Syncthing

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

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.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

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
    restart: unless-stopped

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=syncthing

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  syncthing:
    name: syncthing
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    volumes:
      - SYNCTHING_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  SYNCTHING_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/syncthing'

ARG tag=latest

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

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

- 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"

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 15.0).

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