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What are the best FOSS private file-syncing solutions?
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Best FOSS private file-syncing solutions
Price
Platforms
Technology
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Syncthing
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Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Android
Go
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TorpedoSync
Free
Windows, Linux, Pi
C#
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rsync
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Linux, Mac, BSD
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ShareDrop
Free
Web
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Seafile
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Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
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Syncthing
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Syncthing
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Syncthing
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Pro
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Cross-platform
Available for Linux, OS X and Windows and web.
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Platforms:
Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, Android
Technology:
Go
License:
MPL-2.0
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Pro
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Works out of the box
Requires no configuration to protect your privacy; it just works.
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Pro
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Free and open-source
Licensed under MIT.
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Pro
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Reasonably active community forum
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TorpedoSync
My Rec
ommendation
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TorpedoSync
My Recommendation for
TorpedoSync
All
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Experiences
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Pros
4
Cons
2
Specs
Top
Pro
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Ultra fast and uses less resources, works well with a huge amount of small files (webserver)
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Con
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Local only
No syncing via internet.
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RickZeeland's Experience
Open source local network utility written in C# using .NET 4 by the author of RaptorDB.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Pi
Technology:
C#
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Pro
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Single exe
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Con
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Currently no support of files larger than 2GB
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Pro
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Developer reacts really fast in case of errors
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Pro
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Web UI
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Free
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rsync
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rsync
My Recommendation for
rsync
All
5
Pros
2
Cons
2
Specs
Top
Con
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Complicated, and you can accidentally overwrite the wrong files
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Pro
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Works over SSH
SSH uses public-key cryptography.
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Specs
Platforms:
Linux, Mac, BSD
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Con
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No GUI
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Pro
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Pre-installed on OSX and most Linux distributions
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ShareDrop
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ShareDrop
My Recommendation for
ShareDrop
All
3
Pros
1
Cons
1
Specs
Top
Pro
•••
Transfer between mobile and desktop
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Con
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Requires Internet connection
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Platforms:
Web
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Free
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Seafile
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Seafile
My Recommendation for
Seafile
All
5
Pros
2
Cons
2
Specs
Top
Pro
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Free and open source
Seafile community edition is licensed under GPLv2 with source code available on GitHub.
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Con
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Requires maintenance
You have to manually keep the server and clients up to date.
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Specs
Platforms:
Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android
API:
yes
File versioning:
yes
File syncing:
yes
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Pro
•••
Client-side encryption
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Con
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Files cannot be accessed/modified directly on the server side, only the database that contains them
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