Syncthing-GTK

Syncthing-GTK is a GTK-based user interface for Syncthing.

It was originally developed by Kozec, then maintained in https://github.com/syncthing-gtk/syncthing-gtk.

Supported Syncthing features

• Everything what WebUI can display
• Adding / editing / deleting nodes
• Adding / editing / deleting repositories
• Restart / shutdown server
• Editing daemon settings

Additional features

• First run wizard for initial configuration
• Running Syncthing daemon in background
• Half-automatic setup for new nodes and repositories
• Nautilus (a.k.a. Files), Nemo and Caja integration
• Desktop notifications

How to install

On most Linux distributions

Packages are available on most linux distributions as syncthing-gtk or syncthing-gtk-python3.

On Windows

Get the installer here.

Dependencies

• Syncthing >= 0.13
• Python3 >= 3.7
  • setuptools
• GTK+3 >= 3.12
• PyGObject
  • python-gi-cairo,
  • gir1.2-notify
  • gir1.2-rsvg on debian based distros (included in PyGObject elsewhere)
• python-dateutil
• python-bcrypt
• psmisc (for the killall command)

Optional Dependencies

• libnotify for desktop notifications.
• nautilus-python, nemo-python or caja-python for filemanager integration
• this Gnome Shell extension, if running Gnome Shell
• gir1.2-appindicator3 (part of libappindicator), if running Gnome Shell or Unity

Windows builder dependencies

• PyGObject for Windows with GTK3 enabled (tested with version 3.14.0)
• Python for Windows Extensions
• WMI
• NSIS2 with NSISdl, ZipDLL and FindProcDLL plugins (optional, for building installer)

How to build

We use the Meson build system.

# Sets up a build directory named _build
meson setup _build --prefix=/usr
cd _build
ninja
DESTDIR=$PWD/install ninja install

Related links

• https://syncthing.net
• https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-gtk-gui-for-syncthing-now-with-inotify-support/709
• https://forum.syncthing.net/t/lxle-a-respin-of-lubuntu-now-has-syncthing-included-by-default/1392