Open Source FreeFileSync AlternativesTop File Sync Tools & Backup Clients like FreeFileSync

The best open source alternative to FreeFileSync is Syncthing. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to FreeFileSync and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to FreeFileSync are Rclone, rsync, Hoodik and Syncthing-Fork.

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  1. Syncthing icon
     890 likes

    Open-source, peer-to-peer service offering encrypted file synchronization, ensuring data privacy and user-autonomy without relying on cloud storage or central servers, suitable for various uses.

    144 Syncthing alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Terminal
    • Cloudron
    • Termux
     
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  2. Rclone icon
     182 likes

    Rclone ("rsync for cloud storage") is a command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.

    98 Rclone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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  3. rsync icon
     274 likes

    rsync is a 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...

    136 rsync alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • Haiku
     
  4. Hoodik icon
     28 likes

    Lightweight, self-hosted encrypted cloud storage enabling fast uploads and downloads, easy Docker install, secure public link sharing, browser-side cryptography, searchable metadata, and low RAM footprint. Designed for privacy, performance, and file management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  5. Syncthing-Fork icon
     49 likes

    Comprehensive file sync solution featuring individual sync settings per device and folder, Android-optimized interface, efficient battery-saving options, two-way SD card sync on Android 11+, and robust encrypted folder support for security.

    7 Syncthing-Fork alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
     
  6. Restic icon
     69 likes

    restic is a program that does backups right. The design goals are: Easy, Fast, Verifiable, Secure, Efficient, Free.

    66 Restic alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  7. Unison is a file-synchronization tool for POSIX-compliant systems (e.g. *BSD and GNU/Linux), macOS and Windows, with the caveat that the platform must be supported by OCaml. It allows two replicas of a collection of files and directories to be stored on different hosts (or diffe.

    54 Unison File Synchronizer alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
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  8. Kopia icon
     40 likes

    Kopia is a fast and secure open-source backup/restore tool that manages filesystem snapshots in a remote storage. It features client-side encryption, compression, backup policies. command-line interface and more.

    20 Kopia alternatives

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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  9. Toucan icon
     38 likes

    Toucan is a small portableapp utility allowing you to synchronise, backup and secure your data with more options than the built in suite utilities. It is split up into 7 tabs, allowing you to easily find the function that you want.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  10. Bacula icon
     30 likes

    Bacula is a set of computer programs that permit managing backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.

    78 Bacula alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
    • BSD
     
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  11. DirSync Pro icon
     37 likes

    DirSync Pro is a small, but powerful utility for file and folder synchronization. Java JRE 1.7 or above is needed to run DirSync Pro.

    89 DirSync Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  12. Round Sync icon
     10 likes

    Round Sync helps you to manage your files, everywhere you go, on your local device or on most cloud providers.

    67 Round Sync alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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