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In what ways do you find SyncThing lacking when compared to BTSync? I started using it for work (cautiously) a couple of moths ago and have found it to be very

by bcrack 11y ago

In what ways do you find SyncThing lacking when compared to BTSync? I started using it for work (cautiously) a couple of moths ago and have found it to be very similar (with respect to stability and ease of use) with BTSync, if not superior. Note though that I haven't used BTSync since its first days.

artlogic 11y ago
My guess is this: > I was able to share 15 GBs of vacation videos with 10 of my non-techie friends by sending them a read only key to a shared folder. All of them got it right away with no technical questions or issues. I appreciate SyncThing's security first stance, but it would be incredibly helpful if it was a bit easier to share specific synced things with non-techies.
- Liru 11y ago
  This is the one thing that I was looking for in an alternative to Sync. It made me sad that the main alternative to it didn't have this.
baldfat 11y ago
1) Punching holes through Firewalls - BTSync has the strong upper hand for that. 2) Much easier share structure. Synchthing still feels very fiddly compared to BTSync I had a large corporate job that BTSync would do but I dug in my heels and tried out SynchThing and I had to buy licences for BTSync. It is working out very well.
autoreleasepool 11y ago
The exceptional mobile app (iOS client) is the platform's killer feature IMO. A lot of folks use their phones as their main computer outside of work these days. I couldn't find an equivalent for SyncThing. Aside from that what I really like about it is: - consistent UI across platforms - unlimited folders - free - Web GUI for FreeNAS plugin is excellent - local downloads on the same network are FAST - share keys without needing approval - BitTorrent protocol - "It just works" (it really does) I have no experience with SyncThing. But to me, open source is the only thing SyncThing has going for it over BTSync. At least on paper.

by bcrack 11y ago

artlogic 11y ago

My guess is this: > I was able to share 15 GBs of vacation videos with 10 of my non-techie friends by sending them a read only key to a shared folder. All of them got it right away with no technical questions or issues. I appreciate SyncThing's security first stance, but it would be incredibly helpful if it was a bit easier to share specific synced things with non-techies.

Liru 11y ago
This is the one thing that I was looking for in an alternative to Sync. It made me sad that the main alternative to it didn't have this.

baldfat 11y ago

1) Punching holes through Firewalls - BTSync has the strong upper hand for that. 2) Much easier share structure. Synchthing still feels very fiddly compared to BTSync I had a large corporate job that BTSync would do but I dug in my heels and tried out SynchThing and I had to buy licences for BTSync. It is working out very well.

autoreleasepool 11y ago

The exceptional mobile app (iOS client) is the platform's killer feature IMO. A lot of folks use their phones as their main computer outside of work these days. I couldn't find an equivalent for SyncThing. Aside from that what I really like about it is: - consistent UI across platforms - unlimited folders - free - Web GUI for FreeNAS plugin is excellent - local downloads on the same network are FAST - share keys without needing approval - BitTorrent protocol - "It just works" (it really does) I have no experience with SyncThing. But to me, open source is the only thing SyncThing has going for it over BTSync. At least on paper.