Syncthing Docs

This repo is the source behind https://docs.syncthing.net/.

Editing

To edit the documentation you need a GitHub account. Once you have created one and logged in, you can edit any page by navigating to the corresponding file and clicking the edit (pen) icon. This will create a so called "fork" and a "pull request", which will be approved by one of the existing documentation team members. Once you have made a contribution or two, you can be added to the documentation team and perform edits without requiring approval.

In the long run, learning to use Git_ and running Sphinx_ on your computer is beneficial.

First steps to run it locally::

git clone https://github.com/syncthing/docs.git pip install -U Sphinx cd docs make html

open _build/html/index.html

You can also use our Docker image to build the documentation, which is the same thing the build server does in the end:

./docker-build.sh html

Structure

The documentation is divided into an index page (index.rst) and various subsections. The sections are:

• Introductory information in intro.
• Information for users in users.
• Information for developers in dev.

The documentation uses the rst format. For a starting point check out the reStructuredText Primer.

.. _Git: https://www.git-scm.com/ .. _Sphinx: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/ .. _rst format: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html .. _reStructuredText Primer: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html

License

All documentation and protocol specifications are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>__.