Documentation

• Introduction
  • Supported platforms
  • Features
  • Does this launch or bundle Syncthing itself? What about my existing Syncthing installation?
  • Installation and deinstallation
  • Configuration
  • Using the command-line interface
  • Download
  • Contributing, building, developing, building, debugging
  • Legal information
• Screenshots
  • Qt Widgets based GUI under Windows 11
  • Qt Widgets based GUI under Openbox/Tint2 with dark Breeze theme
  • Plasmoid (for KDE’s Plasma shell)
  • Icon customization dialog
  • Settings dialog
  • Web view
  • Syncthing actions for Dolphin
  • Mobile UI on Android
• Using the command-line interface
  • Important remarks
  • TLS and the certificate
  • Examples
• Using the Android app
  • Compatibility
  • Getting started
  • Important remarks
  • Synchronizing only some files
  • Testing the app without migrating
  • Migrating data from your existing app setup
  • Differences between Syncthing Tray on Android and the Syncthing-Fork app by Catfriend1
  • Caveats on Android
  • Using the document provider on Android
  • Persistent notification
  • Using adb
  • Permissions
• Terminology
• Known bugs and workarounds
  • Positioning issues under Wayland
  • Broken “Modern UI”
  • Dark mode under Windows
  • DPI awareness under Windows
  • Broken High-DPI scaling of Plasmoid under X11
  • List of bugs
• Contributing, building, developing, debugging
  • Build instructions
  • Translations
  • Using backend libraries
  • KDE integration
  • Logging
  • Useful environment variables for development
• Testing and debugging Plasmoid for Plasma with Qt Creator
  • Saving/restoring settings
  • Testing within the real Plasma shell
  • Enable QML debugging
• Testing against a development build of Plasma
• Testing and debugging Dolphin/KIO plugin with Qt Creator
  • Testing against a development build of Dolphin

Last updated on 2026-10-07