syncthing Command Examples

Continuous bidirectional decentralised folder synchronisation tool. More information: https://docs.syncthing.net/.

• Start Syncthing:

syncthing

• Start Syncthing without opening a web browser:

syncthing -no-browser

• Print the device ID:

syncthing -device-id

• Change the home directory:

syncthing -home={{path/to/directory}}

• Force a full index exchange:

syncthing -reset-deltas

• Change the address upon which the web interface listens:

syncthing -gui-address={{ip_address:port|path/to/socket.sock}}

• Show filepaths to the files used by Syncthing:

syncthing -paths

• Disable the Syncthing monitor process:

syncthing -no-restart