Software Update: Syncthing 0.12.4

Syncthing is an open source program that allows files to be synchronized between two computers. This happens just like with BitTorrent Sync without a central server in between, as is the case with storage services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and iCloud. The software is available for Windows, Linux, OS X and Android, among others. There are also packages for Synology and Qnap. Last month is version 0.12 and we are now at version 0.12.4.

In version 0.12, which is not compatible with version 0.11, among other things, the global discovery protocol has been rewritten and now uses https on the default port 443. Furthermore, there is support for socks5 proxy, folder ids can contain more and strange characters and updates are digitally signed. Since then, the following improvements have been made:

Changes in version 0.12.4

• Warn the user if they’re running with an insecure looking setup (#2139)
• Add remaining scanning time (#2484)
• Handle sparse files (#245)
• Improved relay handling

Changes in version 0.12.3

• Fix address list in DeviceDiscovered, add debug prints (#2444)
• Audit logins with new LoginAttempt event (#2377)
• More local discovery URL debugging (#2444)
• Made upgrade system smarter (#2446)
• Remove folder without restart (#2262)
• Don’t dirty blockmap key between lookups (#2455)

Changes in version 0.12.2

• Actually do negative caching on failed discovery lookups (#2434)

Changes in version 0.12.1

• Rename ‘delete’ to ‘remove’
• Fix editing device address
• Use grid instead of three-column
• Stop folder when running out of disk space
• Remove double slashes in directives
• Change to Font Awesome icon font

Changes in version 0.12.0

This is the first release on the new major v0.12 branch. It is not compatible with the v0.11.x releases. Use this release if you are a new user, or when you are ready to upgrade all devices in your cluster. Please read the release notes.