r/Syncthing • u/basiliscos • 17d ago

syncspirit v0.4.7 release

I'm glad to announce v0.4.7 release!

Syncspirit is continuous peer-to-peer realtime syncrhonization tool. It implements BEP protocol and provides seamless interoperability with existing syncthing nodes and clients.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/basiliscos/syncspirit/refs/heads/master/docs/fltk-overview.gif

You can download ready-to-use binaries for Linux x86_64 (AppImage), Windows 32 bit (WindowsXP is supported), Windows 64 bit and Mac OS X (Apple silicon).

Notable changes (since previous v0.4.5 announce):

  • [core, fltk] allow to use file patterns (PCRE-syntax) accept or ignore local files into cluster
  • [core] add start offline option
  • [fltk, win32, os x] add system tray icon
  • [fltk] use menu instead of toolbar
  • [core] introduce services layer (allow stop/start/restart of networking)
  • [core] dns resolver actor: randomly choose ip address of resolver server
  • [core, fix] more reliably connect to relays.syncthing.net
  • [core, win32, bugfix] use utf8 for displaying error messages
  • [core, win32, bugfix] allow to use long file paths (260+ symbols)

Syncspirt source code uses GPLv3 license.

Any feedback is welcome!

WBR, basiliscos.

15 Upvotes

80% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

12

u/TBT_TBT 17d ago

Maybe you could add what is better/different to syncthing or how both could work together? From this post alone, I don't know WHY I should change anything with my Syncthing setup and therefore wouldn't do it.

3

u/basiliscos 16d ago

There is nothing wrong with syncthing, if it works perfectly and fits you your needs, you shouldn't of course.

syncspririt is about x14 times faster* (on a small files, on big files the throughput is limited to your network, and it is the same), supports a bit different platforms, has a bit different UI (matter of taste, of course)

Also I plan to do selective sync (asked for decade) in the next syncspririt release.

* it should be noted, that syncthing does fsync and other heavy I/O synchronization to save data when power is abruptly off. syncspririt does this not, but may be some option will appear in future.

5

u/TBT_TBT 16d ago

syncspririt is about x14 times faster

Well, maybe you should lead your original posts with that?

3

u/Conpsycon 16d ago

How does it accomplish such a huge jump in speed?

5

u/FriendlyKillerCroc 17d ago

Hey nice work! So what reason would someone have to change from syncthing to this project? 

2

u/JagerAntlerite7 16d ago edited 16d ago

 I feel myself a bit uneasy with that design

... From the developers GitHub page.

I do not. Syncthing is great. Trust is my immediate concern about a new, random project self-promotion on Reddit with my files.

EDIT: Source clarification 

2

u/FriendlyKillerCroc 16d ago

Huh? What are you quoting?

1

u/JagerAntlerite7 16d ago

Developer GitHub page. Apologies for the lack of a source.

3

u/joparsimon 16d ago

Good work! Syncthing's BEP protocol is great, but the all-in-one reference implementation in Go is the opposite of lean, quite noticable on low-spec devices and with many peers, folders, or files. Syncspirit is a very good contribution to this ecosystem.

Feedback: For me, the best addition would be the untrusted device mode, which allows the client to sync with an instance sitting on an untrusted server.

1

u/basiliscos 15d ago

Thank you for kind words, I'll think about adding untrusted device mode, seems not too complex to do.