rsync Alternatives

rsync is described as 'Software application for Unix which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring' and is a very popular File Sync tool in the backup & sync category. There are more than 100 alternatives to rsync for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best rsync alternative is Syncthing, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like rsync are FreeFileSync, Duplicati, TeraCopy and Rclone.

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  1. SyncTime icon
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    SyncTime is the easy-to-use and flexible solution to synchronize your files. Keep all your backup copies up to date with the click of a button, with automated schedules, from the Shortcuts app or even via AppleScript.

    42 SyncTime alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  2. Arq icon
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    Arq is backup software for your Mac or Windows PC.

    50 Arq alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. ChronoSync icon
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    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.

    65 ChronoSync alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  4. Rustic icon
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    Rustic is a backup tool that provides fast, encrypted, deduplicated backups written in Rust. It reads and writes the restic repo format described in the design document and can be used as a restic replacement in most cases.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. SyncFolders icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6.  2 likes

    Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify or fsevents). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one (or more) process(es) to synchronize the changes. By default this is rsync.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Qtd Sync icon
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    A graphical interface for the Rsync engine that will synchronise files between two computers either locally or over the internet. The beauty of Rsync is that it only transfers the exact part of a file that has changed (differential synchronisation), saving bandwidth and time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Cronopete icon
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    Cronopete is a backup utility for Linux, modeled after Apple's Time Machine. It aims to simplify the creation of periodic backups.

    48 Cronopete alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. Back4Sure icon
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    Back4Sure is a feature-rich backup solution for typical backup use. No VSS Volume Shadow Copy function for open files. The program can make a backup to hard-disk, USB drive or network and can also be compressed using high or low compression settings to a ZIP or 7-zip file of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. BmuS icon
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    BmuS is a powerful free backup program for the automated backup of files, directories, and MySQL databases from a Linux / Raspberry Pi system to a NAS or network drive. It features a dashboard, encryption, deduplication, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. DeltaCopy icon
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    Let's say you have to backup one file that is 500 MB every night. A normal file copy would copy the entire file even if a few bytes have changed. DeltaCopy, on the other hand, would only copy the part of file that has actually been modified.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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