ok but why is syncthing actually really cool
bc like rsync can sync files one way (if it changes on the server, the client updates the file, but if the client changes the file, it doesn't get changed to the server)
but syncthing can do it both ways, which is actually super cool
plus it's ridiculously easy to use, it even has a web UI (and GTK if you aren't able to use the web UI). it can search for devices anywhere on the local network. you can pair a device just with a QR code. it can compress things when sending over the network. it continuously watches the FS for changes and automatically immediately syncs them. and a ton of other cool stuff
it's perfect for me cuz I have two computers, a home laptop with no battery and a netbook with a barely usable battery. and I can easily sync files between them
and the best part? it's completely open source.
like I was not expecting any open source software to be this perfect of a solution for what I needed. bc when you want to sync things your immediate thoughts are some cloud service like OneDrive, which is proprietary. and Linux ports of the OneDrive API are shaky at best.
or rsync, which only works in one direction. and it needs at least some CLI experience.
or some sort of network drive, which doesn't actually store the files on the client.
but like this is perfect. plus it saved me from catastrophic failure when my SSD died.
anyway I'm not sponsored or anything just wanted to let people know that syncthing exists and y'all should totally try it out if y'all need it.
