Robocopy Alternatives

Robocopy is described as 'Or "Robust File Copy", is a command-line directory replication command. It has been available as part of the Windows Resource Kit starting with Windows NT 4.0, and was introduced as a standard feature of Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008' and is a File Copy utility in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Robocopy for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Robocopy alternative is FreeFileSync, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Robocopy are Rclone, TeraCopy, rsync and FastCopy.

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  1. Ycopy icon
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    Simple, free, set and forget, copy utility. When a file can't be copied Ycopy skips it continues with the other files. A printable report is generated of files that were unable to be copied. No more poring over directories and files to find out where the copy was up to, skip...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. DataHealthCheck is a portable app to check your files for corruption or display their md5/sha1 hash. It is faster than other apps because it checks for corrupted files and update hashes of changed files in one pass.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. This software allows to generate MD (Message Digest) and SHA hashes from a file or files or files in a directory. Checksum is an value calculated from a content of file by special algorithm. You can also verify the file integrity of the downloaded document or program.

    57 File Checksum Utility alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. RsyncUI icon
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    RsyncUI is a macOS application developed using Swift and SwiftUI, designed for macOS Sonoma and subsequent versions. It leverages the command-line tool rsync for file synchronization. Notably, rsync executes the synchronization tasks, while RsyncUI provides a graphical user...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  5. blitcp icon
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    Fast file copy engine for Python. Streams over SSH, skips content it has already sent, and reads in block order to keep disks at sequential speed.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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