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syncthing
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[](http://build.syncthing.net/job/syncthing/lastBuild/)
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[](http://godoc.org/github.com/syncthing/syncthing)
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[](http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0)
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This is the `syncthing` project. The following are the project goals:
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1. Define a protocol for synchronization of a folder between a number of
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collaborating devices. The protocol should be well defined, unambiguous,
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easily understood, free to use, efficient, secure and language neutral.
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This is the [Block Exchange
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Protocol](https://github.com/syncthing/protocol/blob/master/BEPv1.md).
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2. Provide the reference implementation to demonstrate the usability of
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said protocol. This is the `syncthing` utility. It is the hope that
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alternative, compatible implementations of the protocol will come to
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exist.
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The two are evolving together; the protocol is not to be considered
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stable until syncthing 1.0 is released, at which point it is locked down
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for incompatible changes.
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Getting Started
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---------------
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Take a look at the [getting started guide](http://discourse.syncthing.net/t/46).
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There are a few examples for keeping syncthing running in the background
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on your system in [the etc directory](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/etc).
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There is an IRC channel, `#syncthing` on Freenode, for talking directly
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to developers and users (when awake and present, etc.).
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Building
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--------
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Building Syncthing from source is easy, and there's a
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[guide](http://discourse.syncthing.net/t/44)
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that describes it for both Unix and Windows.
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Signed Releases
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---------------
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As of v0.7.0 and onwards, git tags and release binaries are GPG signed with
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the key BCE524C7 (http://nym.se/gpg.txt). For release binaries, MD5 and
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SHA1 checksums are calculated and signed, available in the
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md5sum.txt.asc and sha1sum.txt.asc files.
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Documentation
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=============
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The [syncthing
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documentation](http://discourse.syncthing.net/category/documentation) is
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on the discourse site.
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All code is licensed under the
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[GPL](https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/LICENSE), v3 or
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later.
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