BitTorrent Sync is een closedsource peer-to-peer file synchronization tool met clients voor Windows, OS X, Linux, BSD, Android, iOS, Windows Phone en diverse nas-apparaten. Het maakt het mogelijk om in eigen beheer bestanden te synchroniseren tussen diverse apparaten, vergelijkbaar met cloud-storagediensten als Dropbox, Google Drive en OneDrive. Kortgeleden is versie 1.4 uitgekomen en de belangrijkste veranderingen daarin zijn hieronder op een rijtje gezet.
New in 1.4
- New simplified UI
UI was fully revised and now looks similar on all platforms. Also, UI was simplified significantly to make Sync use faster, convenient, and easy to use.- HTTPS links support
HTTPS links are generated by Sync and shared with a remote peer to exchange Keys securely, using X.509 certificates- Proxy server support added
Direct connection between peers is possible as long as one of the two peers is not behind a proxy- Finder / Explorer integration added
Right-clicking on the folder in Explorer / Finder exposes "Share with BitTorrent Sync" item, which ads the folder to Sync and automatically generates a Key (Secret).- Moved folder support
Sync tracks if synced folders move and automatically adjusts paths to keep the folder synced.- Sync performance optimization
Improves data transfer speed, CPU consumption, peer discovery.- Numerous bug fixes reported by users in 1.3
