# XDS - X(cross) Development System Agent XDS-agent is a client that should run on your local / user development machine when you use XDS. This agent takes care, among others, of starting [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) tool to synchronize your project files from your local host to XDS build server machine or container (where `xds-server` is running). > **SEE ALSO**: [xds-server](https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/gitweb?p=src/xds/xds-server.git), a web server used to remotely cross build applications. --- Links to subchapters : - [Build from scratch](./1_build.html) - [Configuration](./2_config.html) - [Start-up](./3_start.html) - [Debugging](./4_debug.html)