Syncthing Made EASY

[@marciomaiajr]

Synchthing is, IMHO, the single most useful software tool I have ever used. In the past, when I needed to share something with another device I would send an e-mail to myself (my Inbox is full of mails 'from: me'), For small files I wouldn't even bother with Google Drive, because it is so slow and sometimes you just don't have an Internet connection. But now, with Syncthing, I'm finally able to keep a shared folder on all my devices. The fact it's free and open source is another big plus.

[@Soldiershak]

So true, I think about how easy things would've been if I knew about it sooner.

[@jgsource552]

im so glad i discovered this than sticking with icloud

[@jothain]

It doesn't work on iOS.

[@tylerbrown9797]

@@jothain There is Mobius Sync, yeah it is a paid app which kinda sucks but whatever, I don't think the main developers of Syncthing thought they could even figure out how to make Syncthing work on iOS, I remember reading threads on the Syncthing forums asking about iOS and for years the answer was always that the file structure of iOS was difficult to integrate with Syncthing to the point that they had no near term plans for developing Syncthing for iOS. Then one day Mobius Sync came out and it was like... oh ok nevermind now Syncthing works fine for iOS so long as you are willing to pay $4 or whatever for the app. There is a free Mobius Sync app version that can sync folders up to 20mb, this app is useful for syncing plain text files or using as a method for quickly and painlessly introducing two computers so they can sync files. Each device running Syncthing has an ID (long string of letters) and you need to enter that ID in to request a connection to that device in Syncthing. Normally this would require texting... emailing or some other copy-paste method of sending the key from one device to another... but the QR code reader lets you do it in 5 seconds flat. Once each computer is connected to your phone you can then introduce the two computers and you no longer need the phone in the picture, the file share between both your computers is direct at that point.

[@unihumi]

Very good introduction to syncthing. In the middle of your video I was having a hard time keeping track of all your OS switches between Ubuntu, Windows and Mac, because they all look the same to the unexperienced eye. Next time it might help your viewers if you could add a big fat text layer on top of your screencap video which shows what we're watching right now. Also it would help if you could highlight some menus or text boxes, which you're about to interact with, so your viewer's eyes can follow along more easily. Apart from that I really loved your well spoken explanations! Thank you!

[@CrashLoopBackOff-K8s]

This is a great video -- plenty of options presented, along with a lot of recommendations that are obviously the result of a lot of testing, experimentation, and running down dead ends. Only commenting for the algorithm, but while I'm doing so I wanted to say thank you for saving a lot of people a tremendous amount of time by sharing this information. Best of luck on continued growth of your channel.

[@BobIrving2]

I've watched several videos on setting up syncthing. Yours is by far the most comprehensive and clear. Thanks!

[@DavidBookbinder]

Thanks for this. I was looking for a simple way to sync two computers on a private network and came across syncthing, but all the other videos and articles I read were aimed at more experienced users. You video is, as far as I can tell, unique in that you cover what someone like me needs to know and then go on to more sophisticated uses. If this is a typical example of your teaching style, you're great at it!

[@Jordan-hz1wr]

This is the best tutorial on Syncthing to date! Instead of exposing mine to the internet however, I use tailscale to make a private mesh VPN between my devices and the devices behave as if they're all on the same LAN.

[@timriverstone4767]

Good work. No useless blurbs, just clear instructions. Thanks

[@EnnTomi1]

30mins, every second is gold, absolutely 0 rubbish. And this is the kinda of video, i would download onto my pc, and archive it with syncthing installer, and send it to my friends. i started with resilo sync, but it wasn't quite reliable, until i found this gem software, and i am running synctrayzor coz i am lazy haha. the software works like a dream. came here to watch your video just to check have i missed any setting/tip/tricks, and sir i am not disappointed.

[@teamvigod]

Best SyncThing Tutorial I have seen thus far. Well done. Thank you for this great tutorial.

[@AugustoCastilloBarnett]

Your channel has become my IT notebook, whatever I need related to IT is in your videos, thank you so much for the effort

[@tech_craft]

That's very nice to hear!

[@martingjsmith]

Definitely the best explanation I have seen for Syncthing. Thank you.

[@TheChocolatBlanc]

Oh man , your tutorial is amazingly easy to understand , I’ll definitely use your video to help my friends set up Syncthing. Thanks.

[@jimbosander]

I've been using Syncthing haphazardly for a couple of years, this opened my eyes to what I've NOT been doing well :) Great coverage!

[@Zetabita]

have u discovered how to prevent client for deleting the files from their end?

[@girishkdesh]

I had trouble with the SyncTrazor. The issue was about the versions of the synching. But your video covered the topic so well that I could follow all the steps from the beginning to finally sync a folder successfully on my PC and on my Android phone. I can't thank you enough. The sync is seamless and instantaneous. Thank you very much, dear TechCraft. I have liked and shared the video and looking for other videos on the channel. If I find them useful, I'll subscribe to the channel right away.

[@ne0ne0]

Absolutely fantastic presentation. You deserve a million subscribers, sir.

[@johnterpack3940]

That was massively helpful. I already have my phone synced to my desktop. But I did a very rudimentary job of it. You definitely showed me how I can do it properly.

[@Attaixn]

Bro this thing is so powerful bro everytime i go out of my house ive got my obsidian workspace, my music, my tachiyomi/tachidesk in my phone synced from my computer damn this is awesome and its free ive already donated to syncthing

[@AgentMoler]

Very comprehensive and newb friendly guide! I found this program a month ago and I find it so convenient, better than uploading to the cloud and then sharing links.

[@makdev5528]

You. Sir, are magnificent. As a complete and very ungifted noob I've fought with this for MONTHS and was ready to give up. Now, after barely an hour(!!!) I have fully functional sync between Win, LX, Mac and Androids with no lose ends (ah, well, almost no lose ends). Grand Merci!!!

[@danielwylie-eggert2041]

I am so excited to implement this into a now remote video editing team workflow. I really appreciate how to translate what you are doing into English, it helps me learn more about what I typically just copy and paste from smarter people such as yourself.

[@nioxic77]

This is amazing.. really! i asked my wife if i should just pay for obsidian notes "sync" feature.. she said "you must just take notes some other way" And i guess i could. using google docs or something But then i found this... oh my god. Syncthing is amazing - when it's been set up. The guide on the official page is more or less non-existent. Thank you for this video. Saving me 10 bucks per month!

[@NevaranUniverse]

And for those using it in a windows server, tcp port 22000 needs to be manually opened in 100% of the situations i ran into in order for it to work properly. Sometimes you also need to have static IPs and have them set up to the correct IP and port instead of it being dynamic in syncthing

[@intermarer9145]

Boy did I hit the jackpot when I clicked on this video! Pat yourself on the back, you have made the internet that much better :)

[@ranicksingh1896]

i've been ssing around on a friends soft soft for years, finally bought it. I found your videos and instantly subscribed and have been

[@roman_mf]

My use case is for synchronizing Obsidian on my laptop and on my Android phone, and the tutorial answered all the questions I had. It was very easy to follow. Syncing with git was a pain in the neck to say the least and syncthing solves the problem. Thanks for sharing knowledge!

[@jamesfitzpatrick9607]

This is the very use case I have being looking for a solution on.

[@CRK1918]

Wow, great video, I just found out about your channel by watching this video, I've seen others Syncthing video/tutorial, but what you said is the most detailed and then the working principle is also said. Because this kind of video shows the user's knowledge points and how to use them, I like this kind of comprehensive video the best, I hope your channel will get better and better. 👍

[@LorenzoBettini]

I've been using syncthing for some time and this is probably the best introduction! Very well done!

[@AnthonyClarke1965]

One of the best videos I have watched (ever), great explanations and how to get started... thank you! I'm moving from paid Sugarsync that has become problematic to syncthing next!

[@PaulDurham]

This is a really good tutorial. I have been using Syncthing for about 2 years now by figuring it out alone, and it works, but I understand some parts of it better now through your video. Thank you.

[@kirillzelianodjevo6254]

Thank you very much. Great introduction to Syncthing from zero!

[@st208]

Thank you for a very informative video 🙂! Just a quick comment on the ignore patterns - you don't need the first two ** in ***/*.tmp as the pattern is exactly the same as using just *.tmp. The two *** are only useful if you look inside a specific directory, e.g. dir1/**/*.tmp, which will find any *.tmp files inside dir1 and its subfolders.

[@teamvigod]

Is it ** or .* (I know in grep wildcard is .* - Zero or more occurrences of any single character)

[@39zack]

This may be the best video I seen about Syncthing :D

[@Taino300]

Great tutorial! I can now take my passwords from the cloud service and sync it locally. And it is also Two Way Sync! Marvelous! Thank you!

[@tomv3999]

Nicely done. I got all the basics working before I saw this video, but I now know a bit more. So thank you.

[@704Productions]

Thank you so much for this! It's answered almost every question I've had about how to get Syncthing integrated into y home system!

[@Invertedworldx]

this is the greatest software i've just come across still learning the nuances literally can be used for a work around to sync your obsidian via android to pc and so far its works sorta seamless since all these stupid cloud services like drive onenote via your phone don't allow you to sync folder directories with in a folder. But Syncthing fills this gap

[@NBeev1]

Great tutorial. I recently set up CasaOS on a Pi 4 as a NAS an wanted a simpler way of syncing folders than the pain of using SAMBA. with this I have my important stuff on my Zorin OS set up sent to my Pi 4 in about 5 minutes. Thanks for the info!

[@sconathon]

Love it! Was pleased to see great integration with android. Using this with my emulators to seamlessly sync saves between my PC, steam deck, and handheld android emulator device

[@jakubmierzejewski961]

Too little subs for such high quality content. Keep it up! Great work! Thank you, saved me from reading docs.

[@JS1951]

Thank you for a very helpful video. I now understand much more on SyncThing than before.

[@djjtruijens1765]

The best explanation. Period. Thanks a million.

[@pentasigil]

this was a great video. Good pace, thorough walkthrough and elaborating on pitfalls. Why am I only now stumbling on this channel?

[@mehranvalipour498]

Thanks for the effort you put on your videos! Really high quality ones!

[@imaduddin1154]

Thank You for this detailed tutorial. This is exactly what I was looking for.

[@jermesastudio]

Thank you for this tutorial. It has been very helpful for my commercial projects.

[@ThinkInSideTheBoxs]

Really good video appreciated the facts and not stuffing it full of filler content.

[@cian.horgan]

Very helpful thanks, went into more detail than expected but that's no complaint

[@edwinrosales6322]

Great video, very informational! I hadn't heard of Syncthing, thank you!

[@glace848]

aw man what a great piece of software and what a great tutorial thanks mate

[@FranzCritchlow]

You coverd almost everything. Great job!

[@sixthinsomniac]

Pretty great intro to setting up syncthing. Covered the important stuff. 👌🏽

[@tolksdorf.digital1085]

Thank you for this very nice and informative introduction in synchthing. 👍

[@pretubedon]

The more I learn about these linux software, the more I feel my iPhone is absolutely a piece of trash.

Switched from ip15 pro to google pixel 8 and never looked back

[@iskiiwizz536]

it is

[@weiguo9887]

What’s your favourite feature or application on android that you can’t do on iOS? Asking as an apple fan boy but also knows Linux as desktop due to my work

[@pretubedon]

@@weiguo9887 1. Syncing files and photos from computer (be it Mac/Linux/Windows). On android I can use Syncthing. 2. Joplin/Logseq notes syncing with computer, without any Cloud or NAS. 3. Respect the file creation date for photos without metadata. Very old pictures without picture metadata will be modified once transfered into iPhone and out. Android won't change the file creation date. 4. Calendar/Contacts syncing with NAS. iPhone can only do it with Nextcloud if your home network is exposed to the outside world and with https. This is totally not necessary on Android. I use NAS only in local network and never expose my port, so https is not necessary.

[@pretubedon]

@@weiguo9887 synthing it is.

[@madwilliamflint]

"Ugh, I don't want to watch a half hour of....wait...huh...that's really interesting." Nicely done. o7

[@Legion07]

You explain in very simple and easy ... thank you ... this is very informative 🎉

[@eidodoos]

this my 1st video i watch from your channel. amazing. your channel name suit well for this video

[@Hector221b]

simple clear and to the point keep up the great work

[@dinckelman]

I've been using this for about 3 years now, and it's amazing. My only 2 complaints are no ios support, and no elective syncing, if you have one big nas folder instead of multiple separate shares

[@tech_craft]

If and when iOS support arrives it will be killer. It’s one of those projects I wish I had the time to take a run at myself.

[@dinckelman]

@@tech_craft unfortunately it is what it is. Apple has an iron grip over the fs, and it'll never release. I've considered switching to nextcloud because of this, in case I do get an iPhone eventually, but it's just not the same, and doesn't run very well (in my experience)

[@sweetmelon3365]

how is freesync for nas elective syncing?

[@Lara-tk2wg]

Use Möbius Sync which is based on syncthing. This works at least on my iPad flawlessly

[@jirehla-ab1671]

​@@tech_craftdoes auto synce work on ios to synthing.

[@massgrave8x]

tailscale and syncthing together are a deadly combo :)

[@brenbrady6958]

Excellently explained! Thank you!

[@muizzsiddique]

The SSH tunneling command is very helpful. Thanks!

[@eliasdetrois]

What a great video 🎉. Thank you for going into detail and showing off your setup

[@andrewstrmecki-rr7yi]

Thanks!

[@tech_craft]

Thanks so much!

[@cooldispatch]

Super easy to follow. Such a great video. Keep'em coming :)

[@benevolentbear8213]

Extremely helpful video man. Thanks a ton!

[@shtthemnky]

You deserve more subscribers. I'll do my part.

[@gordonintendo]

simply the best syncthing howto

[@powergladius]

Amazing explanation with amazing quality!

[@JmeB-so3fd]

thank you that was very helpful, I was kinda scared of using p2p sync but I got basic idea of how to use it

[@MarkBTomlinson]

Great explanation of Syncthing, detailed and clear thanks Rob!

[@SaidYeter-j1w]

Man, this is amazing

[@awesomearizona-dino]

Very well done. i just recently buit a server (W10 pc) and will use this as backup solution over Ethernet. Subscribed. -Dino

[@ryanbartlett672]

Excellent content and presentation. Subscibed!

[@glhelinski]

Good video. A really helpful thing would have been to make it clearer which machine we were looking at on each switch

[@tech_craft]

Good suggestion!

[@deenbrownel]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial. noone else explains it like you did

[@jeremyhenderson163]

😁 Easily one of the best videos on Syncthing I've come across, thank you. If I were to connect my family member's (not on my home network.) phones for syncing on my pc, would it appear (to my internet provider) that I'm running a server? I've already had my internet temporarily disconnected by my provider for testing servers, and really don't want to have to go through that process again. It seems that my provider is not learning friendly, and I'm not ready to upgrade to a business plan (+30/mth) just for learning/experimenting. I do eventually plan on moving over to a vps, but after a bit more studying.

[@techtipsuk]

Love your content Rob, excellent stuff.

[@Donwun]

Thanks for the super well explained video - i have been looking for a good alternative to reslio sync for yeears but was too lazy - this is a perfect solution!

[@lmk2371]

3:00 is one of those famous case studies for "Linux is great if you have zero respect for your time" Wanna know how do I run this thing in Windows? Double click on the icon - DONE.

[@GeoffHalsey]

Great video. A method I use for remote sharing with SyncThing is a free ZeroTier account. Very easy to setup and administer.

[@marthacastro6546]

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[@riddick3943]

Great syncthing tutorial!

[@brandonl4511]

Perfect overview, thank you!

[@murtadha96]

This is very useful, thank you! Great content as always

[@FalkHe]

Absolute perfect Information on point. Thank you very much!

[@PeterMurrayj]

17:16 after the temp file disappears and is essentially deleted from the source folder, wouldn't that deletion be mirrored on the other two machines?

[@fbrichs]

Good tutorial and good intro. The challange I see with syncthing is an easy working system to restore files in case you need them. it gets confusing with the browser interface

[@blondii73]

Danke!

[@tech_craft]

Thanks Thomas! Much appreciated.

[@WCRMcG]

Amazingly well done video. Would love to see your production setup! Subbed.

[@tech_craft]

Thanks for the kind words. I did a brief studio here recently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enPCaYuKgdd5pqM

[@MB-br6wf]

I didn't realize that this video was old, but there is a 3rd party syncthing app now and it is still supported. Mobious Sync. I'm not sure which one you were talking about in your video.

[@skf957]

Excellent presentation of what looks like a great piece of software. I'll research how the Syncthing devs get paid before I go further. Thanks for sharing.

[@tech_craft]

Syncthing has a corporate sponsor: Kastelo. They offer development services and enterprise support for Syncthing

[@undergod1987]

I use this software so Much. I love it

[@dianam3251]

I don’t have words to describe how happy I am about this app. And the explanation was so easy to follow! Such a pain when I tried to sync from one computer to another using OneDrive. And you have to manually do it, it doesn’t just sync automatically….One somewhat related question. What’s the best way to sync 2 folders on the same Mac?

[@Key_C0de]

Excellent tut. Thank you.

[@Blue-bb9ro]

Great video and software, thank you.

[@Peterstavrou]

Excellent video! Do you need to port forward and disable relaying on each machine or just one of the two? Also is it ok to leave Global Discovery on?

[@incubooker]

Thank you for the excellent tutorial.

[@charleschiang6583]

This is a late but a big thank-you note since I should have done this earlier.:) Thank you very much to share the in-depth explanation of syncthing and it resolves my sync issue among multiple devices. In my workflow, I need to use VPN frequently but iCloud's syncing is so unpredictable between my Apple devices. In other words, if I forget to turn off the VPN, the iCloud sync halts and data between devices will be conflicted all the time. I even gave up iCloud but use GitHub/git-server to sync my fleet notes between home and work emacs manually. Surprisingly, syncthing that you introduced resolved my issue magically and I do not have to remind myself to turn off the VPN again before syncing or doing stupid git-commands for simply syncing my notes.:) BTW, the "mobius sync" actually work with my ivim(vim in iOS) well, and I was wondering how your next-cloud experiment is. Again, a big thanks to you! Cheers!

[@uttareshwarshinde3144]

Great video !

[@Animal_lives_matter]

I wish it had a feature like torrent does where you can pick which files inside each shared folder that you want to actually download. Because let's say you have a big video library with say 10+TB, you don't want to have to sync the entire 10TB, you'd want to be able to see the whole folder structure but pick and choose which videos they want to download. edit: it seems the feature I'm describing is referred to as "Selective Sync" but isn't supported