resilio Sync since its beta version, but they have added a lot of restrictions since then and made some functions only available for paying users.

I am concerned about ease of use (setup and everyday usage) on Windows and Android.

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by nisa »

jepper wrote: post #8

Brilliant piece of software. Perfect to gather data from different devices to backup in the cloud or to sync documents or a massive music collection. The only thing missing is an encrypted external sync node so I can put it on a VPS somewhere

There are tools like gocryptfs or cryfs that solve that problem to a degree. cryfs even makes the directory structure and file names opaque with chunking the encrypted data in small blocks but this turns quickly into a benchmark of your sync software (i.e. don't use it with Nextcloud, the client can't cope well and fast with lot's of small files at least for the initial sync). Not sure if syncthing is better.

Didn't came around to testing gocryptfs, but if you don't need the chunking it looks like the better alternative.

https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/ https://www.cryfs.org/comparison

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by meonkeys »

fiatjaf wrote: post #10

Since no one is complaining: I find Syncthing too complicated to set up. You must create a folder, then get a number for a computer (which you end up writing in a pastepad or something like that because the two computers don't communicate), then go to the other computer and place the number in, then do the same for the second computer to the first. Repeat it for 5 or 6 machines. If any machine is switched what do you…

I think the "introducer" feature is supposed to simplify this process, but I don't understand it.

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by okket »

fiatjaf wrote: post #10

Since no one is complaining: I find Syncthing too complicated to set up. You must create a folder, then get a number for a computer (which you end up writing in a pastepad or something like that because the two computers don't communicate), then go to the other computer and place the number in, then do the same for the second computer to the first. Repeat it for 5 or 6 machines. If any machine is switched what do you…

This is the price you have to pay for a (secure) decentralised system, but syncthing tries to help where it can. E.g. you can set a syncthing instance as an 'introducer', so you only have to establish a connection to this device to get offered connections to all others devices. You still need to authorise these introductions on the devices, but you do not need to type in the crypto verification strings.

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by mouldysammich »

odabaxok wrote: post #12

Can anyone share their experiences with Syncthing compared to Resilio Sync (aka Bit Torrent Sync)? I am using Resilio Sync since its beta version, but they have added a lot of restrictions since then and made some functions only available for paying users. I am concerned about ease of use (setup and everyday usage) on Windows and Android.

I used syncthing when it first came out on windows and it was very easy to set up so i can only assume its improved since then, and the android app is quite good. it has a large number of settings and you can make it only run when you're charging so you dong use all your batter.

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by okket »

meonkeys wrote: post #14
fiatjaf wrote: post #10

Since no one is complaining: I find Syncthing too complicated to set up. You must create a folder, then get a number for a computer (which you end up writing in a pastepad or something like that because the two computers don't communicate), then go to the other computer and place the number in, then do the same for the second computer to the first. Repeat it for 5 or 6 machines. If any machine is switched what do you…

I think the "introducer" feature is supposed to simplify this process, but I don't understand it.

Once you established a connection to the 'introducer', it will introduce your device to all other devices it knows and vice versa. You still need to authorise these introductions on the devices, but no typing/copying of crypto strings.

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by mouldysammich »

fiatjaf wrote: post #10

Since no one is complaining: I find Syncthing too complicated to set up. You must create a folder, then get a number for a computer (which you end up writing in a pastepad or something like that because the two computers don't communicate), then go to the other computer and place the number in, then do the same for the second computer to the first. Repeat it for 5 or 6 machines. If any machine is switched what do you…

You can make a machine an introducer so any things that are added on that machine are added to all the others on your network, also it has qr codes so adding to an android phone is very easy. its gonna be the same with any other p2p sync client. I think its even the same for resillo.

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by vocatus_gate »

As a heavy user of Syncthing for the Tron project ( https://reddit.com/r/TronScript ) I'm excited to see how well Syncthing is doing, and really appreciate the hard work from the devs. We spun up a Syncthing node to distribute the project after Resilio Sync (formerly "BT Sync") put a hard cap on the number of nodes that were allowed to connect.

Keep up the great work, team!

Re: Syncthing Usage Data

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Post by mouldysammich »

aerique wrote: post #9

This goes against one of the points of Syncthing (but I'm more interested in its other features): are there any good 3rd-party hosts so I don't have the hassle of maintaining on myself?

It's paid but seedboxes sometimes support syncthing. Seedhost.eu i know for example supports it.
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