Syncthing’s focus, as its name implies, is on synchronization. This means keeping a folder in sync across several devices. It is not a file transfer tool.
There are mainly two ways Syncthing diverges from pure synchronization:
- “Send Only”/“Receive Only”.
- “Ignore Delete”. If you read the documentation you will find that one of its drawbacks is that the sync status is permanently out of sync. In other topics on the forum you will also find that the developers regret ever having implemented it, so don’t expect improvements on that particular feature. Towards Syncthing 2.0