syncthing/syncthing
Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
Is syncthing/syncthing beginner-friendly?
The maintainers of syncthing/syncthing usually reply to a pull request within 1 day. 2 beginner-friendly issues are open now.
- Stars
- 89.7k
- Forks
- 5.5k
- Open beginner issues
- 2
- Indexed issues
- 387
- Avg merge
- 6h 27m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 12
- Dominant language
- Go
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Last GitHub push
- Oct 23, 2026
- Latest indexed
- Sep 19, 2026
- Contributing guide
- Contributing guide
- Code of conduct
- No code of conduct
- Beginner labels
- good first issue
How to contribute to syncthing/syncthing
- Read the contributing guide first: it says how the maintainers want changes proposed, tested and reviewed.
- It ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file, so you can run it without installing its whole toolchain.
- Your contributions will be published under the project's MPL-2.0 license.
- Pick one of the 2 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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A new folder's relative path is resolved against the working directory, not the default folder pathOpenenhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
syncthing/syncthing#10937 · 1 comment ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
syncthing/syncthing#10933 · 3 comments ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 57/100
syncthing/syncthing#10927 · 2 comments ·
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Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 8/100
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 63/100
syncthing/syncthing#10920 · 1 comment ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 53/100
syncthing/syncthing#10919 · 1 comment · 1 reaction ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10913 · 6 comments ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100
syncthing/syncthing#10905 · 2 comments · 2 reactions ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100
syncthing/syncthing#10902 · 1 reaction ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 72/100
syncthing/syncthing#10897 · 1 comment ·
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100
syncthing/syncthing#10895 · 2 comments ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10888 · 5 comments · 2 reactions ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100
syncthing/syncthing#10885 · 4 comments ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100
syncthing/syncthing#10884 · 10 comments ·
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Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10876 · 2 comments ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100
syncthing/syncthing#10871 · 1 reaction ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
syncthing/syncthing#10869 · 2 comments ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100
syncthing/syncthing#10868 · 3 comments ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 57/100
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100
syncthing/syncthing#10853 · 8 comments · 1 reaction ·
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Reserve the words "Fail" and "Error" in log messages to system level breakage that requires actionOpenenhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
syncthing/syncthing#10845 · 11 comments · 2 reactions ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
syncthing/syncthing#10844 · 3 comments ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100
syncthing/syncthing#10829 · 5 comments ·
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enhancement
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10803 · 1 comment ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
syncthing/syncthing#10796 · 2 comments ·
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Expose CLI option for configuration/health checkMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openenhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10767 · 4 comments ·
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Configurable path list/patterns to be synced with priorityMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openenhancement ui
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10752 · 10 comments ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
syncthing/syncthing#10706 · 2 comments · 2 reactions ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100
syncthing/syncthing#10698 · 1 comment ·
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New/empty device ignores fast partial peer and pulls everything from slow complete deviceMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openbug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100
syncthing/syncthing#10677 · 1 comment ·
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Option for .stignore-shared auto creation when folder is createdMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openenhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
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enhancement
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100
syncthing/syncthing#10627 · 4 comments ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
syncthing/syncthing#10606 · 1 comment ·
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receive-only directory sometimes leaves files with a wrong mtime and confuses itselfMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openbug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100
syncthing/syncthing#10599 · 10 comments ·
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Linux: Do not recurse into system filesystems on LinuxMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openbug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10597 · 5 comments ·
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Receive-Only folders incorrectly detect "Local Additions" for directories due to self-induced mtime changes during syncMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openbug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100
syncthing/syncthing#10574 · 9 comments · 3 reactions ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
syncthing/syncthing#10559 · 7 comments · 1 reaction ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100
syncthing/syncthing#10553 · 7 comments ·
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RPM PackagesMay be free again A pull request for this issue was closed without being merged. Openenhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
syncthing/syncthing#10536 · 3 comments · 4 reactions ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100
syncthing/syncthing#10529 · 5 comments ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100
syncthing/syncthing#10528 · 2 comments · 3 reactions ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100
syncthing/syncthing#10517 · 10 comments · 1 reaction ·
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bug needs-triage
Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100
syncthing/syncthing#10493 · 4 comments ·
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enhancement needs-triage
Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100
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