SyncTrayzor -- Windows tray utility / filesystem watcher / launcher for syncthing

SyncTrayzor is a little tray utility for Syncthing on Windows.

It hosts and wraps Syncthing, making it behave more like a native Windows application

and less like a command-line utility with a web browser interface.

Features include:

• Has a built-in web browser, so you don't need to fire up an external browser.
• Optionally starts on login, so you don't need to set up Syncthing as a service.
• Can watch your folders for changes, so you don't have to poll them frequently:
  • Syncthing on its own has to poll your folders, in order to see if any files have changed.
  • SyncTrayzor will watch your folders for changes, and alert Syncthing the second anything changes.
  • This means you can increase the polling interval in Syncthing, avoiding the resource usage of high-frequency polling, but still have any changes propagated straight away.
  • Folder watching respects the ignores configured in Syncthing.
• Tray icon indicates when synchronization is occurring.
• Optional tray messages when folders have finished syncing.

Version 1.0.18

v1.0.18 was released hours after v1.0.17 in order to fix an issue. v1.0.17's changelog is as follows:

• Fix crash when renaming a file whose path exceeds the Windows path length limit (#72)
• Fix 'Open Folder' button in Syncthing UI (#65)
• Ensure that folder list in Settings does not exceed screen height (#76)
• Start minimized after automatic upgrade (#59)
• Add italian translation (thanks stukdev)
• Improve text in icon context menu (#71)
• Console will scroll to end after resize (#67)

Downloads

• SyncTrayzorPortable-x64.zip
• SyncTrayzorPortable-x86.zip
• SyncTrayzorSetup-x64.exe
• SyncTrayzorSetup-x86.exe
• Source code (zip)
• Source code (tar.gz)

What will SyncTrayzor do to my system?

Good question. The answer depends on whether you installed SyncTrayzor using the installer, or are running it standalone.

Installer

SyncTrayzor will install itself into

C:\Program Files\SyncTrayzor.

By default, SyncTrayzor will put its own configuration in

C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Roaming\SyncTrayor, and let Syncthing use its default folder for its database, which is

C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Local\Syncthing.

It will also create a registry key at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SyncTrayzor

the first time that it is run, which will let it start when you log in.

You can delete this registry key by unchecking "Automatically start on login" in the settings.

If you check "Use custom home directory or Syncthing" in the settings, then SyncTrayzor will tell Syncthing to use

C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Local\SyncTrayzor\syncthing

for its database.

This is useful if you want to keep the copy of Syncthing managed by SyncTrayzor separate from another copy running on your machine.

The auto-update mechanism may download updates to

%TEMP%\SyncTrayzor.

This location is periodically cleared out (once every few days).

Standalone

SyncTrayzor will put its own configuration in

SyncTrayzorPortable\data,

and tell Syncthing to use

SyncTrayzorPortable\data\syncthing

for its database.

This means that, when upgrading, you can simply move the 'data' folder over to move all your settings, and database.

If you uncheck "Use custom home directory or Syncthing" in the settings, then Syncthing will use its default folder for its database, which is

C:\Users\<You>\AppData\Local\Syncthing.

The portable version won't start on login by default.

If you check "Automatically start on login" in the settings, then a registry key will be created at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SyncTrayzor.