Frontends

This page lists command-line and GUI frontends available for SyncEvolution, focusing on the ones officially supported by the main developers in the binaries available on syncevolution.org and in MeeGo. Features that might be expected, but are not supported, are also listed. The table starts with a general feature name and describes how SyncEvolution implements it, linking or pointing to further information whenever possible. Features introduced with a specific release of SyncEvolution or only available as described since a specific release are marked with that release number, like this: **0.9**. For the sake of simplicity, only stable releases are considered. They might be mentioned already before the final release date.

Feature	Implementation
syncevolution
Platforms	all
Status	Supported by core team.
Type	command line tool
Dialogs	“syncevolution” utility provides full access to all configuration options (including those not normally exposed via GUIs), runs syncs as client, restores data.
sync-ui
Platforms	Moblin and MeeGo Netbook (using MX widgets), Linux desktop (plain GTK)
Status	Supported by core team.
Type	full application
Implementation	plain C, using GNOME technology, client of syncevo-dbus-server
Dialogs	Main screen starts a sync or enters config dialog, shows sync progress and status. Config dialog sets up HTTP servers and Bluetooth devices. Dedicated dialog for error recovery (restore from backup, refresh from client or server).
Maemo GUI
Platforms	Maemo 5
Status	actively maintained by original developer
Type	application, also does automatic sync in the background based on Maemo technologies
Implementation	Python using Hildon, wraps around syncevolution command line
Genesis
Platforms	Linux desktop
Status	actively maintained by original developer and a contributor
Type	applet
Implementation	Python using GTK, wraps around syncevolution command line (stable release) or calls syncevo-dbus-server (in development)
Dialogs	Single icon indicating active sync, configuration wizard.