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Description / nameInput element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Syncthing Host Port
Syncthing /config Path

Build Status Last Commit

Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored, if it is shared with some third party and how it's transmitted over the Internet.
Port 8384
Registry ghcr.io/daemonless/syncthing
Daemonless daemonless/syncthing
Source syncthing/syncthing
Website syncthing.net

Version Tags

Tag Description Best For
latest Upstream Binary. Built from official release. Alternative build.
pkg FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages. Production stability.
pkg-latest FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates. Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

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services:
  syncthing:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/syncthing:latest"
    container_name: syncthing
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/syncthing:/config"
    ports:
      - "8384:8384"
      - "22000:22000"
      - "22000:22000"
      - "21027:21027"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

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podman run -d --name syncthing \
  -p 8384:8384 \
  -p 22000:22000 \
  -p 22000:22000 \
  -p 21027:21027 \
  -v /path/to/containers/syncthing:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/syncthing:latest

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- name: Deploy syncthing
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: syncthing
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/syncthing:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    ports:
      - "8384:8384"
      - "22000:22000"
      - "22000:22000"
      - "21027:21027"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/syncthing:/config"

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# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=syncthing

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# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  syncthing:
    name: syncthing
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '8384:8384 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '22000:22000 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '22000:22000 proto:udp'
      - expose: '21027:21027 proto:udp'
    volumes:
      - SYNCTHING_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  SYNCTHING_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/syncthing'

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# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/syncthing:${tag}

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appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8384:8384 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="22000:22000 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="22000:22000 proto:udp" \
  -o expose="21027:21027 proto:udp" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/syncthing /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/syncthing:latest syncthing

Access at: http://localhost:8384

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Volumes

Path Description
/config Configuration and data directory

Ports

Port Protocol Description
8384 TCP Web UI
22000 TCP Sync protocol (TCP/UDP)
22000 UDP Sync protocol (TCP/UDP)
21027 UDP

Implementation Details

  • Architectures: amd64
  • User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
  • Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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