syncwarden/README.md

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  <img src="assets/icon-128.png" width="80" alt="SyncWarden icon" /><br />
  SyncWarden
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<p align="center">
  Lightweight system tray wrapper for <a href="https://syncthing.net/">Syncthing</a>. Cross-platform, native-feeling, ~10 MB.
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  <img src="assets/icon-preview.png" alt="Tray icon states: idle, syncing, paused, error, disconnected" />
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## Features

- **Tray icon** with 5 states: idle (green), syncing (blue), paused (gray), error (red), disconnected (dark gray)
- **Real-time monitoring** via Syncthing event API (long-polling) + periodic health checks
- **Transfer rates** in tooltip and menu
- **Context menu**: folder list, recent files, conflict counter, pause/resume, rescan, restart
- **Embedded admin panel** using the system browser engine (Edge WebView2 / WebKit / WebKit2GTK)
- **OS notifications** for sync complete, device connect/disconnect, new device requests, conflicts
- **Settings** toggleable via menu checkboxes (persisted to JSON config)
- **Auto-start Syncthing** with crash recovery and supervised restart
- **API key auto-discovery** from Syncthing's `config.xml`
- **Syncthing detection** — prompts with download link if Syncthing is not installed

## How It Works

SyncWarden sits in the system tray and communicates with a local Syncthing instance via its REST API. It never touches your files directly — all sync operations are handled by Syncthing itself.

```mermaid
graph TB
    subgraph OS["Operating System"]
        tray["System Tray Icon"]
        notif["OS Notifications"]
        browser["Default Browser"]
        fm["File Manager"]
    end

    subgraph SW["SyncWarden"]
        subgraph tray_bin["syncwarden (tray binary)"]
            app["Tray App"]
            menu["Context Menu"]
            mon["Monitor"]
            evl["Event Listener<br/><small>long-poll /rest/events</small>"]
            poll["Health Poller<br/><small>every 3s</small>"]
            proc["Process Manager<br/><small>auto-start + restart</small>"]
            cfg["Config<br/><small>JSON file</small>"]
        end

        panel_bin["syncwarden-panel<br/><small>(embedded browser)</small>"]
        setup_bin["syncwarden-setup<br/><small>(installer)</small>"]
    end

    subgraph ST["Syncthing (localhost:8384)"]
        api["REST API"]
        webui["Web UI"]
        sync["Sync Engine"]
    end

    remote["Remote Devices"]

    %% Tray app connections
    app --> tray
    app --> notif
    app --> menu
    menu -- "Open folder" --> fm
    menu -- "Open Admin Panel" --> panel_bin
    panel_bin -- "renders" --> webui
    menu -- "Install Syncthing..." --> browser

    %% Monitor connections
    app --> mon
    mon --> evl
    mon --> poll
    evl -- "events" --> api
    poll -- "health + connections" --> api
    menu -- "pause / rescan / restart" --> api

    %% Process management
    app --> proc
    proc -- "start / stop / supervise" --> ST

    %% Config
    app --> cfg

    %% Syncthing
    sync <--> remote

    %% Styling
    classDef swbin fill:#2d5a27,stroke:#4a8,color:#fff
    classDef stbox fill:#1a4a6a,stroke:#3a8abf,color:#fff
    classDef osbox fill:#555,stroke:#888,color:#fff

    class app,menu,mon,evl,poll,proc,cfg swbin
    class panel_bin,setup_bin swbin
    class api,webui,sync stbox
    class tray,notif,browser,fm osbox
```

### Data Flow

1. **Event Listener** long-polls `GET /rest/events` — receives real-time sync events (file changes, device connections, folder state changes)
2. **Health Poller** checks `/rest/noauth/health` and `/rest/system/connections` every 3 seconds — detects connection loss and calculates transfer rates
3. **Monitor** aggregates both streams into a single status snapshot (icon state, device count, rates, recent files, conflicts)
4. **Tray App** renders the status as an icon + tooltip + menu updates, and dispatches OS notifications for configured events

## Architecture

SyncWarden ships as three separate binaries to avoid main-thread conflicts between systray and webview:

| Binary | Purpose | CGO |
|--------|---------|-----|
| `syncwarden` | Tray icon, menu, monitoring, notifications, process management | No |
| `syncwarden-panel` | Embedded browser showing Syncthing admin UI | Yes |
| `syncwarden-setup` | Cross-platform installer / uninstaller | No |

### Project Layout

```
cmd/
  syncwarden/       Entry point for tray binary
  panel/            Entry point for embedded browser panel
  setup/            Cross-platform installer
  icongen/          Icon generation utility (dev tool)
internal/
  config/           Config persistence + platform-specific paths
  icons/            Pre-rendered tray icons (5 states, PNG + ICO)
  monitor/          State aggregation: folders, speed, recent files, conflicts
  notify/           OS notification wrapper
  syncthing/        REST API client, event listener, process manager, detection
  tray/             Tray UI: menu, tooltip, panel launcher
```

## Installation

### From release

Download the latest release for your platform from [Releases](https://git.davoryn.de/calic/syncwarden/releases) and run `syncwarden-setup`.

If Syncthing is not installed, the setup will open the [download page](https://syncthing.net/downloads/) for you.

### From source

Requires Go 1.24+ and CGO (MinGW-w64 on Windows) for the panel binary.

```bash
# Tray binary (pure Go, no CGO needed)
go build -o syncwarden ./cmd/syncwarden

# Panel binary (requires CGO + C++ compiler)
CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -o syncwarden-panel ./cmd/panel

# Setup
go build -o syncwarden-setup ./cmd/setup
```

## Configuration

Config file location:
- **Windows**: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\syncwarden\config.json`
- **Linux**: `~/.config/syncwarden/config.json`
- **macOS**: `~/Library/Application Support/syncwarden/config.json`

The API key is auto-discovered from Syncthing's `config.xml` on first run. All settings are configurable via the tray menu.

## Dependencies

### Tray binary (`syncwarden`)

| Dependency | Purpose |
|------------|---------|
| [energye/systray](https://github.com/energye/systray) | System tray integration (icon, menu, click events) |
| [fogleman/gg](https://github.com/fogleman/gg) | 2D graphics for icon rendering |
| [gen2brain/beeep](https://github.com/gen2brain/beeep) | Cross-platform OS notifications |

### Panel binary (`syncwarden-panel`)

| Dependency | Purpose |
|------------|---------|
| [webview/webview_go](https://github.com/webview/webview_go) | Embedded browser (Edge WebView2 / WebKit / WebKit2GTK) |

### Setup binary (`syncwarden-setup`)

No external dependencies — uses only the Go standard library and `internal/config` for path resolution.

### Build-time only

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| [goreleaser/nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm) | `.deb` package generation (CI only) |

## Syncthing REST API Usage

SyncWarden communicates with Syncthing via its local REST API. All requests go to `localhost:8384` (configurable) and are authenticated with the `X-API-Key` header.

| Endpoint | Purpose |
|----------|---------|
| `GET /rest/noauth/health` | Connection health check (no auth) |
| `GET /rest/system/connections` | Device status + byte counters for rate calculation |
| `GET /rest/config` | Folder and device configuration |
| `GET /rest/db/status` | Per-folder sync state |
| `GET /rest/events` | Long-poll event stream (30s timeout) |
| `POST /rest/system/pause` | Pause all syncing |
| `POST /rest/system/resume` | Resume all syncing |
| `POST /rest/db/scan` | Trigger folder rescan |
| `POST /rest/system/restart` | Restart Syncthing |

## License

MIT