Chrony Alternatives

Chrony is described as 'Pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of the system clock on a computer. The two programs are called chronyd and chronyc' and is an app. There are six alternatives to Chrony for Windows and Linux. The best Chrony alternative is Time-Sync, which is free. Other great apps like Chrony are Meinberg NTP, Network Time Protocol daemon, TimeSync and AboutTime.

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Chrony is a pair of programs which are used to maintain the accuracy of the system clock on a computer. The two programs...

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Chrony alternatives page was last updated Jun 13, 2018
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  1. Time-Sync icon

    Time-Sync

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    Time-Sync is a freeware software to synchronize the time of your system. The features of the software are:

    13 Time-Sync alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

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    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Time-Sync: Log (german)
    Time-Sync: Options (german)

    Time-Sync VS Chrony

     

    • Time-Sync is the most popular Windows alternative to Chrony.

    • Time-Sync is the most popular free alternative to Chrony.

    • Time-Sync is Free and ProprietaryChrony is Free and Open Source

  2. Meinberg NTP

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    NTP client and server download for different operating systems. GUI setup program, full HTML documentation, OpenSSL (Version 0.9.8l) DLL. The installer has been successfully tested on a Preview version of Windows 8 as well.

    6 Meinberg NTP alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Installer

    Meinberg NTP Features

    1.  Real-time sync

    Meinberg NTP VS Chrony

     

  4. Network Time Protocol daemon

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    The Network Time Protocol daemon (ntpd) is an operating system daemon program that maintains the system time in synchronization with time servers using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). This package is the official reference implementation of the NTP protocol.

    6 Network Time Protocol daemon alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Network Time Protocol daemon VS Chrony

     

    • Network Time Protocol daemon is the most popular Linux alternative to Chrony.

    • Network Time Protocol daemon is the most popular Open Source alternative to Chrony.

    • Network Time Protocol daemon is Free and Open SourceChrony is also Free and Open Source
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    TimeSync

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    TimeSync gets the current time from a NIST server, and adjusts the PC clock if necessary. Accuracy is usually within a second. Time and date are displayed according to the users regional settings.

    13 TimeSync alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    TimeSync screenshot 1

    TimeSync VS Chrony

     
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    AboutTime

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    AboutTime is a superior source of time for your computer. As a time client, it will acquire time from the Internet with great accuracy, and as a server it will provide four kinds of time signals to other computers on your local network.

    13 AboutTime alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Here is a typical client session. In this example, AboutTime reports a 3 millisecond difference between the local computer's clock and the network time server.

    AboutTime VS Chrony

     
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    Network Time System

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    Network Time System is a time sync software package containing NTP Server and NTP client apps for Windows that provides a precise tool for synchronization of all devices on the network with zero configuration installation.

    13 Network Time System alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Network Time System screenshot 1

    Network Time System VS Chrony

     

    • Network Time System is the most popular commercial alternative to Chrony.

    • Network Time System is Paid and ProprietaryChrony is Free and Open Source
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