
The wizard should have now automatically skipped through the Generate Keys section, and will land on the Setup WebUI section. Since we installed Syncthing-GTK as a Flatpak, it will most certainly find the daemon without any problem, and we can just go ahead and click Next. In case of Syncthing the daemon is actually the main program, the brains responsible for the app functionality. A daemon is basically a program that runs in the background. Now it will search for the Syncthing daemon. In this first screen, you can press Next. Syncthing-GTK walks you through the initial setup process with a first run wizard, so let’s go through it together. Once you have your Syncthing client open on both of your systems, you’ll have to set it up. Basically it all boils down to downloading an installer and running it, so it should be pretty straight forward.
Syncthing copy folders install#
To install it, you can follow the instructions provided in SyncTrayzor’s GitHub page. On Windows, you can download a client called SyncTrayzor. If you prefer to use the terminal you can just run: If you’re using the Steam Deck or a Linux PC with the Plasma desktop, you can open up the Discover app center (you’ll need to switch to desktop mode on the Steam Deck), search for Syncthing GTK and install it. On Linux, and of course on the Steam Deck, you can download a client called Syncthing-GTK. Syncthing has a number of different clients you can download depending on the operating system that you use. The best part is that it doesn’t need any account, as syncing is done through your local network. Syncthing is a powerful sync program that allows you to keep a select number of folders synced between two or more computers.

Well, turns out there are alternatives to cloud saves, and today we’ll look into one solution in particular that I like: Syncthing. There’s just one small problem: you don’t get cloud saves for non-Steam games. This means you’re not locked into playing games from Steam.

The Steam Deck is a full on PC: a beautiful garden, but no walls to speak of.
