Removed my file-syncing painpoint

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Post by nicogevers » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC

Removed my file-syncing painpoint
byteferret.com

Re: Removed my file-syncing painpoint

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Post by nicogevers » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC

Not to start a war, I enjoy my Vim setup, because these days there's almost no friction between my thoughts and capturing the output in Vim. I have multiple machines, and for a few years I've been using git and github to sync data.

I also do other things like edit videos, which don't back up well in git.

So I decided to solve this problem, and built a little utility called byteferret. Its a peer-to-peer sync utility, using syncthing under the hood, and has done a great job at syncing folders between my computers.

You can check it out and use it for free. It works on linux and mac.

Let me know what you think, either here or on X.com/gevious

Re: Removed my file-syncing painpoint

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

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Re: Removed my file-syncing painpoint

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Post by woutercouvaras » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

nicogevers wrote: post #2

Not to start a war, I enjoy my Vim setup, because these days there's almost no friction between my thoughts and capturing the output in Vim. I have multiple machines, and for a few years I've been using git and github to sync data. I also do other things like edit videos, which don't back up well in git. So I decided to solve this problem, and built a little utility called byteferret. Its a peer-to-peer sync utility,…

I just tried byteferret. This thing is really cool!

Do you have any plans to offer some kind of web sync?

Re: Removed my file-syncing painpoint

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Post by nicogevers » Thu, Aug 06, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC

woutercouvaras wrote: post #4

nicogevers wrote: post #2

Not to start a war, I enjoy my Vim setup, because these days there's almost no friction between my thoughts and capturing the output in Vim. I have multiple machines, and for a few years I've been using git and github to sync data. I also do other things like edit videos, which don't back up well in git. So I decided to solve this problem, and built a little utility called byteferret. Its a peer-to-peer sync utility,…

I just tried byteferret. This thing is really cool! Do you have any plans to offer some kind of web sync?

I've been thinking about building a web portal, but don't want it to detract from the peer-to-peer nature.