lipsync

lipsync

A lightweight service that provides automated file synchronization between multiple hosts

lipsync is an open source, lightweight service that provides automated two-way, Dropbox file synchronization in Linux by utilizing OpenSSH, rsync, and lsyncd. lipsync is a the realization of a popular blog post of mine named HOWTO build your own open source Dropbox clone Since I made the posting I’ve received a great deal of interest, and had time to test and architect a workable solution. Thanks to everyone that read, commented and encouraged the further development of this idea!

The basic idea and example of a working system can be seen here Features:

• automatic file synchronization from multiple clients to a central server

• two way syncing with changes tracked and propagated to the clients by the server (Dropbox style)

• transfers secured and tunneled through OpenSSH

• safe for everyday use

• low fat