These days, it\u2019s increasingly common for people to find themselves working on more than one computer, or collaborating with others through remote shared folders. One of the biggest challenges you\u2019ll face is giving yourself easy access to the latest version of your files. Cloud storage like OneDrive is one option, but these come with limits to the amount of free storage as well as questions over the security of your data.<\/p>\n
A more secure option is Syncthing. This free and open-source solution uses P2P technology to directly link two or more devices \u2013 PCs, Macs, Android mobiles and even NAS drives \u2013 together through shared folders. So long as each PC is switched on and connected to the internet (or same local network), changes on one PC are replicated on the others \u2013 and because everything is encrypted and doesn\u2019t reside in a centralised cloud folder, your data is as secure as it can be.<\/p>\n
Syncthing is basically a command-line tool \u2013 once downloaded and extracted, you launch it and then administer your shared folders through your web browser. If that\u2019s off-putting, then the main Syncthing website [https:\/\/syncthing.net\/] provides links to more user-friendly applications that combine the Syncthing backend with a graphical frontend, such as SyncTrazor (Windows), syncthing-macos (Mac) and Syncthing-GTK (cross-platform). There\u2019s even an Android app, plus links to packages for Debian and Ubuntu.<\/p>\n
Once up and running, whether through a GUI or your web browser, Syncthing is reasonably easy to configure: set up the folder or folders you wish to sync (various useful extras include support for file versioning), then make a note of your PC\u2019s ID, an alphanumeric code similar to a product key. By inputting this into your second device or computer, you can then create a link between them and choose which folders to sync between the two. Subsequent devices can be added.<\/p>\n
Once you\u2019re familiar with it, Syncthing offers a great and convenient way to keep folders in sync with minimum security risk. If we\u2019re being pernickety, it can be a bit slow syncing files, but given we\u2019ve trusted it with keeping large media folders in sync for over three years now, it seems we\u2019re sold. We suspect you will be too.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for a secure, cross-platform and cloud-free way to keep computers in sync, then Syncthing is well worth trusting your data with.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n \t\t\t\tSyncthing<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t7.00 MB<\/p>\n What’s new in 2.0.15\u00a0(see full changelog for more)?<\/p>\n – fix(sqlite): less impactful periodic garbage collection by\u00a0@calmh\u00a0in\u00a0#10374 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t-57%<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\tBack up or restore a few files or your entire hard drive<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOffer Ends In:<\/p>\n \t\tVerdict:<\/h5>\n
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\n– fix(sqlite): explicitly set temporary directory location (fixes\u00a0#10368) by\u00a0@calmh\u00a0in\u00a0#10376
\n– build: trigger nightly build only on syncthing repo by\u00a0@aminvakil\u00a0in\u00a0#10375
\n– chore(scanner): always return values to the pools when hashing blocks by\u00a0@imsodin\u00a0in\u00a0#10377
\n– chore(sqlite): skip database GC entirely when it’s provably unnecessary by\u00a0@calmh\u00a0in\u00a0#10379<\/p>\nDeal of the Day<\/h1>\n
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