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Syncthing 1.0 available to "guarantee" the synchronization of P2P files

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To synchronize files there are services that rely on the cloud as Dropbox, Mega and pCloud, however, there are also others that are able to do the same through P2P (peer-to-peer) and without an intermediary server.

In the wake of Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync), a few months later Syncthing emerged as a direct competitor. Although both P2P file synchronization solutions have a very similar purpose, there is a great difference that would be very important for GNU / Linux users and free software and Open Source enthusiasts, and that Resilio Sync is proprietary software. , but Synching is free software since its code is published under the MPL license .

Beyond the competition that may exist between the different P2P file synchronization solutions, it seems that Syncthing wanted to release the year 2019 in style, since its managers have announced the availability of the first "stable" version (1.0) on the 1st of January. Jakob Borg, maintainer of the synchronization solution, has commented in the official forums that "it would be a good day for Syncthing to graduate and become a type 1.0 thing". Jakob himself has acknowledged that there is a paradox that Syncthing still has a long way to go, but at the same time is already being used "in production", so they need to give some confidence "with respect" to users. Obviously, software that has not reached its version 1.0 gives the feeling of being something still unfinished from the point of view of marketing, although technically things are different.

Syncthing 1.0 can be compiled from the source code on GitHub and downloaded with desktop interface, web interface and command line for GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD and Solaris (for the graphical user interface, those that do not use Windows or Mac have to pull the "Cross-platform GUI wrapper: Syncthing-GTK" option). It is written in the language (at least the backend ) Google Go, implements Block Exchange Protocol (which is own) and supports IPv6, hole punching and transfers encrypted with TLS directly between devices or through relays.

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