This is a comparison of the freeware ( proprietary software release free of charge) file synchronization software. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, BSD, Solarisĭistributed peer-to-peer sync with automatic NAT traversal.

ĪGPLv3 (Server) + Apache License 2.0 (Client) Multiple comparison criteria (date, check-sum).Ĭlients: Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS. Yes using-backup and a time-stamped-suffixĬlient & server operation. Capabilities include sync, cache, encrypt, compress and mount. Supports over 50 cloud, protocol and virtual backends including S3 buckets, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and other high latency file storage. Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan9, Solaris - Intel/AMD-64, Intel/AMD-32, ARM-32, ARM-64, MIPS-Big-Endian, MIPS-Little-Endian Ĭlients: Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android, iOS, Windows PhoneĬlients: Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android, iOS, BlackberryĪGPLv3 (Server Edition) / proprietary (Enterprise Edition) Older version had OpenCandy Adware/malware, but now funded by donations. Sym-links, filter, metadata, contents, auto-sync Synchronizes files, website, network apps This is generally good, because cheap cloud storage usually does not allow users to run custom software on storage server, they only provide access to storage. All synchronization logic is handled by client. Server is only running arbitrary storage protocol like SFTP, SMB, NFS, etc. Only client needed It is only needed to install synchronizing software on the client side. Online storage Online file storage option and type Network-attached storage Can sync. Scheduling or service Run automatically (via a scheduler or as a system service), or manually for each sync. Version control Can revert to a precedent version of a file/directory. Programs which do not support it, will behave as if the originally-named file/directory has been deleted and the newly named file/directory is new and transmit the 'new' file again. Commonly done by calculating and storing hash function digests of files to detect if two files with different names, edit dates, etc., have identical contents. This saves bandwidth for remote systems but increases the analysis duration.

See File Synchronization Renames/moves Propagate renaming/moving of a file/directory. Edit conflict detection Detect if an operation may result in data loss. Glossary Platform Operating system & / or software platform like Java SE or.

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