SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is syncthing.net legit or a scam?

This looks safe to use.

Official Syncthing project site, 12-year-old domain, clean reputation, run by a registered Swedish non-profit.

syncthing.netScanned 1h ago
0
Trust score
SAFE
Score breakdown
Heuristics 92·MT 92
Screenshot of syncthing.netSee the live page ↓
Positive signals (4)
Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsDomain is 12 years oldEncrypted connection
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Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
0/92
All engines report clean
Domain Age
12 years old
Registered Mar 2, 2014

Website Preview

Screenshot of syncthing.net
LIVE RENDER
syncthing.net

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

0
/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The website appears to be a legitimate, fully-rendered landing page for the Syncthing project with no visual indicators of a scam or malicious intent.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional layout for an open-source software project

Navigation links to documentation, forum, and source code are present

No fake trust badges or urgency tactics detected

Clean design with consistent branding and typography

Clear project description and call-to-action for downloads

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
Analysis
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The domain has been registered since March 2014 and shows no signs of recent changes or suspicious ownership. Our antivirus network returned zero detections across 92 engines. The page content matches the known open-source project, with links to documentation, forum, and GitHub source code. Web research found positive user reports on Reddit and dev.to plus confirmation that The Syncthing Foundation is an active Swedish non-profit. The hosting IP carries a moderate abuse score but no malware or phishing flags. Visual analysis shows a professional, consistent layout with no urgency tactics or fake trust signals.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

The landing page presents Syncthing as a continuous file synchronization program with emphasis on privacy, encryption, and open-source development. Navigation includes clear links to Downloads, Security, Docs, Forum, and Code. The body text explains the project's core features: peer-to-peer sync, TLS encryption, device authentication via certificates, and no central servers storing user data. No contact forms, login fields, or payment elements appear.

Infrastructure

The site serves over HTTPS with a valid Let's Encrypt certificate expiring in 79 days. It loads from IP 185.199.111.153 with an abuse score of 39/100 and 19 prior reports. One external domain (avatars.githubusercontent.com) is referenced for avatars. No redirects beyond a single same-domain hop occurred. The page is a fully rendered JavaScript application with professional styling and no visual anomalies.

Domain History

The domain syncthing.net was registered on 2014-03-02 through Ascio Technologies and is 12.4 years old. WHOIS shows no privacy protection. The project is operated by The Syncthing Foundation, a registered Swedish non-profit foundation with active status.

Web Reputation

Our research located two positive user reviews on Reddit and dev.to describing reliable large-scale file syncing and trust in the encryption model. No scam reports, complaints, or negative mentions were found. The software is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 with source code publicly available on GitHub.

What this means for you

The combination of long domain history, clean security scans, registered non-profit status, and consistent positive community feedback indicates this is the legitimate project site. Downloads and documentation can be used with normal caution for any open-source software.

Positive Signals
5
  • Domain registered 12.4 years ago with transparent WHOIS data.
  • Zero detections across 92 antivirus engines.
  • Operated by The Syncthing Foundation, a registered Swedish non-profit.
  • Source code publicly available on GitHub under MPL 2.0.
  • Positive user reports on independent forums confirming real-world reliability.
AI Recommendation
You can safely visit syncthing.net to download the software or read documentation. Always verify checksums when installing open-source tools.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for syncthing.net, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration
Active · Sweden
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
2 positive
Key findings
5 headline facts from open-web research
  • Official website for Syncthing, a well-known open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization tool active since 2014.
  • The project is managed by The Syncthing Foundation, a registered non-profit based in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Software is distributed under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) 2.0 with source code publicly available on GitHub.
  • Uses TLS for all communication and cryptographic certificates for device authentication; no central servers store user data.
  • Occasional false positive malware detections by antivirus software (e.g., Malwarebytes) are reported due to the use of community-hosted relay servers.
Positive reviews (2)
Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.
  • Redditopen

    "I use it to sync around 25TB of files between 4 locations, and it has been running flawlessly."

  • dev.toopen

    "Syncthing uses end-to-end encryption to send files directly to other devices... this solution is trustable."

Business registration
Status: active · Sweden

Operated by The Syncthing Foundation, a registered Swedish non-profit foundation (Stiftelsen Syncthing).

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found the site is the official home of Syncthing, an established open-source file sync tool. The project is run by The Syncthing Foundation, a registered non-profit in Sweden. Two user reviews on Reddit and dev.to describe reliable performance with large data volumes and trust in the encryption approach. No scam reports or complaints were identified in the sources checked.

Domain Timeline

  1. Mar 2, 2014
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 12 years old today.

  2. Jul 12, 2026
    Latest security review — Reviewed as safe

    This scan re-ran every check and found no active threat signals.

syncthing.net has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified
Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious59Harmless92Engines
Clean
Kaspersky
Clean
Bitdefender
Clean
Microsoft
Not in pass
ESET-NOD32
Not in pass
Avira
Not in pass
Sophos
Clean
Fortinet
Clean
Google Safebrowsing
Clean
Emsisoft
Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Technical Details

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbersNone
Postal addressNot listed
Linked social profiles0
Signal Summary
Several contact red flags
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • No phone number listed on the page.
  • No postal address visible on the page.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age12 years old
RegistrarAscio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
RegisteredMar 2, 2014
ExpiresMar 2, 2027
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YR1
ExpiresSep 29, 2026 (79d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGitHub, Inc.
Server locationUS
Web serverGitHub.com
PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://syncthing.net/
  • 2200https://syncthing.net/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score39%
Reports on file19
ISPGitHub, Inc.
Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

What to do

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on syncthing.net and not a lookalike like s-yncthing.net.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

    If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.

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Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·syncthing.net
SAFE

Syncthing.net is the official site for a well-known open-source file synchronization tool. The domain is 12.4 years old with clean scans and a registered non-profit foundation behind it. No scam indicators appear in our checks.

You can safely visit syncthing.net to download the software or read documentation. Always verify checksums when installing open-source tools.

AV engines
92
Domain age
12 yrs
Flagged
0
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Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on syncthing.net, so it appears legitimate. All 92 antivirus engines we queried report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, and the domain is 12.4 years old, registered on March 2, 2014 — established domains are far less likely to be scams. Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.
  • syncthing.net passed our automated checks with a trust score of 92/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged it at the time of the last scan, and its signals line up with an established, legitimate site. Treat any unexpected login prompt or payment request on it with the same caution you would anywhere.
  • Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from syncthing.net), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from syncthing.net is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.
  • No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report syncthing.net as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
  • No — syncthing.net is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
  • syncthing.net is 12.4 years old, registered on March 2, 2014 through Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
  • Yes — syncthing.net presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YR1, valid for another 79 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
  • syncthing.net resolves to an IP operated by GitHub, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
  • Yes — syncthing.net ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.
  • This report is a record of the scan run on July 12, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about syncthing.net has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.
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