Just installed Syncthing on my Scale server. It looks like it doesn’t have users but rather folder IDs that are then used to sync devices. One of the cool features of Nextcloud is the ability to share files with other users. Can this be done with Syncthing?
https://forum.syncthing.net/t/sharing-folder-with-others/14024/2
Syncthing is not a public sharing tool, it’s for your own devices. Perhaps you are trying to fit it to a scenario it’s not made for.
Quote from the maintainer/developer.
Syncthing keeps folders in sync between multiple devices, it doesn’t have any concept of users since it’s not designed for that.
You want Nextcloud or similar ‘google drive’ replacement if you want to share individual files and folders with specific users easily.
Personally, I’d really like if it could have different users on its management interface, with their own file shares.
It’s understandable why they don’t bother, but I would like to share my NAS without running several instances.
Then you need NextCloud, not Syncthing.
Run NextCloud on your NAS and you’ll be set.
Hum, no. The last thing I need on the world is a piece of non-working hard to maintain software.
I’d write something before trying Nextcloud again.
If both people have Syncthing installed, you can do that by sharing a folder between you.
But it is not like cloud services where you can generate a shareable link - Syncthing is mostly designed for syncing files between your own devices real-time.
What are you trying to achieve?
man this is getting real popular (kinda like “why not both?” a while ago)
Syncthing is more like P2P tool for syncing files between own private devices rather than being things like torrents.
