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syncsyncspirit v0.4.4 release! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by basiliscos2@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/41490352

I’m glad to announce v0.4.4 release!

Syncspirit is independent BEP protocol implementation. Like syncthing is continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization tool.

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, xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine syncspirit-fltk.app is required to launch).

Notable changes:

[fltk] allow to regenereate certificate/key pair and soft restart

[core] reduce memory consumption to ~30%

[core] do not consume CPU when idle

[core] govern file system operations (scan, read, write, delete etc.) from control thread

[core, bugfix] use system/default ssl root CAs to connect to syncthing infrastructure (might require to delete configuration from previous installation).

[fltk, bugfix] fogetting to insert deleted folder into pending list

(Syncspirit)[https://github.com/basiliscos/syncspirit/] is a syncthing-compatible is written from the scratch software in C++ as classical desktop application.

Syncspirit source code uses GPLv3 license.

Any feedback is welcome!

WBR, basiliscos.

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[–] vermaterc@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would I want to use it instead of or alongside with Syncthing? What does it do better?

[–] basiliscos2@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago

Thank you for your question!

There are some benefits, among them:

syncspirit is faster. According to my measurements it is able to sync linux sources tree folder for 2 mins vs 15 mins of syncing when using syncthing (that's over a localhost, of course)
syncspirit has a different UI. That's matter of personal taste, of course, but I like to see the exact picture what is synchronized and what is not.
syncspirit is able to run on more older software (i.e. from windows xp and up). Syncthing uses golang, and its software support is indirectly controlled by google (i.e. "artificial aging"); recent builds are running only on windows 10 and windows 11. Microsoft already dropped windows 10 support, so, I expect that in near future google will do the same.
the long-term goal of syncspirit is to allow "selective sync" feature, which unlikely to be implemented by syncthing.

wbr, basiliscos