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Syncthing keeps folders in sync between multiple devices, it doesn't have any concept of users since it's not designed for that.
You want Nextcloud or similar 'google drive' replacement if you want to share individual files and folders with specific users easily.
Personally, I'd really like if it could have different users on its management interface, with their own file shares.
It's understandable why they don't bother, but I would like to share my NAS without running several instances.
Then you need NextCloud, not Syncthing.
Run NextCloud on your NAS and you'll be set.
Hum, no. The last thing I need on the world is a piece of non-working hard to maintain software.
I'd write something before trying Nextcloud again.
Syncthing is very, very good at syncing, but I get the sense the developers are very specific about keeping to the core objective. There have been other features that would be nice, like have one device sync and archive old/removed files, that many have asked for but rejected. (There is a way, but it's clunky and sometimes gets out of sync.)
I don't think a cross-user sync solution would ever come to this app. You'll have to create a unique folder and "device" for that.
So this is where I'm getting confused. Say I want to share a folder with my wife. We each have a phone: Phone_1 and Phone_2. I need to create two devices (Phone_1 and Phone_2) and 3 folders (my_folder, wife_folder, shared_folder). Phone_1 would sync to my_folder + shared_folder whereas my wifes phone (phone_2) would sync to wife_folder + shared_folder. All shared files would go in shared_folder. Both of us can edit files in the shared_folder?
Yes