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# Syncthing
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This is the Syncthing project which pursues the following goals:
1. Define a protocol for synchronization of a folder between a number of
collaborating devices. This protocol should be well defined, unambiguous,
easily understood, free to use, efficient, secure and language neutral.
This is called the [Block Exchange Protocol][1].
2. Provide the reference implementation to demonstrate the usability of
said protocol. This is the `syncthing` utility. We hope that
alternative, compatible implementations of the protocol will arise.
The two are evolving together; the protocol is not to be considered
stable until Syncthing 1.0 is released, at which point it is locked down
for incompatible changes.
## Getting Started
Take a look at the [getting started guide][2].
There are a few examples for keeping Syncthing running in the background
on your system in [the etc directory][3].
There is an IRC channel, `#syncthing` on [Freenode][4], for talking directly
to developers and users.
## Building
Building Syncthing from source is easy, and there's a [guide][5].
that describes it for both Unix and Windows systems.
## Signed Releases
As of v0.10.15 and onwards, git tags and release binaries are GPG signed
with the key D26E6ED000654A3E (see https://syncthing.net/security.html).
For release binaries, MD5 and SHA1 checksums are calculated and signed,
available in the md5sum.txt.asc and sha1sum.txt.asc files.
## Documentation
Please see the [Syncthing documentation site][6].
All code is licensed under the [MPLv2 License][7].
[1]: http://docs.syncthing.net/specs/bep-v1.html
[2]: http://docs.syncthing.net/intro/getting-started.html
[3]: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/etc
[4]: https://webchat.freenode.net/
[5]: http://docs.syncthing.net/dev/building.html
[6]: http://docs.syncthing.net/
[7]: https://github.com/syncthing/syncthing/blob/master/LICENSE