Wrapper for Syncthing - Open and decentralized file synchronization
About this app
This is a fork of the Syncthing-Android wrapper for Syncthing that brings major enhancements like: * Folder, device and overall sync progress can easily be read off the UI. * "Sync every hour" to save even more battery * Individual sync conditions can be applied per device and per folder * Recent changes UI, click to open files. * Changes to folder and device config can be made regardless if Syncthing is running or not * UI explains why syncthing is running or not. * "Battery eater" problem is fixed. * Discover other Syncthing devices on the same network and easily add them. * Supports two-way synchronization on external SD card since Android 11.
Syncthing-Fork for Android is a wrapper for Syncthing that provides an Android UI instead of Syncthing's built-in Web UI. Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it's transmitted over the Internet.
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Website: https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android
Source code: https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android
How Syncthing writes to external SD card: https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/blob/main/wiki/SD-card-write-access.md
Wiki, FAQ and helpful articles: https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/tree/main/wiki#readme
Issues: https://github.com/researchxxl/syncthing-android/issues
Please help with the Translation: https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/syncthing-fork/app/
Licensed under MPL-2.0.
What's New in v2.1.2.0
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Fixes
- - fix(deprecation): bundleOf in DeviceIdDialogFragment by @researchxxl in #290
- - bug(onboarding): fix state consistency in onboarding activity by @dbhavsar76 in #293
- Features
- - Upgrade onboarding experience to material design by @dbhavsar76 in #200
- - refactor(web gui): refactor the webgui activity to kotlin and material design by @dbhavsar76 in #296
Version history
Jul 10, 2026 · 64.9 MB · Android API 23–36 · code 2010200
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Fixes
- - fix(deprecation): bundleOf in DeviceIdDialogFragment by @researchxxl in #290
- - bug(onboarding): fix state consistency in onboarding activity by @dbhavsar76 in #293
- Features
- - Upgrade onboarding experience to material design by @dbhavsar76 in #200
- - refactor(web gui): refactor the webgui activity to kotlin and material design by @dbhavsar76 in #296
SHA-256 dc2bbf16cd931b4318dad01b8e5d54f469955a5689b9e2968bd983ddfd988b8e
Jun 9, 2026 · 64.7 MB · Android API 23–36 · code 2010100
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 e99846f5054dd03f601912071d96de93e68bab5409b19495ec7d8a9189ca8b84
May 14, 2026 · 64.4 MB · Android API 23–36 · code 2010000
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 676d07c34414791add2ee330321d135cd70fa9eb35d51a59df52efc11a0efa27
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- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
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- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
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