
Syncany User GuideΒΆ
This is the user guide for Syncany, an open-source cloud storage and filesharing application with a strong focus on security.
This document is targeted at end-users. It describes how to use Syncany and how to configure it. For development and build instructions, please refer to the GitHub page or the project wiki.
Contents
- 1. What is Syncany?
- 2. Installation
- 3. Getting Started
- 4. Concepts
- 5. Commands
- 5.1. The
sy
command - 5.2.
sy daemon
: Start and stop the background process (daemon) - 5.3.
sy init
: Initializing a repository - 5.4.
sy connect
: Connecting to an existing repository - 5.5.
sy status
: Detect and display local changes - 5.6.
sy up
: Detect local changes and upload to repository - 5.7.
sy ls-remote
: Detect and display remote changes - 5.8.
sy down
: Retrieve and apply remote changes - 5.9.
sy watch
: Automatically synchronizes the local folder with the repo - 5.10.
sy cleanup
: Remove old versions from the local database and the repo - 5.11.
sy restore
: Restore older versions of files from the repository - 5.12.
sy ls
: Display current and historic local database - 5.13.
sy genlink
: Create a syncany:// link from an existing local folder - 5.14.
sy plugin
: List, install and remove storage backend plugins
- 5.1. The
- 6. Plugins
- 7. Security
- 8. Configuration
- 9. FAQ
- 10. Appendix A: Manual Pages
- 11. Appendix B: Videos & Links