Please note that this beta uses Google Analytics (for usage reporting, with no app-specific data collected) and Firebase Crashlytics for crash reporting. We do have ideas about how to further improve background behaviour. In this release the app makes some efforts to be restarted in the background sporadically, but be aware this is of limited use when syncing between multiple iOS devices, so the best usability will be where there is an “always on” remote device amongst the set of devices sharing any particular folder. In the future, we hope to add photo library support (probably Send Only).Īnother challenge with iOS is that (for battery performance reasons), Apple prevents apps from running indefinitely in the background. Of course, due to the security “features” of iOS, you are limited to syncing files within the sandbox environment of the iSyncthing app itself, but these can be moved in/out and opened/viewed using the iOS Files app. sandboxed filesystem, inability to run separate background processes, disabling upgrades. ISyncthing uses Golang Syncthing natively internally and as the basis of the GUI, with only a small number of changes, most of them to work with peculiarities of the iOS ecosystem - e.g. We do plan to modestly monetize the app when released publicly (paid download, in-app-purchases and/or ads) and would appreciate your feedback on which model you’d prefer. The modifications to Syncthing for iOS are published at under MPLv2 but the iOS wrapper around it is closed source. You can install the beta through Apple TestFlight using the link below. Pickup Infinity is happy to announce we’re now releasing a beta version of iSyncthing, a new iOS client for iSyncthing. ISyncthing iOS client for Syncthing now in beta

Isync client