<# .SYNOPSIS Installs Syncthing .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script installs Syncthing on your computer. Syncthing is a continuous file synchronization program. See https://syncthing.net for details. .EXAMPLE PS> ./install-syncthing.ps1 ⏳ Installing Syncthing from WinGet... ... .LINK Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 .NOTES https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell #> try { $stopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() if ($IsLinux) { "⏳ Installing Syncthing..." & sudo apt install syncthing } else { "⏳ Installing Syncthing from WinGet..." & winget install --id Syncthing.Syncthing --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements "⏳ Starting Syncthing as daemon..." Start-Process -NoNewWindow "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WinGet\Links\syncthing.exe" } [int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds "✅ Syncthing installed successfully in $($elapsed)s." " Web interface: http://127.0.0.1:8384 (open by: )" " Sync folder at: ~/Sync/ (execute: cd-sync.ps1)" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error: $($Error[0])" exit 1 }