rsync

rsync is a software application for Unix which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate.

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The Best 26 rsync Alternatives

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FreeFileSync

FreeFileSync is a free Open Source software to synchronize files and synchronize folders available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Debian CentOS Ubuntu openSUSE

File sync Cloud sync Multiple languages
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Syncthing

Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and decentralized. Your data is your data alone and you deserve to choose where it is stored.

Free Open Source Windows Linux Android Android Tablet BSD Mac Self-Hosted Cloudron

File sync Decentralized Peer To Peer Real time sync File search Mesh network
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GoodSync

GoodSync syncs files between your computer, mobile devices, FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, Google Drive, SkyDrive, WebDAV, Azure.

Freemium Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet Mac

Portable File sync Multiple languages Support for WebDAV End to end encryption Real time sync Sync on Schedule Support for 64 bit Mirror Backup 2 way sync Direct P2P Sync Visual Comparison
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Unison

Unison is a file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

File sync Bidirectional sync 2 way sync Well documented
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Allway Sync

Allway Sync is a file and folder synchronization software for Windows.

Freemium Windows

Portable File sync Multiple languages
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Rclone

rsync for cloud storage. Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from the cloud.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD FreeBSD NetBSD Solaris OpenBSD

File sync Cloud sync Lightweight Support for WebDAV
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Create Synchronicity

Create Synchronicity is a nice, lightweight backup program with a very user-friendly - yet powerful - interface, that synchronizes files and folders extremely quickly (it can even recognize paths such as "MyUSB"\MyFolder, and...

Free Open Source Windows

Portable File sync Folder Comparison Mirror Backup Folder Mirroring
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Syncovery

Back up your data and synchronize PCs, Macs, servers, notebooks, and online storage space. You can set up as many different jobs as you need and run them manually or using the scheduler.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

File sync Encrypted backups Schedule Backup
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ChronoSync

ChronoSync can synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups to almost anything you can connect to your Mac: select cloud services, other Macs, NAS drives, external drives, PC's or anything you can mount as a volume.

Commercial Mac OS X

File sync Cloud sync Disk Cloning Incremental backup Schedule Backup Backup on mount Bootable Backup
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Toucan

Toucan is a small portableapp utility allowing you to synchronise, backup and secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities. It is split up into 7 tabs, allowing you to easily find the function that you want.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable File sync Multiple languages Encrypted backups Incremental backup
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DirSync Pro

DirSync Pro (Directory Synchronize Pro) is a small utility for file and folder synchronization without bidirectional file-deletion. DirSync Pro can be used to synchronize the content of one or many folders recursively.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

File sync Incremental backup
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SyncFolders

SyncFolders helps you to synchronize the contents of two folders, including any subfolders, track file modifications and deletions in a local database, propagate deletions and detect file renames, which is a noteworthy feature.

Free Windows

Portable File sync Multiple languages Incremental backup Folder Mirroring
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ViceVersa

ViceVersa does File Synchronization, File Replication, File Backup and File Comparison. It can automatically verify data using a CRC32 checksum.

Freemium Windows

File sync Encrypted backups
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Syncless

Syncless - An open-source and free synchronization tool so seamless youll forget about it What makes Syncless so unique is the way synchronization is performed.

Free Open Source Windows

Portable File sync Folder Mirroring
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Bonkey

Despite a name that conjures up comedic visions, Bonkey the Backup Monkey is a serious backup program with tremendous potential.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows

File sync Encrypted backups
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@MAX SyncUp

@MAX SyncUp is a feature-rich utility for backing up and synchronizing data on a local network or over the Internet. @MAX SyncUp provides an Apple Time Machine style backup using hard links.

Free Personal Windows

File sync Support for WebDAV Support for SFTP
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Directory Compare

Directory Compare is a utility to help you keeping copies of your important directories (documents, programs under development and so on) in a backup hard disk or any other storage system (like USB drives or CD-RW disks).

Free Windows

Portable File sync Folder Mirroring
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SSuite Kronoz Sync-Master

SSuite Kronoz Sync-Master is a very small and capable application to help you synchronize any folder or drive that you may have. It is possible to synchronize both selected folders or to synchronize in one direction only.

Free Windows

Portable File sync File Backup Feature
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BestSync

BestSync is a utility for following solutions: 1. Synchronize files between PCs by utilizing network storage, USB drive, etc. 2. Synchronize files with FTP server, support FTP/FTPS/SFTP(SSH File Transfer Protocol). 3.

Freemium Windows

File sync Sync Contacts Support for FTP Support for Unicode Schedule Backup Folder Mirroring
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Syncrify

Syncrify is fast, incremental, and cloud-ready backup that implements the rsync protocol over HTTP.

Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Linux

File sync Incremental backup

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The Best 26 rsync Alternatives

FreeFileSync

Syncthing

GoodSync

Unison

Allway Sync

Rclone

Create Synchronicity

Syncovery

ChronoSync

Toucan

DirSync Pro

SyncFolders

ViceVersa

Syncless

Bonkey

@MAX SyncUp

Directory Compare

SSuite Kronoz Sync-Master

BestSync

Syncrify

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