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Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local network

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108 points sirbread | 2 comments | 27 Jun 25 06:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.402s | source

i made sink. it's a simple little tool that continuously syncs folders between 2 devices. no cloud, no email, flash drives, no bs.

it just uses your local wifi. run it on your machines, tell them to trust each other, and you're set. and if you manage to edit the same file at once, it handles the conflict and saves both copies.

for anyone who just wants to get files from point a to b without the headache. hope it makes your life a bit less annoying.

github: https://github.com/sirbread/sink binary: https://github.com/sirbread/sink/releases/tag/v0.1

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dewey ◴[27 Jun 25 06:48 UTC] No.44394289[source]▶
What is the selling point over the very mature Syncthing? I’ve been using that for this use case for many years, with the additional benefit of also being able to sync it to my server, having a UI and being in all package managers already.
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1. lxgr ◴[27 Jun 25 16:15 UTC] No.44397983[source]▶
99% less configuration and UI surfaces come to mind.

Syncthing is great, but it does include everything and the kitchen sink. That's often great, but not always.

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2. sunshine-o ◴[27 Jun 25 22:39 UTC] No.44400935[source]▶
Absolutely.

Syncthing is great but I really wish for a syncthing-lite you could deploy and configure easily.

The version we have today is really suffering from a lot of legacy.

I remember they are working on a big v2 with a revamp of the API which is a mess but they had to give up on getting rid on that horrible XML config file because it was too much work.

Be aware they also recently silently disabled the sync of symlinks on the android build, what can cause a lot of bad surprises.

They did define some specs of their protocols [0] but i haven't seen a alternative implementation yet.

- [0] https://docs.syncthing.net/specs/index.html